A/HRC/6/7 page 42 Republic of the Sudan Ministry of the Interior Office of the Chief of Police No.: 17/A/2 Date: 31 July 2007 Order No. 57/2007 of the Director-General By virtue of the powers vested in me under article 77 of the Police Act and with a view to regulating the procedures for authorizing trials of members of the police, ensuring the prompt conduct of police trials and preventing the conferral of immunity upon the perpetrators of crimes for which such authorization is required, I hereby issue the following order: Regulation of authorization procedures 1. The unit of the police officer concerned shall conduct an investigation into the crime committed separate from the inquiry by the Department of Public Prosecutions. 2. Once the Ministry of Justice has received a request for authorization, the investigation procedures shall be referred to the General Department of Legal Affairs so that it can verify whether there is prima facie evidence to charge the police officer. 3. The General Department of Legal Affairs shall prepare a memorandum containing a specific recommendation authorizing the officer to be tried before the ordinary courts, subject to the fulfillment of the legal conditions on jurisdiction, or to be brought before a competent police tribunal, should the requisite conditions not obtain. 4. If authorization is not granted to the court, the police officer shall be brought for trial before a competent police tribunal, subject to notification of the Ministry of Justice and the complainant. 5. The Director of the General Department of Legal Affairs shall respect the right of the complainant to file a suit and to appeal to the police courts. 6. A monthly report shall be issued on cases tried before police tribunals because authorization was not granted and the Ministry of Justice shall be notified of their outcome. 7. For information and action. Issued under my signature on the twenty-first day of July 2007. (Signed): Mahjub Hasan Sa`d Police general Director-General of the Police