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Response of the Government of the Sudan on Recommendation 4.5
No information provided.
Information Received from Other Sources on Recommendation 4.5
There has been no information received to indicate whether or not such centers have been
established.
Assessment of Implementation of Recommendation 4.5
No implementation.
Recommendation 4.6 Mid-term
Evaluate, together with the United Nations, the functioning of the State Committees to Combat
Violence Against Women, the implementation of their work plans as well as the
implementation of the National Action Plan.
Indicator: Evaluation conducted and made public.
Response of the Government of the Sudan on Recommendation 4.6
Written information submitted to the group of experts on Darfur on 13 November 2007
On 13 November 2007, the group of experts received from the Government a Report of the
Joint Task Force Team assigned to appraise the work of the State Committees to Combat
Violence against Women in Darfur, providing details of the composition of this mechanism as
well as its assessment of progress made and recommendations.
Information orally submitted to the group of experts on 15 November 2007
The Government stated that a joint task force visited Darfur and recommended that
training be undertaken to raise the level of professionalism on the part of the members of state
committees which have been formed to combat violence against women.
Information Received from Other Sources on Recommendation 4.6
On 12 August 2007, a Joint Task Force for supporting and evaluating the work of the State
Committees was constituted under the auspices of the Ministry of Justice. The Task Force is
chaired by the Director of the Unit for Combating Violence against Women and Children, and
includes representatives of the Advisory Council for Human Rights, Ministry of Health, Ministry
of Interior, Humanitarian Aid Commission, Ministry of the Social Welfare and Sudanese
Women’s Union, as well as of UNMIS Human Rights, UNMIS Gender and UNFPA. The
12 August decision, signed by the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, outlines the
Task Force’s terms of reference as follows: to have regular six months joint visits to the three
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