RECOMMENDATION
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.
1.2.7
Deploy women police officers to Darfur specially
trained to deal with victims of sexual violence and
other forms of violence against women.
TIME
FRAME
Ongoing
INDICATOR
NEEDS OF SUDAN:
See Annex II
Number of instances of non-compliance
with Rules of Application to Criminal
Circular No. 2.
Mid-term
Number of trained women policy officers
deployed in IDP camps.
Mid-term
Criminal Act of 1991 and other relevant
legislation reformed.
Ensure that all investigating officers at least receive
training on how to deal with VAW cases.
1.2.8
Review the current legal framework to address
deficiencies and ensure its effectiveness in the
prevention and prosecution of crimes of sexual
violence.
Reform law of criminal evidence to ensure that it is
legally inadmissible to regard victim’s allegation of
rape as a confession of adultery (Article 145 of
Criminal Act 1991).
A/HRC/5/6
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Amend the definition of rape in Art. 149 of Criminal
Act 1991 in a way ensuring that no links it to the
substantive or evidentiary requirements of adultery or
sodomy exist.
Number of prosecutions of rape, appropriate
sentences for perpetrators and reparation for
victims.
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