Power, conflict and human rights in Sudan

Oette, Lutz

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the burgeoning literature on Sudanese history, politics and the economy, as well as a substantial body of human rights reports and cases. It examines both structural and ideational factors that have contributed to a legacy of human rights violations and weak rule of law. Sudan’s dismal human rights record, particularly since 1989, and its role in a series of armed conflicts is common knowledge, as a result of decades of monitoring, documentation and litigation. South Sudan has, notwithstanding some marked differences, inherited a number of Sudan’s problems, exacerbated by decades of conflict and neglect. The African Union High Level Panel on Darfur aptly described what is happening in that region as ‘Sudan’s crisis in Darfur’. As highlighted in a number of studies and by various actors, Sudan’s society is marked by a considerable focus on status-based factors such as race, ethnicity, religion and gender.

Citation

Oette, L. (2018). Power, conflict and human rights in Sudan. In L. Oette, & M. A. Babiker (Eds.), Constitution-Making and Human Rights in the Sudans (15-40). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315624075-2

• Publication Date: Dec 20, 2018
• Deposit Date: Feb 5, 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 15-40
• Series Title: Routledge Research in Constitutional Law
• Book Title: Constitution-Making and Human Rights in the Sudans
• ISBN: 9781138652613
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315624075-2
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