The Sudan raised the issue with forums of the international community and UN agencies.
The NCCW coordinated efforts in collaboration with UNICEF and the Red Cross for the
return of the children to their families and the provision of psychosocial support to them.
11 children were returned to Sudan. Perpetrators were tried and convicted by a Chadian
court but were soon released upon a pardon from the French Government. The NCCW is
seeking to obtain damages from the organization to these children.
Within the context of challenging the phenomenon of using children in camel racing in
the Gulf region agreement has been concluded on a joint program between NCCW, the
Ministries of the interior in Sudan and UAE and UNICEF for the purpose re-qualification
of these children and providing support for the payment of personal indemnities and the
development of their local communities through the provision of health, educational and
cultural services in collaboration with UAE, UNICEF and Qatar Charity Organization.
Moreover, awareness and advocacy campaigns were organized in support of these
children. The reintegration program for the children included the following activities:
Child friendly clubs
Case studies
Camel racing children joining schools
Camel racing children joining vocational training centers
Child to child awareness campaigns
Community awareness
Radio programs
Recreational activities
Follow up of individual cases
Registration of concerned children for individual indemnities
Capacity building
The program has succeeded in returning all concerned children and the provision of
health and education services to their respective communities. It can be safely said that
this file has been closed.
Insult and Torture:
Sudanese legislations have provided for the right of the child to not be subjected to
torture, cruel, inhumane or degrading punishment. Reference has already been made to
Articles incriminating those acts in the Child Act, 2010 (chapter on the civil rights and
liberties) in addition to the provisions of the National Interim Constitution of the
Republic of the Sudan, 2005 and the constitutions of southern Sudan and the states that
ensure this right.
A number of activities have been organized to combat violence, including the
establishment of database on causes of violence and ways of addressing it. In this context
all studies on violence in Sudan have been revised and recommendations widely
disseminated. A study has been conducted on violence in schools in 2005. In 2008 the
national plan for combating violence in Sudan has been prepared (refer to item f of the
theme of civil rights and liberties).
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