Sudan: Human Rights

(asked on 6th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the UN Human Rights Council's 36th Session Report, on human rights in Sudan, whether the Government supports the position of the UN Human Rights Council to plan for the eventual transition of the Independent Expert's mandate from that of Independent Expert to another appropriate UN human rights mechanism.


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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 14th November 2017

The UK welcomed the renewal of the mandate for the Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Sudan at the UN Human Rights Council in September. The resolution that renewed the mandate made clear that any transition of the mandate must be underpinned by an improvement in the human rights situation in Sudan, and the British Government supports this position.

Sudan remains a Human Rights Priority Country for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and improving human rights is a key objective of our engagement with Sudan. We used the fourth session of the Strategic Dialogue on 16 October to raise our concerns directly with the Government of Sudan, and to encourage them to meet their international obligations.

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