 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), January 2005 o The CPA contains a number of protocols that have specific provisions on the protection of the child. The power sharing protocol, signed in May 2004, stipulates in Article 1-6: The Republic of the Sudan, including all levels of Government throughout the country, shall comply fully with its obligations under the international human rights treaties to which it is or becomes a party. These include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Article 1-6 under the heading “Rights of the Child” reads: " Every child shall have, without any discrimination so to race, color, sex, language, religion, national or social origin, property or birth, the right to such measures of protection as are required by his/her status as a minor. The sixth protocol of the CPA on the ceasefire arrangements considers conscription of children as soldiers is a clear violation of the Agreement.  Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), April 2006: o Article 3 on the Bill of Rights contains the following provisions: o “all men and women shall enjoy all the civil and political rights contained in the International Covenant on the Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights …both signed by the Sudan.” o “The family is basis that the law shall protect. All men and women shall have the right to marry and form families in accordance with the provisions of the laws regulating marriage and family”. o “The state shall fight all customs and traditions that jeopardize the dignity and status of women”. o “The state shall provide maternity services, welfare and protection for children, pregnant women, children with special needs and the elderly in accordance with provisions of the regional and international instrument ratified by the Sudan”. o “The state shall provide protection for the child in accordance with provisions of the regional and international instrument ratified by the Sudan”. o “The state shall provide free access to education without discrimination based on religion, sex, race, ethnicity or disability. Basic education shall be compulsory. The state shall provide free access to health services”. In addition to the above the Child Protection Act, 2004 has been revised and a draft for the Child Act has been issued in 2006. A number of other laws have been revised and a number of other laws have been passed. This has its positive legislative impact on real life of children in the Sudan. Some of these legislations are contained in Table (1). 7