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Darfur Human Rights Violations

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The violation of human rights was mostly due to the civil war between north and south tension, the Darfur conflict involving the Arab people in the Darfur region due to the fact that the elite in the country were mostly the Arabs with good lands and economic prosperity and control over the government, southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states issues. Comprehensive Peace Agreement interim that was signed in 2005 that was to end the rift between the north and south had promised to include human rights commitments in their bill of rights as part of its work too. The CPA work come to an end immediately after South Sudan was declared independent and with this statement the rate of human rights violation increased in both sides of the new boarder formed. …show more content…

Although these two hybrid legal norms bring about difficulty in practice in terms of implementation of international treaties by law enforcement and courts due to conflicting issues. Also implementation of these rights are hindered by the fact there is conflict between international treaties, Sudan constitutional bill of right, Shari ‘a laws and customary laws. Constitutional; bodies and CPA commissions tasked with protecting and promoting human rights i.e. human rights commission, National commission for the review of the constitution and the National judicial service commission are meant to help in the implementation of these rights but the fact that these bodies are weak calls for reviewing and reforming them in Sudan. Institutional reforms regarding the police and the National Intelligence and Security Service in Sudan are needed too due to their weak structure. Sudan constructional court failed in its implementation due to lack of challenging the executive branches of the government and also they failed to consider the international human rights law although their constitutional obligates them to do

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