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Algemeen Ambtsbericht Sudan Algemeen ambtsbericht Sudan Datum juli 2015 Pagina 1 van 77 Algemeen ambtsbericht Sudan | Juli 2015 Colofon Plaats Den Haag Opgesteld door CAT Pagina 2 van 77 Algemeen ambtsbericht Sudan | Juli 2015 Inhoudsopgave Colofon ......................................................................................................2 Inhoudsopgave ............................................................................................3 1 Landeninformatie..................................................................................... 6 1.1 Politieke ontwikkelingen ................................................................................6 1.1.1 Darfur ......................................................................................................14 1.1.2 Vredesmissies............................................................................................ 15 1.2 Veiligheidssituatie ......................................................................................17 1.2.1 Documenten.............................................................................................. 29 2 Mensenrechten........................................................................................32 2.1 Juridische context ......................................................................................32 2.1.1 Verdragen en protocollen.............................................................................32 2.1.2 Nationale wetgeving ...................................................................................32 2.2 Toezicht ...................................................................................................33 2.3 Naleving en schendingen.............................................................................34 2.3.1 Vrijheid van meningsuiting...........................................................................34 2.3.2 Vrijheid van vereniging en vergadering ..........................................................38 2.3.3 Vrijheid van godsdienst ...............................................................................41 2.3.4 Bewegingsvrijheid ......................................................................................42 2.3.5 Rechtsgang ...............................................................................................43 2.3.6 Arrestaties en detenties ..............................................................................46 2.3.7 Mishandeling en foltering.............................................................................47 2.3.8 Verdwijningen ...........................................................................................48 2.3.9 Mensenhandel ...........................................................................................49 2.3.10 Eerwraak/bloedwraak .................................................................................50 2.4 Positie van bijzondere groepen .....................................................................50 2.4.1 Dienstplichtigen en deserteurs......................................................................50 2.4.2 Vrouwen...................................................................................................50 2.4.3 Minderjarigen ............................................................................................53 2.4.4 LGBT........................................................................................................ 55 2.4.5 Personen van Zuid-Sudanese afkomst ...........................................................57 3 Migratie ..................................................................................................58 3.1 Binnenlandse ontheemden...........................................................................58 3.2 Opvang vluchtelingen .................................................................................62 3.3 Sudanese vluchtelingen in de regio ...............................................................68 3.4 Activiteiten van internationale organisaties.....................................................69 3.5 Positie UNHCR ...........................................................................................70 4 Bijlage(n) ...............................................................................................71 4.1 Kaart van Sudan ........................................................................................71 4.2 Literatuurlijst............................................................................................. 73 4.3 Afkortingen ...............................................................................................76 Pagina 3 van 77 Algemeen ambtsbericht Sudan | Juli 2015 Inleiding In dit algemeen ambtsbericht wordt de situatie in Sudan beschreven voor zover deze van belang is voor de beoordeling van asielverzoeken van personen die afkomstig zijn uit Sudan en voor besluitvorming over de terugkeer van afgewezen Sudanese asielzoekers. Het algemeen ambtsbericht beslaat de periode van oktober 2013 tot en met juni 2015. Het ambtsbericht beschrijft de situatie in Sudan. In het ambtsbericht wordt ook expliciet aandacht besteed aan de positie van personen van Zuid-Sudanese afkomst. Dit ambtsbericht is gebaseerd op informatie uit openbare en vertrouwelijke bronnen. Bij de opstelling is gebruik gemaakt van informatie van verschillende organisaties van de Verenigde Naties (VN) en niet-gouvernementele organisaties (Ngo’s), vakliteratuur en berichtgeving in de media. Een overzicht van de geraadpleegde openbare bronnen is opgenomen in de literatuurlijst. Bovendien liggen vertrouwelijke rapportages van de Nederlandse vertegenwoordigingen in het buitenland aan dit algemeen ambtsbericht ten grondslag en heeft een fact finding missie plaatsgevonden naar Sudan. In het ambtsbericht wordt veelvuldig verwezen naar geraadpleegde openbare bronnen. Daar waar openbare bronnen zijn vermeld, wordt de tekst in veel gevallen ook ondersteund door informatie die op vertrouwelijke basis is ingewonnen. In hoofdstuk een wordt ingegaan op recente ontwikkelingen op het gebied van politiek en veiligheid. Voor informatie over land en volk wordt verwezen naar het Algemeen ambtsbericht van oktober 2013. In hoofdstuk twee wordt de mensenrechtensituatie in Sudan geschetst. Na een beschrijving van wettelijke garanties en internationale verdragen waarbij Sudan partij is, komen de mogelijkheden van toezicht op de naleving van de mensenrechten aan de orde. Daarna volgt een beschrijving van de naleving dan wel schending van een aantal klassieke mensenrechten. Ten slotte wordt de positie van specifieke groepen belicht. In hoofdstuk drie komen de opvang van binnenlandse ontheemden en vluchtelingen, de activiteiten van internationale organisaties en de positie van de United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) aan de orde. Ten slotte zijn bij het algemeen ambtsbericht een aantal bijlagen gevoegd. Pagina 5 van 77 1 Landeninformatie 1.1 Politieke ontwikkelingen Nationale ontwikkelingen Van 1956 tot 1972 en van 1983 tot 2005 was Sudan verwikkeld in een burgeroorlog tussen het voornamelijk islamitische Noorden, grotendeels beheerst door de Sudanese regering, en het voornamelijk christelijk/animistische Zuiden, vooral in handen van de rebellenbeweging Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). Naast het Noord-Zuid conflict ontstonden er ook gewapende conflicten in Oost-Sudan (vanaf 1994), Darfur (vanaf 2003) en de Drie Gebieden (Abyei/Zuid- Kordofan/Blue Nile) (vanaf 2005). Al deze conflicten hebben hun oorzaak in de tegenstelling tussen centrum en periferie en de ongelijke verdeling van macht en welvaart. Op 9 juli 2011 werd Zuid-Sudan een onafhankelijke staat. Niet alleen raakte Sudan hierdoor een groot deel van haar grondgebied kwijt, ook verloor het land 75% van haar oliegebieden aan Zuid-Sudan, hetgeen een aanzienlijke inkomstenderving voor Sudan betekende en sociaaleconomische onrust tot gevolg had. Relatie Sudan en Zuid-Sudan Tijdens de verslagperiode stond de uitvoering van de akkoorden die beide landen na de afscheiding van Zuid-Sudan hadden gesloten1 nog altijd onder druk vanwege wederzijdse beschuldigingen van steun aan rebellen en onenigheid over de precieze grenzen tussen beide landen. De activiteiten van het Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM) werden op 22 november 2013 opgeschort vanwege het bezwaar van Zuid-Sudan tegen de locatie van de middellijn (centreline) in de twee gebieden van de Safe Demilitarized Border Zone (SDBZ) en de voorgestelde corridors.2 De nieuwe grens van 1.250 mijl tussen Sudan en Zuid-Sudan was gebaseerd op provinciale grenzen van 1956, het jaar waarin Sudan onafhankelijk werd. Langs deze grens wonen kleine – toch al gemarginaliseerde - bevolkingsgroepen en nomaden die bang zijn om hun rechten op beweiding van hun vee in Zuid-Sudan te verliezen.3 Hoewel de grenskwestie nog niet volledig is opgelost, werden de activiteiten van het JBVMM tijdens de verslagperiode hervat.4 De relatie met Zuid-Sudan verslechterde nadat in dat land in december 2013 gevechten uitbraken tussen groepen die loyaal waren aan president Salva Kiir en degenen die vicepresident Riek Machar steunden.5 Sudan werd er van beschuldigd de gewapende oppositie, de SPLA-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) van Machar, in Zuid- Sudan te steunen.6 Omgekeerd werd Zuid-Sudan door Khartoum beschuldigd van steun aan de SPLM/Noord dat samen met rebellengroepen uit Darfur het Sudan 1 Op 27 september 2012 sloten de partijen een negental akkoorden over: 1. Samenwerking. 2. Olie. 3. Veiligheidszaken. 4. Rechten
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