SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune – Sudan to ratify anti-torture treaty, Hamdok say

2/1/2021: Sudan Tribune – Sudan to ratify anti-torture treaty, Hamdok says

 Sudan Tribune report that Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok announced that his government approved the ratification of the international treaty against torture.

 Sudan signed the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) in 1986. However, 35 years later, it is yet to ratify the Convention.

 "Targeting civilians with extrajudicial killing, torture, or enforced disappearance, regardless of the reasons for, is totally unacceptable by all Sudanese," he said, alluding to the death of an activist under torture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 20 December

 “In this regard, I would like to announce that the Council of Ministers has authorized the ratification of the International Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance," Hamdok added.