NEW YORK, 19. oktober 2009 (HRW): – The Obama administration’s new Sudan policy, announced this morning, represents a positive step toward improving human rights and securing justice in Sudan, Human Rights Watch said today. The policy aims to end conflict in Darfur and ensure implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. It recognizes the need to apply continued and increased pressure on Sudan to obtain progress on human rights and justice for atrocities committed in Darfur to ensure lasting peace in Sudan.
Human Rights Watch said that the US could strengthen its policy by publicly articulating clear benchmarks that would effectively measure progress on ending human rights violations and ensuring accountability for war crimes in Darfur, and enacting national human rights reforms envisioned in the 2005 agreement. These include reforming the repressive national security apparatus and ending censorship and harassment of civil society throughout Sudan.
“The US should use its package of sanctions and incentives to press for real progress in ending human rights abuses across Sudan, and ensuring accountability in Darfur,” said Georgette Gagnon, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “This should be an open and rigorous process on all fronts.”
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