Sudan: UN Designated Expert on Human Rights in Sudan to visit Port Sudan

GENEVA (4 July 2024) – The UN Designated Expert on human rights in Sudan, Radhouane Nouicer, will visit Port Sudan from 7 to 11 July 2024 to assess the human rights situation in the country amid the ongoing conflict.

In the context of the visit, his first since the armed conflict began, he will hold meetings in Port Sudan with Sudanese authorities, UN entities and other humanitarian partners, as well as representatives of civil society organizations. He will also seek to engage with displaced communities to hear directly from them.

The findings from the Expert’s visit will contribute to the next annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Sudan, to be presented to the Human Rights Council at its 58^th session, in March 2025.

Nouicer was appointed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as his Designated Expert on the situation of the human rights in the Sudan on 16 December 2022, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions A/HRC/S-32/1, A/HRC/50/1, and A/HRC/S-36/1. He conducted a first visit to Sudan in February 2023, just prior to the hostilities. This will be his second official visit to the country since he was appointed.