15. In August 2005, the President issued a provisional order to promulgate a decree providing wide powers to the Government to oversee and control the activities of national and international non-governmental and civil society organizations, thereby directly affecting fundamental human rights including freedom of association protected in CPA, the Constitution, and international human rights instruments ratified by the Sudan and potentially infringing upon humanitarian action undertaken by such organizations on behalf of IDPs and returnees.
15. In August 2005, the President issued a provisional order to promulgate a decree providing wide powers to the Government to oversee and control the activities of national and international non-governmental and civil society organizations, thereby directly affecting fundamental human rights including freedom of association protected in CPA, the Constitution, and international human rights instruments ratified by the Sudan and potentially infringing upon humanitarian action undertaken by such organizations on behalf of IDPs and returnees.