A/HRC/RES/45/25
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 October 2020
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-fifth session
14 September–7 October 2020
Agenda item 10
Technical assistance and capacity-building
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 6 October 2020
45/25.
Technical assistance and capacity-building to further improve human
rights in the Sudan
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Human
Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007,
Recalling further Human Rights Council resolutions 39/22 of 28 September 2018 and
42/35 of 27 September 2019,
Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and
protection of all human rights,
Acknowledging that the situation of human rights in the Sudan has significantly
improved and is on track to improve further, while technical assistance and capacity-building
will nevertheless continue to be needed,
Mindful of the exemplary, non-violent and inspiring popular uprising of the Sudanese
people, in particular the wide participation of women and youth, calling for freedom, peace
and justice, which led to a fundamental change in the political situation in the Sudan,
Welcoming the positive steps taken by the Transitional Government of the Sudan in
introducing legal reforms, rebuilding and developing the legal and justice system and
ensuring the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law, and the commitment of the
Sudan, reflected in its constitutional document, to respect and protect human rights and all
basic freedoms,
Welcoming also the initialling of a peace agreement between the Government of the
Sudan and the Sudanese Revolutionary Front in Juba on 31 August 2020,
Noting with appreciation the close cooperation between the Government of the Sudan
and the country office of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights in the Sudan,
GE.20-13361(E)