REPLY TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS GROUP ON DARFUR TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SUDAN FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RESOLUTION 4/8 ENTITLED “FOLLOW-UP TO DECISION S-4/101 OF 13 DECEMBER 2006 ADOPTED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AT ITS FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION ENTITLED ‘SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN DARFUR’” Para. 1.1.1 1. Human rights protection 1.1 Protection of the civilian population, including IDPs Action Time frame Needs of the Sudan The Government of the Sudan is committed to taking any Short-term The Government of the Sudan should like support action likely to guarantee citizens greater protection and to in the following areas: ensure recognition of, and respect for, human rights. Any 1. Assistance in providing external training attack upon civilians is an attack upon human life and for 30 persons on international humanitarian law human dignity. These rights are safeguarded and protected and the protection of civilians. under articles 28 and 29 of the Interim Constitution of the Sudan of 2005 and the Sudanese Criminal Code of 1991. 2. The organization of a course for 100 officers on Such attacks may also amount to war crimes, crimes against the same topics to be held in the Sudan in humanity or the crime of genocide under the Armed Forces conjunction with the Sudanese National Act of 2007, which was submitted to the legislature this Committee for International Humanitarian Law. week to replace the Armed Forces Act of 1986. Protection of civilian populations is part of the international humanitarian law curriculum used for training the armed forces at all levels. In order to strengthen this protection, several presidential decrees have been issued, namely: A/HRC/5/6 page 36 Annex II