17. Condemns increased human rights violations and abuses in, and relating to...

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Human Rights
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Displacement and Humanitarian Response
Justice, Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform
Security Council Agenda Geographical Topic: 
Sudan
Extract: 

17. Condemns increased human rights violations and abuses in, and relating to, Darfur, including extrajudicial killings, the excessive use of force, abduction of civilians, acts of sexual and gender-based violence and arbitrary arrests and detentions, expresses deep concern about the situation of all those so detained, including civil society members and IDPs, and emphasizes the importance of ensuring within its current mandate, UNAMID's, and other relevant organizations' ability to monitor such cases and in this regard urges the Government of Sudan to extend greater cooperation with UNAMID towards fulfilment of this goal; calls on the Government of Sudan fully to respect its obligations, including by fulfilling its commitment to lift the state of emergency in Darfur, releasing all political prisoners, allowing free expression and undertaking effective efforts to ensure accountability for serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, by whomsoever perpetrated, and emphasizes the importance of UNAMID acting to promote human rights, bringing abuses and violations to the attention of the authorities and requests the Secretary-General to provide reporting on all the human rights issues identified in this resolution in his regular reports to the Security Council, and to report promptly gross violations and abuses to the Security Council;