Reference Library
This is my reference library. Most of the material posted here relates specifically to Sudan and Southern Sudan but some resources refer to other locations and may be transferable to the situation in Sudan.
The library contains published REPORTS from various organizations, training manuals and other RESOURCES FOR JOURNALISTS and LEGISLATION/GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS. If you are interested in maps I have a special MAPS PAGE. All the material is in the public domaine, meaning that it has been published and made available elsewhere for free from a variety of websites. Copyright is owned by the document’s respective creators.
If you have a report that is not included here, please email me a link to the pdf so that I may add it here.
2010
- (May 6, 2010) Sudan: Regional Perspectives on the Prospect of Southern Independence, Africa Report no.159 by International Crisis Group (download pdf 1.3MB).
- (May 2, 2010) Media and Elections in Sudan: Monitoring the Coverage of Sudan 2010 Elections; Interim Report No. 5 (Apr 11-Apr 23, 2010) by Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (download pdf 4.4MKB).
- (Apr 24, 2010) Election Statement by The Sudanese Group for Democracy and Elections (SuGDE) and the Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections (SuNDE) by National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) (download pdf 732KB).
- (Apr 19, 2010) Election Observer Mission to the Sudan Interim Statement by Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) (download pdf 84KB).
- (Apr 18, 2010) Media and Elections in Sudan: Monitoring the Coverage of Sudan 2010 Elections; (Feb 13-Apr 13) Preliminary Report by Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (download pdf 776KB).
- (Apr 17, 2010) Sudanese elections show significant deficiencies against international standards but pave the way for future democratic progress, Preliminary Statement by European Union Election Observation Mission (download pdf 95KB).
- (Apr 17, 2010) Election Observation Mission Sudan, Presidential, Gubernatorial and Legislative, April 2010, Preliminary Statement by The Carter Center (download pdf 252KB).
- (April 17, 2010) The Position of the Independent Civil Society Network on the Electoral Process by Civil Society Consortium for Elections (Tamam), the Civic Forum and Justice Africa (download pdf 60KB).
- (Apr 17, 2010) Election Observation Mission Sudan, Presidential, Gubernatorial and Legislative, April 2010, Preliminary Statement by The Carter Center (download pdf 252KB).
- (Apr 5, 2010) Confirmed Damaged and Destroyed Villages in Darfur, February 2003 – December 2009 MAP by US Department of State, Humanitarian Information Unit (HIU) (download pdf 1.6MB).
- (Apr 2, 2010) Media and Elections in Sudan: Monitoring the Coverage of Sudan 2010 Elections; Interim Report No. 3 (Feb 13-Mar 21) by Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (download pdf 776KB).
- (April 2010) Sudan – No Easy Ways Ahead, Publication Series on Democracy, Vol. 18 by the Heinrich Böll Foundation (download pdf 1.8MB).
- (Mar 30, 2010) On the Brink: towards lasting peace in Sudan. A report on the role of the international community in supporting Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement and beyond by Associate Parliamentary Group for Sudan (download pdf 272KB).
- (Mar 30, 2010) Rigged Elections in Darfur and the Consequences of a Probable NCP Victory in Sudan by International Crisis Group (download pdf 813KB).
- (Mar 26, 2010) Electoral Designs Proportionality, representation, and constituency boundaries in Sudan’s 2010 elections by Marc Gustafson at the Rift Valley Institute (download pdf 2.3MB).
- (Mar 25, 2010) Sudan: No time for “Business as Usual” Filed Report by Refugees International (download pdf 144KB).
- (Mar 19, 2010) Sudan: Briefing to International Elections Observers by Amnesty International (download pdf 64KB).
- (Mar 17, 2010) Preliminary Statement on the Final Stages of Sudan’s Electoral Process by The Carter Center (download pdf 68KB).
- (Mar 16, 2010) Media and Elections in Sudan: Monitoring the Coverage of Sudan 2010 Elections; Interim Report No. 2 (Feb 13-Mar 7) by Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (download pdf 865KB).
- (Mar 16, 2010) Preparing for Two Sudans by Maggie Fick at the Enough Project (download pdf 400KB).
- (Mar 9, 2010) IDPs and Elections in Sudan by IDP Action (download pdf 144KB).
- (Mar 1, 2010) Electoral Designs Proportionality, representation, and constituency boundaries in Sudan’s 2010 elections by the Rift Valley Institute (download pdf 2.3MB).
- (March 2010) Renewed conflict in Sudan; Contingency Planning Memorandum No. 7 by Katherine Almquist at Council on Foreign Relations, Center for Preventive Action (download pdf 144KB).
- (Feb 11, 2010) Elections in Sudan: Chaos Before Stability by Savo Heleta (download pdf 108KB).
- (Feb 9, 2010) Building on a Cracked Foundation: an analysis of the election registration process in sudan and its impact on the potential for free and fair elections by African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) (download pdf ???KB).
- (Feb 2010) 5th Population and Housing Census in Sudan – An Incomplete Exercise by Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre (DRDC) (download pdf 1MB).
- (Feb 2010) Elections Assistance Bulletin by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) (download pdf 1.2MB).
- (Feb 2010) South Sudan Annual Needs and Livelihoods Assessment, 2009/2010 Upper Nile State Report by (SSRRC), (MOAF), (WFP), (FAO), (SSCCSE) (download pdf 720KB).
- (Feb 2010) There is no Protection: Insecutiry and Human Rights in Southern Sudan by Human Rights Watch (download pdf 384KB).
- (Jan 19, 2010) Clear Benchmarks for Sudan by the Enough Project, Humanity United, Human Rights Watch et al. (download pdf 268KB).
- (Jan 19, 2010) Report of the Secretary-General on the Sudan by United Nations Security Council (download pdf 100KB).
- (Jan 2010) Decisions and Deadlines: A Critical Year for Sudan by Chatham House (download pdf 805KB).
- (2010) UN and Partners Work Plan for Sudan United Nations (download pdf 16MB) More documents are downloadable at UN Sudan Information Gateway.
2009
-(Dec 18, 2009) Sudan Human Rights Monitor, Issue 4 Oct-Nov 2009 by African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) (download pdf 232KB).
- (Dec 17, 2009) Sudan: Preventing Implosion: Africa Briefing No. 68 by International Crisis Group (download pdf 852KB).
- (Nov 30, 2009) Preliminary Statement on Sudan’s Voter Registration by The Carter Center (download pdf 56KB).
- (Nov 6, 2009) Profile of a Community: a “smart map” of the Sudanese diaspora in Canada prepared for The Sudan Task Force, Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) by The Mosaic Institute (download pdf 284KB).
- (Nov 2009) South Sudan Food Security Update by Famine Early Warming Systems Network (FEWSNET) (download pdf 856KB).
- (Nov 2009) Assessment of the Electoral Framework Final Report by Democracy Reporting International (DRI) and the Center for Peace and Development Studies of the University of Juba, Sudan (download pdf 688KB).
- (Oct 29, 2009) The Quest for Peace, Justice and Reconciliation: Report of the African Union High Panel on Darfur (AUPD) (download pdf 1.6MB).
- (Oct 19, 2009) An Opening for Expression or Shifting Tactics? Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Expression in Sudan by African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) (download pdf 232KB).
- (Oct 2009) Elections in Sudan: Between a rock and a hard place by Justin Willis at the Rift Valley Institute (download pdf 128KB).
- (Sept 30, 2009) Imagining the Election: A Look at What Citizens Know and Expect of Sudan’s 2010 Vote. Findings from Focus Groups with Men and Women in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas by National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) (download pdf 1.5MB).
- (Sept 2009) Fueling Mistrust: the need for transparency in Sudan’s oil industry by Global Witness (download pdf 4.6MB).
- (Sept 2009) Skirting the Law: Sudan’s Post-CPA Arms Flows by Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (download pdf 688KB).
- (Sept 2009) Ticking the box: elections in Sudan by Jort Hemmer, Conflict Research Unit, ‘Clingendael’ Netherlands Institute for International Relations (download pdf 1.1MB).
- (Aug 25, 2009) Khartoum’s Strategic Assault on Southern Self-Determination Referendum by Eric Reeves (download pdf 124KB).
- (Aug 19, 2009) Status of the Electoral Process in Sudan: concerns remain over electoral delays and peace agreement implementation by The Carter Center (download pdf 44KB).
- (Aug 2009) Scenarios for Sudan: avoiding political violence through 2011, Special Report 228 by United States Institute of Peace (download pdf 572KB).
- (June 28, 2009) Sudan Elections and Southern Self-Determination: At Growing Risk by Eric Reeves (download pdf 146KB).
- (June 2009) No One to Intervene: Gaps in Civilian Protection in Southern Sudan by Human Rights Watch (download pdf 146KB).
- (June 2009) Sudan’s Election Paradox by Adam O’brian the Enough Project (download pdf 156KB).
- (May 2009) Elections in Sudan: Learning from Experience by the Rift Valley Institute (download pdf 768KB).
- (April 26, 2009) 5th Sudan Population and Housing Census ‐ 2008 Priority Results submitted to the Presidency by the Population Census Council (download pdf 416KB).
- (March 2009) Conducting Elections in Darfur: Looking ahead to Sudan’s 2009 Elections by United States Institute of Peace (download pdf 208KB).
- (Jan 2009) Sudan IDP & Refugee Returns, Reintegration Operations, Statistical Overview by UNMIS, Return Reintegration & Recovery (download pdf 980KB).
2008
- (August 2008) Sudan Civic and voter Education Baseline Study by International Fondation for Electoral Systems (IFES) (download pdf 1.3MB).
- (July 14, 2008) ICC against Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir, Appendix A: Public”Redacted”Version”of”the”Prosecutor’s”Application”under”Article”58 by Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (download pdf 968KB).
- (July 2008) Referendum, Response and Consequences for Sudan: the Game between Juba and Khartoum by Development Research Group, the World Bank, (download pdf 360KB).
- (June 12, 2008) An Assessment of USAID Election Support Options in Sudan by USAID (download pdf 656KB).
- (June 2008) Total Returns to South Sudan Post CPA to June 2008 by International Organization for Migration (download pdf 424KB).
- (Feb 23, 2008) Advocacy / Publicity for the Census by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (download pdf 180KB).
2005
- (Nov 25, 2005) Sudan: Prospects for Peace; Forced Migration Review #24 by Refugee Studies Centre (download pdf 2MB).
2003
- (2003) Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights by Human Rights Watch (download pdf 2.8MB).
2001
- (Fall 2001) From Cattle Camp to Slaughterhouse: the politics of identity among Cuban-educated refugees in Canada. A thesis submitted to Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fullfilment of the requirements of the degree of Masters of Arts, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta by Carole Ann Berger (download pdf 5.7MB).
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- An Opening for Expression or Shifting Tactics? Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Expression in Sudan (Oct 19, 2009) by African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) (download pdf 232KB).
- A Practical Guide for Sudanese Journalists (April 2009) by Institute for War & Peace Reporting (download pdf 768KB).
- A Reporter’s Guide to Election Coverage (2005 elections in Iraq). by International News Safety Institute (INSI), Index on Censorship, Reuters Foundation, Article 19, UNESCO (download pdf 2.8MB).
- Conflict Sensitive Journalism: a handbook by Ross Howard (2003) by Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACTS) and International Media Support (IMS) (download pdf 348KB).
- Friends of Foes?: Peacekeeping Forces, Humanitarian Aid and Media Development (November 2004) by International Media Support (IMS) (download pdf 212KB).
- Handbook for the URN Advanced Radio Journalism Course in Politicl Reporting by Ugandan Radio Network, Institute for War & Peace Reporting (download pdf handbook one 268KB, two 72KB, three 764KB).
- How to Improve Conflict Reporting: A Report on the International Roundtable on New Approaches to Conflict Reporting (5-6 October 2003) by International Media Support (IMS) (download pdf 236).
- It’s an Everyday Battle: Censorship and Harassment of Journalists and Human Rights Defenders in Sudan (2009) by Human Rights Watch (download pdf 480KB).
- Journalism Training in Sudan: A move towards enhanced cooperation (2009) by International Media Support (IMS) (download pdf 236).
- Live From Africa: A Handbook for African Radio Journalists (2006) by the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (download handbook one 700KB and handbook two 2.8Mb).
- Media and Elections in Sudan: Monitoring the Coverage of Sudan 2010 Elections; Preliminary Report (Apr 18, 2010) by Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (download pdf 776KB).
- Media and Elections in Sudan: Monitoring the Coverage of Sudan 2010 Elections; Interim Report No. 2 (Feb 13-Mar 7) by Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (download pdf 865KB)
- Media and Elections in Sudan: Monitoring the Coverage of Sudan 2010 Elections; Interim Report No. 3 (Feb 13-Mar 21) by Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (download pdf 776KB).
- Media Coverage of the Darfur Conflict in Sudanese and non-Sudanese Media: a quantitative and qualitative analysis (2009) by International Media Support (IMS) (download pdf 750KB).
- Media in Sudan at a Crossroads: Assessment and Outline of a Strategy for Media Support (2007) by International Media Support (IMS), Article 19, et al. (download pdf 448KB).
- Press Freedom Post-Conflict: a cause of instability or foundation of democratic development? (conference report 20-21 April 2007) by International Media Support (IMS) (download pdf 212KB).
- Regional Media In Conflict: Case studies in local war reporting (May 2000) by Institute for War & Peace Reporting (download pdf 1.8Mb).
- Reporting for Change: a handbook for local journalists in crisis areas (2004) by Institute for War & Peace Reporting (download pdf introduction 192KB, chapter one 180KB, two 200KB, three 188KB, four 192KB, five 184KB, six 180KB, seven 224KB, eight 188KB, nine not available, ten 212KB, eleven 252KB, twelve 188KB, thirteen 196KB, fourteen 200KB, fifteen 188KB).
- Reporting Justice: a handbook on covering war crimes courts (2006) by the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (download handbook one 3.7MB and handbook two 424KB).
- Role of the Media in Conflict Prevention and Peace Building, The (April 2005) by Institute for Media, Peace and Security (download pdf 8MB).
- Supporting to Media During Elections: A Coaching Manual (2006) by International Media Support (IMS), Media & Democracy Group, Réseau Liberté (download pdf 236KB).
- When Information Saves Lives: Engaging Local Media in Humanitarian Crises (2009) by Internews Network (download pdf 6.3MB).
MEDIA LEGISLATION
- Media Self-regulation Act & Code of Ethics (27 June 2007) (download pdf 1.8MB).
- Statement from the Southern Roundtable on Freedom of Expression (17 September 2006) (download pdf 20KB).
- Khartoum – Rumbek Declaration (adopted 6 December 2005) (download pdf 60KB).
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LEGISLATION / GOVERNMENT / SPEECHES:
- Electoral Code of Conduct for Sudan (download pdf 60KB) and Declaration of Common Commitments (download pdf 28KB) by the Political Parties of Sudan (Juba, March 2, 2010).
- Factsheet: National elections Act of 2008 by National Elections Commission (download pdf 292KB)
- The (Sudan) National Elections Act 2008 (download pdf 1.2MB).
- Introductory Remarks by President Pierre Buyoya, African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan, Summit Meeting of Political Parties in Southern Sudan (Juba, March 1, 2010) (download pdf 32KB).
- 5th Sudan Population and Housing Census ‐ 2008 Priority Results (April 26, 2009) submitted to the Presidency by the Population Census Council (download pdf 416KB).
- Announcement of the Modified Elections’ Time-Frame + North-South Borders: Potential Areas of Potential Conflict by National Elections Commission (download pdf 580KB).
- Determination of Geographical Seats, Political Parties Seats and Woman Seats for each State in National Assembly: Resolution No. 30 by National Elections Commission (download pdf 888KB).
- Speech by John Garang de Mabior on occasion of signing of the Nairobi Declaration on Launchng the Final Phase if Peace in the Sudan (June 5, 2004) (download pdf 168KB).
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