7th سبتمبر 2018

Sudan – Equality Now submission to the Human Rights Committee – 124th Session, October 2018

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Summary

The submission respectfully urges the Committee to recommend to Sudan to comprehensively amend Article 149 of its 1991 Criminal Code to specifically criminalise marital rape; enforce current rape provisions; and enact laws that prevent all forms of sexual violence, including child, early and forced marriage.

The Committee referenced this submission in their Concluding Observations.

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