TOWARDS ELIMINATING SLAVERY
At Government
Level
At International
Level
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TOWARDS
ELIMINATING SLAVERY
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THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL
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Require police to assist families in locating their relatives, and to issue
warrants for the release of the relatives without pay, once located.
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End the practice of arming local militias, Murableen and PDF, which has
resulted in slave raiding and child abductions.
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Allow local non-government human rights observers to share their information
with international monitors.
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Encourage local reconciliation between the Dinka and Baggara peoples of
south-western Sudan, with assistance to restore traditional peace-keeping
structures and methods.
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Ask international agencies with experience in the tracing and family reunification
field to help set up and run such an agency inside Sudan.
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Assist researchers and tribal conferences to identify all enslaved individuals
and facilitate their return - free of charge - to the affected families.
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All armed forces in the Sudan (including the SPLA, militias and security
forces) should desist ftorn taking children into slavery, forced Islamization
or forced conscription and military training. Top
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THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
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Work for retrieval, rehabilitation and re-union with their families of
any child kept in captivity.
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The UN and independent human rights organisations should provide teams
to monitor all parts of Northern and Southern Sudan in conjunction with
local human rights observers.Top

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