This report details the most significant violations observed in Sudan during April, May, and June 2025, caused by the ongoing armed conflict that began in Sudan on April 15, 2023, focusing on four main thematic areas.
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ACJPS has a vision of a Sudan where all people can live and prosper free from fear and want in a state committed to justice, equality and peace.
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The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to monitor and promote respect for human rights and legal reform in Sudan.
ACJPS has a vision of a Sudan where all people can live and prosper free from fear and want in a state committed to justice, equality and peace.
ACJPS has a vision of a Sudan where all people can live and prosper free from fear and want in a state committed to justice, equality and peace.
June 2025 witnessed escalating human rights abuses across Sudan as conflict intensified. Documentation reveals systematic targeting of civilians through indiscriminate bombings, arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, and targeted killings. Both conflict parties show concerning patterns of violations against protected populations and civilian infrastructure.
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The establishment of the Al-Jazeera and Al-Managil project was not just an agricultural investment; it marked the beginning of an unprecedented economic and social renaissance in modern Sudan. The project provided wide employment opportunities and a source of livelihood for the state's population and migrant labor from other states.
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أنور ود الحوش.. شيوعي نقي ومناضل حتي الرمق الأخير! كان يمشي على الأرض بخُطى الحالمين... فرحل سريعاً!
بقلوب يعتصرها الألم، وعيونٍ أغرقتها الدموع، ودعنا الزميل الراكز (أنور ود الحوش)، الذي ترجل عن صهوة الحياة بعد صراعٍ مريرٍ مع مرض السرطان، صراع خاضه بنفس الجسارة التي خاض بها معاركه الطويلة في سبيل الحرية والعدالة الاجتماعية ، وتحقيق الدولة المدنية التي حلم بها وعمل لها كما حزبه الشيوعي ، كان الراحل (ود الحوش) من الذين وهبوا حياتهم كاملة لقضية الإنسان، عرفته السجون والمعتقلات، كما عرفته الشوارع والمظاهرات والمنابر، لم يضعف، لم يساوم، ولم يتنازل حمل راية الحزب الشيوعي منذ شبابه الأول، وسار بها متحدياً القمع، والإعتقال، والتعذيب، وعقوداً من الإقصاء، كان وجهه مألوفة خلف قضبان الزنازين، ورفيقه الدائم كان حلمه بوطن لا يظلم فيه أحد، أو كتاباً أو قصيدة لشاعر الشعب الراحل محجوب شريف أو قصيدة للراحل محمد الحسن سالم حميد ، قاوم المرض كما قاوم الطغيان — بصبر المحارب الذي لا يخشى النهاية، وبقلب المؤمن بوطنٍ حرٍّ يسع الجميع، رحل رفيقنا في صمت حزين، لكنه ترك صوته في كل زاوية من زوايا الحزب، في أرشيف صور المظاهرات، في ذاكرة الرفاق، وفي جدران الزنازين التي صمدت معه، ودعناه إلى مثواه الأخير كما ودعنا كثيراً من رفاق دربه، ونعاه الوطن الذي أحبَّه ولم يخذله في معركته الكبرى — معركة الوعي والتنوير من يحرس الحلم ؟
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Despite the extensive damage that has affected the Sudanese people, and the drastic deterioration in humanitarian conditions, voices rise that do not carry weapons but raise flags of peace; women, youth, elders, children, and a weary civil society, yet resilient, calling out for peace.
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ACJPS launched the "Voices of Peace" campaign from the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on Saturday, June 14, 2025, focusing on issues of youth inclusion in peace processes, ending war, and initiating dialogues about the future of Sudan.
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With the outbreak of the current conflict in mid-April 2023, human trafficking has become more widespread due to the lack of control and the collapse of judicial institutions, especially in some states (Khartoum, Al Gezira, and Darfur), allowing armed groups and organized gangs to intensify their activities, whether recruiting children, exploiting women, or smuggling people across borders.
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Since April 2023, Sudan has witnessed a horrific deterioration in security and humanitarian conditions, culminating in widespread human rights violations during May 2025. The ongoing war between the SAF and RSF has resulted in systematic targeting of civilians across Darfur, Kordofan, and eastern Sudan.
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ACJPS presents four documentary films that capture the testimonies of victims on how the conflict has impacted them..
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The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) launched their new joint report: "We demand justice, We deserve justice: Accountability processes for victims of Sudan."
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This Newsletter documents the most prominent violations of international humanitarian law and human rights witnessed in Sudan during April 2025, resulting from the ongoing armed conflict that commenced on April 15, 2023
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The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the ACHPR) Held its 81st Ordinary Session at Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre, Kololi, The Gambia from 17 October – 6 November 2024. ACJPS participated in some of the sessions on Sudan and also presented an Oral statement before the commission.
The NGOs Forum is organized twice a year preceding the Ordinary Session of the ACHPR as a platform where updates on the human rights situation in Africa are tabled and discussed by the NGO community with a view of identifying possible remedies, which are forwarded to the African Commission as contribution to its work during a said Session.
Mr. Amir Suleiman, the ACJPS Legal Program Director, was one of the panelists at a side event orgainsed by DefendDefenders, SIHA, ACJPS, and African Defenders during the 83rd Session of the ACHPR in Banjul, The Gambia. The panelists discussed the Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation in Sudan since the outbreak of the war, the role of ACHPR and the way forward for the people of Sudan.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Hassan Shire (Chair)
Chairman
Hassan Shire is the Executive Director of DefendDefenders has steered the organisation through its growth over the years. He is also the Chairperson of African Defenders (Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network). Shire is a Somali/Canadian, with over 25 years’ experience working in the region. While in Canada, he worked with the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University and Amnesty International Canada to create the African Human Rights Defenders Project. In 2005 he returned to Africa and founded DefendDefenders in Uganda.
Jehanne Henry
Secretary
Jehanne Henry is a Senior Researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Africa division, with a focus on Sudan, South Sudan, and Kenya. Prior to joining the organization, she served as a Human Rights Officer with the United Nations Mission in Sudan based in North Darfur.
Suliman Baldo
Suliman Baldo’s areas of interest and expertise include conflict resolution, emergency relief, development, and human rights in Africa, as well as international advocacy on those issues. In 2010 and 2011, Baldo provided expert advice to joint United Nations (UN) and African Union mediation teams on justice for victims of the conflict in Darfur and worked as an independent commissioner in the UN Independent Commission of Investigations into post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire.
Elizabeth Hodgkin
Elizabeth Hodgkin is currently teaching in a secondary school in Eastern Equatoria State in the Republic of South Sudan. Hodgkin first came to Sudan between school and university in 1960. Following a degree in history and a diploma in education she taught in a secondary school in Zambia and then worked as a lecturer in the History Department of the University of Khartoum from 1968-73. She continued to visit Sudan frequently.
Yitiha Simbeye
Yitiha Simbeye is a lecturer in Law at the Open University of Tanzania (OUT) in Dar es Salaam. Simbeye specializes in international criminal law and is currently coordinator of the Masters in Law in International Criminal Justice (LLM ICJ) at OUT; from 2008-11 she was head of the International & Constitutional Law Department.
Amin Mekki Medani
Dr. Amin Mekki Medani (Late) was an expert in international human rights. He was a lawyer, policy analyst, organizational manager, development cooperation specialist, law professor, advocate and organizer. He had thirty-five years of relevant experience at the academic, judicial, governmental, non-governmental, regional and international levels.
Salih Mahmoud Osman
Salih Mahmoud Osman has practiced law in Sudan since 1982. He specialises in criminal law, civil law and human rights. He was an elected MP in the Sudanese national parliament (National Assembly) in 2005 - 2010. He is a member of the Parliamentary Legislative Committee (working on law reform to bring Sudanese laws in conformity with international human rights standards). He has worked with the American Bar Association (ABA) providing legal expertise on the protection of civilians in conflict zones, since 2006.
Faisal Elbagir
Faisal Elbagir Faisal Elbagir is a prominent Sudanese journalist and human rights defender. He is the founder and Coordinator General of Journalists for Human Rights – Sudan, an organization monitoring the freedom of expression and media.
Dismas Nkunda
Dismas Nkunda is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Atrocities Watch Africa.
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African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
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The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
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Arab Committee for Human Rights
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Office of the High Commissioner for human Rights (OHCHR)
Office of the High Commissioner for human Rights (OHCHR)
Read MoreOffice of the High Commissioner for human Rights (OHCHR) Sudan
Office of the High Commissioner for human Rights (OHCHR) Sudan
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.
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Legal program
In-depth research and analysis on key legal issues in Sudan, including Sudan’s compliance with international and regional human rights commitments
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The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) is the main human rights body for Africa. It was established in 1987 following the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights by the Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union). The African Commission is tasked with protecting and promoting human and peoples’ rights. It also interprets the Charter as it applies to particular cases and can guide African governments in ensuring their legislation and practices comply with the Charter.
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The ACJPS Human Rights Monitoring Programme is dedicated to documenting urgent cases of individuals at risk and emerging situations of concern throughout Sudan.
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The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission), during its during its 77th Ordinary Session, held from 20 October to 09 November 2023 in Arusha, Tanzania considered your application and granted Observer Status to your Organization, African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, under the Reference No. OBS.557.
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