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Response of the Government of the Sudan on Recommendation 1.4.1
Written information submitted to the Special Rapporteur during her mission in Sudan from
25 July 2007 to 2 August 2007
The Order of the Director General of the Police No. 58/2007 on the treatment of detainees
and prisoners, 31st July, adopted in pursuance of the Police Forces Act, reminds police officers,
including officers, commissioned officers and soldiers, of their role in the protection of citizens
and in ensuring the legal and humanitarian aspects in the treatment of convicted or arrested
civilians. The order reminds these officers to activate their protection role in order to attain the
best possible treatment of civilians and to prevent assaulting them. The Order further states that
the general administration of prisons shall treat inmates in a manner that ensures their rights and
realizes their reform and correction.
Written information submitted to the group of experts on Darfur on 21 August 2007
No. 58/2007 states in paragraphs 1-3 that: “1. All members of the security apparatus and
National Intelligence implementation of safeguards enshrined in the law and the regulations on
the treatment of detainees in 1996, especially those related to the verification of the
implementation of the law in the case of arrest and prohibit unlawful detention or detention in
other places of detention with the risk of arrest and their families not to abuse or physical abuse
of detainees psychological methods or degrade their dignity during arrest guaranteeing their
health care and family visits according to the regulations governing this. 2. In the case of any
member of the apparatus of any violation of the existing laws provide him with the initial justify
the charge against him is committed to the submission of the trial or tried in court by summary of
the non-permanent, as determined by law. 3. The directives should be circulated to all units of
the National Intelligence and Security and to all members of the commitment and action, all of
which have committed an offence presents himself for accountability and punishment as the
law.”
Written information submitted to the group of experts on Darfur on 21 August 2007
In 2007, six training courses were held for security services personnel, consisting of
14 lectures on the legal principles behind human rights and international humanitarian law with a
focus on guarantees in the event of arrest and the rights of detainees. The courses were run at the
security services training institute for a total of 120 officers. Pursuant to an agreement on the
rights of non-Muslims concluded in the capital Khartoum with the Commission of Non-Muslims
and the judiciary, approximately 800 individuals, mostly from the southern states, who had been
accused or found guilty of smuggling alcohol, were released. The Commission undertook to
contact the Government in the South in order to provide appropriate means of living. The
Director-General of NISS issued the following instructions pursuant to article 73 of the National
Security Forces Act of 1999, as amended in 2004,: “Guarantees in the event of arrest: All
members of national security and the intelligence services shall comply with the guarantees
established by the law and in the regulation of 1996 on the treatment of prisoners, particularly
those concerned with: implementation of the law in the event of an arrest; the prohibition
of unlawful arrests and detention in places other than designated detention facilities;
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