A/HRC/18/40 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 22 August 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Eighteenth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Report of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Mohamed Chande Othman Summary The present report is submitted by the independent expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 15/27, in which the Council decided to extend the mandate of the independent expert, in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/82, Council resolutions 6/34, 6/35, 7/16, 9/17 and Council decision 14/117. The present report covers the period from September 2010 to June 2011. GE.11-15541