A/HRC/15/57 tolerated; that they can amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, that suspects will be investigated and brought to justice and any immunities would be waived. Short-term • Instructions issued and widely disseminated • Number of reported incidents attributable to the Government No instructions were issued or widely disseminated. Between January 2009 and January 2010, UNAMID documented 68 cases of arbitrary arrests and detentions involving 120 civilians in Nyala, South Darfur alone. No implementation at all, which has direct bearing on concretely improving the human rights situation on the ground. In North Darfur, 16 people suspected of involvement in the murder of a local community leader were arrested and detained under the 1997 Emergency and Safety Act for more than five months without access to lawyers and without being brought before a judicial authority. Six of the detainees remain in detention and have not been charged with an offense, more than eight months after their arrest. On 20 July, 2009, UNAMID in Nyala, South Darfur, interviewed five people arrested and detained in the custody of Military Intelligence. The men were held for close to a month on suspicion of being affiliated with the SLA/AW but were never charged with an offence nor brought before a judicial authority. In El Geneina, West Darfur, UNAMID interviewed a man who was arrested and detained by the NISS for more than two months on suspicion of being involved in criminal activities. The man was arrested on 20 September 2009 and released on 5 December but was not charged with an offence nor transferred to police custody for investigation. Response of the Government of Sudan The Government cites awareness raising workshops conducted on the Armed Forces Act 2007 and the Criminal Act (Amendment 1991). It also makes reference to instances where immunities for accused soldiers and policemen have been lifted 1.4.2 Refrain from detaining anyone incommunicado. Close all unofficial places of detention. Ensure that all persons, including any civilians held by Military Intelligence and National Security are promptly brought before a judicial arrest following arrest and regularly thereafter. Ensure that accessible, complete, accurate and fully up-to-date lists of detainees are kept, and shared with families of the detainees. Refrain from detaining civilians in military installations. Short-term 27

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