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Protection of Civilians: From Principle to Practice

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Blog post | 2014

Impunity and the conflation of rape and adultery in Sudan’s Criminal Act

Liv Tønnessen (2014)
(Norwegian Center for Humanitarian Studies)
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http://www.humanitarianstudies.no/2014/03/10/impunity-and-the-conflation-of-rape-and-adultery-in-sudans-criminal-act/
Under Sudan's Criminal Act (1991), rape is defined as zina (adultery and fornication) without consent. This constitutes a serious legal obstacle for rape victims in the country.
Read more:
http://www.humanitarianstudies.no/2014/03/10/impunity-and-the-conflation-of-rape-and-adultery-in-sudans-criminal-act/

Liv Tønnessen

Research Professor/Director of Center on Law and Social Transformation
  • liv.tonnessen@cmi.no
  • +47 90224104

Protection of Civilians: From Principle to Practice

Mar 2012 - Apr 2016
  • Gender
  • Humanitarianism
  • Sudan

Also from this project:

Blog post | 2017

Reform of the rape law in Sudan: Lip service to the International Criminal Court

Liv Tønnessen

Journal Article | 2017

Enemies of the state: Curbing women activists advocating rape reform in Sudan

Liv Tønnessen

Journal of International Women's Studies

See also:

Newspaper Op-Ed | Oct 2025

Har fire stormakter nøkkelen til å stanse Sudan-krigen?

Gunnar Sørbø

Blog post | Oct 2025

Sudanese students in exile: Learning against the odds

Rayan Ibrahim

Blog post | Oct 2025

Sudan's higher education sector: Seen from a student's perspective

Aya Khatir Haroun Nahar

Newspaper Op-Ed | Sep 2025

Sudan er ikke glemt, men ignorert

Liv Tønnessen

Blog post | Oct 2025

Blog post. Unmaking Belonging: The Mass Deportation of Afghans from Iran and Pakistan

Antonio De Lauri

Book Chapter | Oct 2025

Reinforcing or obscuring refugee rights? The roles of vulnerability in Norwegian asylum practices

Jessica Schultz, Hilde Lidén

Between Protection and Harm. Negotiated Vulnerabilities in Asylum Laws and Bureaucracies

Journal Article | Oct 2025

Abortion Within Reason or Right: Navigating Reproductive Governance and Abortion Stigma in Madagascar's Urban Central Highlands

Karine Aasgaard Jansen

Studies in Comparative International Development

Report in External Series | Sep 2025

Hvor hender det? | NUPI

Liv Tønnessen

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