Vice President and Secretary General of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Dr Ali bin Smaikh al-Marri has called for providing the necessary support to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by the transitional government in Sudan.
He also congratulated the First Vice President of the Transitional Sovereign Council and Commander of the Rapid Support Forces Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo on the election of Sudan as a member of the Human Rights Council for 2021 as a representative of the African group.
This came in the meeting held on Monday between Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and Dr al-Marri at the headquarters of the transitional government of Sudan.
Dr al-Marri praised Sudan's joining of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, renewing his welcome of the decision to establishing an steering committee for the national human rights commission, and GANHRI's commitment to support Sudan in all aspects related to human rights.
He called for institutionalising a dialogue between the Sudanese government and GANHRI, stressing that the transitional period requires the consolidation of all governmental efforts with the efforts of NGOs to enhance the state of human rights.
He expressed his delight that GANHRI pledged to provide the necessary technical support to write the law establishing the national human rights commission.
He also called for forming a national strategy on human rights to be a building block for transitioning towards democracy, justice, and the rule of law in Sudan.
He also welcomed the lifting of economic sanctions on Sudan, adding that those sanctions had grave implications on the ability to practise basic human rights and called on the international community to accelerate the procedures of lifting the economic embargo.
