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gathering and advisory role envisioned by the Sudan National Dialogue, and to
ensuring its compliance with international standards;
(b)
Ensure that all allegations of violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law are duly investigated and perpetrators are brought to
justice promptly, in particular those with command responsibility;
(c)
Ensure that human rights defenders, humanitarian workers, members of
political opposition, journalists, students and other civil society actors are not
intimidated, arrested and detained arbitrarily, ill-treated or tortured by State agents
on account of their work or opinions, and proceed to the release of those who are
currently detained;
(d)
Undertake a transparent and inclusive process for the selection of
Commissioners of the National Commission for Human Rights and provide the
Commission with adequate resources and staff;
(e)
Ensure that the State budget is distributed adequately among key
sectors, such as education, health, social services, law enforcement and rule of law
institutions and national human rights institutions;
(f)
Take the corrective measures necessary, including by granting working
visas to human rights personnel of UNAMID, in line with the relevant status-of-forces
agreement, provide United Nations human rights monitors with full and unimpeded
access to sites of human rights violations and not obstruct their freedom of movement
to discharge their mandate;
(g)
Facilitate the deployment to the Sudan of an OHCHR technical
assessment mission in order to discuss potential areas for possible technical
cooperation with the relevant Sudanese authorities and other stakeholders, including
United Nations entities, civil society organizations and the diplomatic community.
B.
International community
88.
The Independent Expert calls upon the international community to:
(a)
Continue to provide technical and financial assistance to the
Government of the Sudan, on the basis of needs assessment, to strengthen national
institutions for the protection of human rights, including the Advisory Council for
Human Rights, the National Commission for Human Rights, the judiciary, the police,
the Unit on Combating Violence against Women, the National Council for Child
Welfare, the Human Rights Committee and the Legislative Committee of the National
Assembly;
(b)
Provide civil society organizations with technical assistance and
capacity-building programmes to improve their human rights advocacy and rule-oflaw capabilities and to enable them to contribute more effectively to the improvement
of human rights in the Sudan;
(c)
Engage the academic community in the Sudan to contribute to the
strategy to improve the human rights situation in the Sudan and provide it with
technical assistance and capacity-building to enhance its capabilities for that purpose.
C.
UNAMID
89.
The independent Expert calls upon UNAMID:
(a)
In accordance with its mandate, and without prejudice to the primary
responsibility of the Sudanese authorities, to take the measures necessary to protect
civilians, proactively deter attacks on civilians and prevent violations of international
human rights law;
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