Peacebuilding and Human Rights Protection in Sudan

This page provides links to selected organizations and services involved in peacebuilding in Sudan. In keeping with a broad definition of "peacebuilding," this set of links includes both government and civil society organizations and individuals working on conflict resolution, violence prevention, human rights, legal development and governance. This page is under construction. Readers are invited to contribute information that will enhance the purposes and completeness of Sudan Peacebuilding Links. Peacemakers Trust has created the links on this page for research purposes only, and cannot take any responsibility for the content of any third party web sites. Inclusion of a link to a site does not imply endorsement of the site contents, nor does it imply any association with the site by Peacemakers Trust.

Conflict Resolution, Peacemaking, and Non-Violence
Governance
Humanitarian Relief and Development
Human Rights
Interreligious Dialogue
International Humanitarian Law
International Organizations, INGOs and Foreign NGOs
Laws including International Treaties
News
Other Resource Websites
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Conflict Resolution, Peacemaking and Nonviolence

European-Sudanese Public Affairs Council (ESPAC), was originally established in 1998 in London as the British-Sudanese Public Affairs Council. It is privately-funded and conducts advocacy, education and media projects with objectives that include working towards peace and reconciliation in Sudan.

INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict in the Sudan from a variety of sources.

International Crisis Group: Sudan.

Justice Africa, founded in 1999 in London, works with a network of organizations based in different countries in Africa, initiating and supporting civil society activities for human rights, democracy, and peace in Africa.

Mennonite Central Committee pages on Sudan (use search engine on linked site to locate MCC Sudan pages).

Sudan Divestment Taskforce, a project of the Genocide Intervention Network, is involved in developing targeted Sudan divestment campaigns around the world at the university, asset manager, city, state, and national levels.

United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has resources on Sudan.

World Vision International. See documents on WVI peacebuilding initiatives on Sudan

Humanitarian Relief and Development

Development Gateway, a database of development projects. See pages on Sudan.

Relief Web: Documents on Sudan. Published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, ReliefWeb is an electronic clearinghouse for information on humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters designed specifically to help the humanitarian community improve its response to emergencies.

The Sphere Project has developed a Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response on relief agencies' standards of independence, effectiveness and impact.

Interreligious Dialogue

International Human Rights Organizations

Africa Action. This Washington DC-based organization has worked on African issues since 1953. There are many reports and others resources online.

Amnesty International. Use search tool to find reports on Sudan.

Human Rights Watch (HRW). This page hosted by Human Rights Watch contains HRW reports about Sudan.

Medecins Sans Frontieres. There are several reports, articles and news releases concerning Sudan.

Physicians for Human Rights. See PHP's report of their findings of genocide in Sudan.

Students Taking Action Now: Darfur, a Canadian student advocacy group on Darfur.

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Documents on Sudan.

International Humanitarian Law (IHL)

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC has been in Khartoum, Sudan, since 1978 in response to the conflict in Ethiopia, and since 1984 has had operations regarding the internal conflict between government forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army in the South of Sudan. ICRC promotes respect for humanitarian law by parties to conflict. See the International Committee of the Red Cross page on International humanitarian law (IHL) in brief including a pdf brochure entitled "International humanitarian law : answers to your questions" which can be downloaded for distribution.

Laws and Policies (English)

Constitution, Government & Legislation: Sudan.

International Constitutional Law Project: Sudan Index., by Axel Tschentscher, Institut für öffentliches Recht-Aktuell, Bern.

International Labour Organization (ILO). This page provides information on Sudan's ratifications of ILO Conventions with links through to the text of the relevant conventions. This page also provides information on Sudan's constitution and laws as well as other resources.

Bayefsky.com Sudan's UN treaty signature, ratifications, reservations, reports and other documents.

Ratification of International Human Rights Treaties - Sudan, University of Minnesota Human Rights Library. This useful page includes links to the relevant UN and regional conventions.

Law Library of Congress: Sudan.

Governance

The Sudan Government's Official Website.

International Organizations, International NGOs, and foreign NGOs working in or on Sudan

Global Policy Forum monitors global policy making at the United Nations. See their pages on Sudan.

Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), a global data base on internal displacement around the world. Go direct to the Sudan Information.

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). ICRC works towards ensuring respect for international humanitarian law (IHL), particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention which protects civilians during war.

United Nations System in Sudan. This site is an information gateway with news, reports, country profiles, and details about the UN system and operations in Sudan.

World Health Organization. See WHOs pages on Sudan and their documents on the Sudan.

World Vision International: Sudan.

News and Information Sources

The local media in Sudan is heavily government controlled in Sudan, particularly broadcast news, however, there are many sources of news.

UN Information Gateway: National and International Newswires. Links to national and international news sources on Sudan.

allAfrica.com. News on Sudan from various sources.

Middle East Report (MERIP) (Search for reports on Sudan)

Relief Web daily updates on Sudan. See also Relief Web's links to various country profiles on Sudan.

BBC World News: Sudan. See BBC's brief Sudan country profile.

Google news: Sudan. Google search of news about Sudan from sources around the world.

International Committee of the Red Cross. Bulletins.

IRINnews.org Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) is part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). IRIN reporting focuses on increasing access to non-partisan information so as to enhance the capacity of the humanitarian community to understand, respond to and avert emergencies. IRIN supports efforts at conflict resolution and reconciliation by countering misinformation and propaganda. See also OCHA's Relief Web Documents on Sudan. ReliefWeb is an electronic clearinghouse for information on humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters designed specifically to help the humanitarian community improve its response to emergencies.

Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières). The RSF has occasional news and reports from Sudan.

sudan.net. Links to news sources and other resources on Sudan.

Sudan Tribune. News, opinion, documents in English on the Sudan and Africa from a variety of news sources, mostly from outside Africa.

UN News Centre. This is the UN News Centre's page on Sudan.

UNWire. The UN Foundation's Independent News Briefing About the UN contains stories throughout the world.

Resource Websites

African Studies Centre, University of Pennsylvania, Sudan Page.

Project Ploughshares. Resources on Sudan and Horn of Africa.



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