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Watchlist Action

Reports

Sudan’s Children at a Crossroads: An Urgent Need for Protection

April 2007
- Full Report in English PDF 
- Full Report in Arabic PDF 
- Summary in English PDF
- Summary in Arabic PDF
Sudan Report

March 2003
- Full Report in English PDF

Press Releases and Other Documents

“Children Continue to Face Absuses in Sudan, Watchlist Calls for Urgent Action”, Watchlist Press Release, 18 April 2007 – in English PDF; in French PDF; in Arabic PDF

“Children Ravaged by Sudan’s War Peace Process Should Give Priority to Ending Abuses and Building Future with Children and Adolescents”, Watchlist Press Release, March 25, 2003 – PDF

UN Action

Perpetrators listed since Security Council Resolution 1612:

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Action plans signed: SPLA (2010); SLA/Minnawi (2007)

Sanctions Committee e stablished by Security Council Resolution 1591 (2005)

Secretary-General’s reports on CAAC in Sudan: 2011; 2009; 2007; 2006

Security Council Working Group conclusions on Sudan: 2012; 2009; 2008; 2006

Map (click to enlarge) Sudan
BACKGROUND

Sudan is a particularly complex environment. In Darfur, recruitment and use of children by the various armed groups active in the area has been consistently reported. Ongoing hostilities led by both Government forces and rebel armed groups have been characterized by indiscriminate attacks against civilians, which have caused numerous deaths and injuries of children. Rape and sexual violence are a widespread phenomenon in Darfur. Such acts have reportedly been perpetrated by Governmental forces and militias, as well as by rebels and they affect, in particular, women and girls living in IDP camps near big towns. Attacks are frequently conducted along firewood collection tracks outside the camps that women and girls have to use on a daily basis, but also inside the camps themselves, where there is a general climate of insecurity and impunity. Finally, general insecurity, targeted attacks against aid workers and administrative harassment of national and international NGOs have significantly curtailed humanitarian access to Darfur, leaving children in the area without any assistance.

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- U.S. asks Sudan rebels to stop recruiting refugee child soldiers
  
  31 October 2012
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- Sudan Shelling: ‘Children killed’ in South Kordofan
  
  23 October 2012
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- Sudan: Unamid Workshop Raises Awareness of Children in Armed Conflict
  
  23 September 2012
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- Darfur’s Justice and Equality Movement calls for end to using child soldiers
  
  16 September 2012
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- Statement by SRSG Coomaraswamy on the hostilities in the border area between Sudan and South Sudan
  
  24 April 2012
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- Child soldiers: A worldwide scourge
  
  22 March 2012
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- South Sudan commits to making the national army child-free
  
  12 March 2012
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Watchlist

Sudan

The Countries

“Watchlist has a unique perspective and, with it, the power to find solutions others may not see.”

Watchlist Action

Reports

Sudan’s Children at a Crossroads: An Urgent Need for Protection

Sudan Report

Press Releases and Other Documents

UN Action

BACKGROUND

Related News

U.S. asks Sudan rebels to stop recruiting refugee child soldiers

Sudan Shelling: ‘Children killed’ in South Kordofan

Sudan: Unamid Workshop Raises Awareness of Children in Armed Conflict

Darfur’s Justice and Equality Movement calls for end to using child soldiers

Statement by SRSG Coomaraswamy on the hostilities in the border area between Sudan and South Sudan

Child soldiers: A worldwide scourge

South Sudan commits to making the national army child-free

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