Human Rights Council
Twenty-fourth session
Agenda item 10
Technical assistance and capacity-building
Summary
The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 21/27 in which the Council extended the mandate of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan and requested him to submit a report for consideration by the Council at its twenty-fourth session. In this report the Independent Expert provides an overview of the general human rights situation in the Sudan, outlines the major human rights challenges faced by the Government as well as the progress made in meeting these challenges. The report also identifies areas of technical assistance and capacity building needs of the Government and provides a set of recommendations addressed to the Government, the international community civil society organisations, and the armed movements in the Sudan.