The violated rights included in this report are; Right to life, Security of person, Child rights, Rights of women and girls, Rights of civilians within conflict areas. 5 The Main Aim This report aims to bring to light the human rights violation and abuses in SK and BN states/ government territory of Sudan and the situation of IDPs from the two states. 6 Objectives o To provide the United Nations’ Human Rights Expert for Sudan, AU, Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Diplomatic Missions and Embassies in Sudan with information, in order to enhance their efforts to compel the Government of Sudan to respect human rights. o To lobby and engage the Sudanese Civil Society in the process of human rights advocacy. o To study the human rights situation at the conflict zones of SK and BN in Sudan and come up with appropriate recommendations. 7 Scope of the report 7.1 Geographical scope Sudan is a country in Africa opening to the Red sea, it consists of eighteen states, some of those states under conflict. This report covers two states under conflict, SK and BN as well as the internally displaced persons from those two states. SK State consists of seventeen (17) localities, some are located within a territory controlled by SPLA-N and others are under government control. BN State consists of six (6) localities under state control with SPLA-N presence. This report covers the following towns and villages in SK under the government control; Kadogli town in Kadogli Locality; Talodi town in Talodi Locality; Rashad town and Elfaid Umabdalla9in Rashad Locality; Al-Abbasiya town, Tabassa and Gardood-Yama in AlAbbasiya Locality; Abu-Jibaiha town in Abu-Jibaiha locality and Sengair at Tadamon10 locality. In BN the report focuses on the following towns and villages under the government control; Damazin town in Damazin Locality; Bout located in Tadamon Locality; Ashaheed Afandiin Bau Locality; Roseires in Roseires Locality. 9 It can be found in other papers named as Elfaid only There are two localities holding the same name, one in SK and the other in BN 10 4