A/HRC/36/63 Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Methodology and engagement ...................................................................................................... 3 III. Key recent developments .............................................................................................................. 4 IV. Main Human Rights challenges………......................................................................................... 5 A. Harassment of human rights defenders and curtailment of civil society actors .................... 5 B. Continued detention of a UNAMID staff member ............................................................... 6 C. Excessive use of force against Darfuri students in Khartoum and El Gezira States ............. 6 D. Restrictions on freedom of religion ...................................................................................... 6 E. Press censorship .................................................................................................................... 7 F. Human rights violations committed during the demonstrations of September 2013 ............ 7 G. Human rights situation in conflict-affected areas ................................................................. 7 H. Situation of South Sudanese refugees in the Sudan .............................................................. 10 I. Illegal migration and human trafficking ............................................................................... 10 J. Economic, social and cultural rights ..................................................................................... 11 Technical assistance and capacity-building................................................................................... 11 A. Reform of the national legal framework ............................................................................... 11 B. Institutional arrangements and democratic reforms .............................................................. 12 Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 14 A. Government of the Sudan ..................................................................................................... 14 B. International community ....................................................................................................... 15 C. UNAMID .............................................................................................................................. 15 V. VI. 2