The beginning of rain is a drop, then it pours down:

Dr. Ahmed Al-Mufti
Translated by The Citizen

The Sudan National Commission for Human Rights released a statement on economic rights, calling for alleviating the citizens’ daily suffering, besides focusing its concern mainly on political rights!!!!

First: The civilian, military, political elites, and all human rights and political organizations focused their interests on political human rights such as freedom of publication, speech, and freedom of peaceful assembly at the expense of economic rights: relieving the daily suffering of the people, although economic rights are The first group of the five categories which are enshrined in the two international covenants while political rights ranked the fifth and last.

Second: Neglect of economic rights, despite the suffering caused by such neglect for citizens, the vast majority of the Sudanese people have become one the poorest in the world even though Sudan is rich in abundant natural resources. Therefore, we founded the human rights movement in 2005 to remedy the ongoing neglect of economic rights.

Third: We were surprised by the latest statement by the National Commission for Human Rights calling for drawing attention to economic rights. It is a great development that merits appreciation and support. It is recommendable to pursue that approach to address the suffering of the vast majority of the people.

Fourth: In order not to avoid misquoting the statement, below are excerpts from the statement:

“The National Commission for Human Rights has closely followed the recent increases in the cost of some services in the 2023 budget, and accordingly the Commission expresses its regrets
Despite these increases, which did not take into account the economic situation and the living conditions of citizens, the commission affirms the following:

1. The authorities are demanded to abolish these increases that have taken place, which affect a wide range of the rights of the people.

2 . As expressed by the National Commission for Human Rights, it is deeply disturbed by the increases in school fees, asserting that this procedure is inconsistent with the right to education.

3 . The National Commission for Human Rights calls on the authorities to address the budget deficit, away from placing the burden on the citizens, who are mainly suffering from the economic crisis, which has severely affected their rights, including the right to proper food and health.

4 . The National Commission for Human Rights also notes that these increases are greater in some states.

5 . The National Commission for Human Rights warns that such measures would increase tension and poverty rates.

Fourth: The Khartoum International Center for Human Rights affirms its full support for that approach by the Commission, which we hope will continue and develop, bearing in mind that we have been issuing publications calling on all UN human rights envoys to Sudan since 1993 to draw attention to economic rights similar to the attention to human rights. political, but all our calls seem to have been falling into deaf ears.