Rule of Law in the Sudan

The conclusion of the so-called Comprehensive Peace Agreement1 in January2005 and the adoption of a new constitution for the Sudan in July 2005 –which expressly incorporates the Comprehensive Peace Agreement2 – markedthe end of a 20-year civil war between the central government in Khartoum andvarious rebel movements in the southern parts of post-colonial Sudan, most notablythe Sudan’s People Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A)