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• Number of incidents attributable to Government authorities or any militia under
Government’s control
Under the 2007 Armed Forces Act, serious
violations of international humanitarian law and
human rights law, including rape, sexual slavery,
forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, forced
sterilization or perversion when committed as part of
widespread and systematic attack against the civilian
population may constitute a crime against humanity.
Some activities were undertaken
but little or no impact has been
reported from the ground.
Between June 2009 and April 2010, UNAMID
documented 51 cases of sexual and gender-based
violence in which victims described their assailants
as either armed men dressed in military uniforms or
as police/military offices from the regular security
forces.
1.2.6 Ensure that women who experienced sexual violence have access to medical care
regardless of whether they choose to report their case to the police or not. Disseminate and
promote compliance with Rules of Application to Criminal Circular No. 2 that removes this
requirement. Entrust State Committees with the task of monitoring compliance and publicly
reporting on it.
Ongoing
• Number of instances of non-compliance with Rules of Application to Criminal
Circular No. 2
UNAMID has organized workshops as a result of
which members of the State Committees for
Combating Violence Against Women and Children
have become more involved in sexual and genderbased violence cases through coordination with
medical staff and other stakeholders such as the
prosecutor’s office and police investigators. A
training workshop on SGBV was organized from 4–6
October 2009 in North Darfur for 30 female IDP
leaders from Rwanda IDP camp in Tawila on
strategies for combating SGBV including referral
pathways.
In South Darfur, authorities have made significant
efforts to disseminate and promote compliance with
the rules for implementation of Criminal Circular No.
2, and the State Committee members are also
involved in monitoring compliance as well. However,
dissemination and promotion has not taken place in
remote areas of the region.
In West Darfur on the other hand, there is a general
lack of awareness of the rules of application of
Criminal Circular No. 2 which informs about the right
of women to medical care irrespective of whether or
not they carry a Form 8.
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Full implementation (i.e. all
recommended activities were
carried out to lay the framework
for improving the situation on the
ground).
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