A/HRC/33/8 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, held its twenty-fifth session from 2 to 13 May 2016. The review of the Sudan was held at the 5th meeting on 4 May 2016. The Sudanese delegation was headed by the Minister of Justice, Awad Elhassan Elnour Khalifa. At its 14th meeting, held on 10 May 2016, the Working Group adopted the report on the Sudan. 2. On 12 January 2016, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of the Sudan: Albania, Indonesia and Togo. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of the Sudan: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/25/SDN/1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/25/SDN/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/25/SDN/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was transmitted to the Sudan through the troika. These questions are available on the extranet of the universal periodic review. I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The Sudan commended the universal periodic review mechanism for its active role in the promotion and protection of human rights and in upholding the values of cooperation, impartiality, transparency and non-politicization. It renewed its commitment to cooperate with all human rights mechanisms. It strove vigorously to promote and protect the human rights enshrined in the constitutional Bill of Rights and safeguarded by national constitutional and legal institutions by implementing policies and programmes, despite the great obstacles and challenges it faced, particularly the unilateral coercive measures imposed since 1997 and armed conflicts since 1955. 6. To prepare the national report, the Sudan established a supervisory committee chaired by the Vice-President of the Sudan. Broad public consultations and dialogue had been conducted since 2011 with all stakeholders, including over 24 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) (70 were directly invited), and 15 workshops were organized at the national and state levels. 7. The Sudan presented a midterm report. It received 160 recommendations: 61 have been implemented and 78 were under implementation. 8. The Sudan referred to its cooperation with the United Nations, the African UnionUnited Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and human rights mechanisms. Over the past four years, it had received over seven visits by the Independent Expert on the GE.16-11829 3