Cultural Protections: Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Implementations
Cultural Protections – 2005
In Article 13(4), Sudan’s Interim Constitution recognized the cultural diversity of the country in accordance with the 2005 CPA provision. Similarly, the 2005 CPA had provisions to establish a special commission to ensure that the rights of non-Muslims were protected in the capital. No further developments reported.
Cultural Protections – 2006
One of the challenges facing the Sudan on issues related to cultural tradition was the protection of non-Muslim minorities in the capital city. They had formerly been subject to the Sharia law tradition, which was the cultural tradition of the dominant Arabs in the northern Sudan. In August of 2006, the Presidency issued a decree for the establishment of the Commission on the Protection of the Rights of Non-Muslims in the National Capital.[fn]”The CPA Monitor-Monthly report on the Implementation of the CPA,” UNMIS, December 2009. [/efn_note]
Cultural Protections – 2007
The members of the Commission on the Protection of the Rights of Non-Muslims in the National Capital were appointed on 15 February 2007. The commission contained five Christians and five Muslims, ten community leaders, two traditional and customs experts, and one representative each from the Khartoum State, the Judiciary, the Ministry of Justice, the Police and National Security.1
Cultural Protections – 2008
No developments observed this year.
Cultural Protections – 2009
No developments observed this year.
Cultural Protections – 2010
No developments observed this year.
Cultural Protections – 2011
The cultural protection provision of the CPA was implemented. Nevertheless, with the secession of southern Sudan on 9 July 2011, the provision became obsolete.