1 Introduction This report documents and highlights some violations and abuses that HUDO Centre managed to cover which took place in the government territories of South Kordufan (SK) and Blue Nile (BN) states of Sudan. The report also highlights the situation of internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the two states. The report mainly covers the year 2016 and some related incidents in from late 2015 and early 2017. The report is divided into four interrelated sections. The first one is introductory section which consists of brief background of the major steps taken by the state that affected the human rights situation, the problem statement, the aim and objectives of the report, the scope of the report which consists of geographical and ethnic composition of the two states, the methodology used in gathering information/ data and the limitations and challenges faced while gathering information. The second section is the body of the report which contains the incidents that took place, divided according to incidents and geographically. The third section about recommendation to all stakeholders and the last section contain the appendices for some topic mentioned in the report. 2 About HUDO HUDO Centre1 is an independent, non-government, non-partisan and non-profit making organization based in Kampala- Uganda. HUDO is currently undertaking monitoring of human rights situation and observing rights related court cases like religious rights and freedom of expression. Our focus is on Sudan‟s government controlled areas of SK and BN States and the IDPs from the two areas. HUDO also runs a special program on refugee issues. HUDO trains human rights monitors based in these areas in order to improve their capacity to monitor, document and report on violations and abuses taking place. HUDO‟s vision is; A world where everyone‟s human rights are protected and fulfilled without discrimination HUDO‟s mission is; To champion universal access to rights based information and services to vulnerable and underserved communities‟ through sustainable innovations, humanitarian support, strategic partnerships, rights empowerment, capacity building, research and advocacy. 3 A Brief Background When the war broke out in 2011 in SK and BN, the State of Emergency was declared in the two states by President Omer Elbashir and then ministry of defense announced a series of military campaigns2.In August 2013 one of the government‟s most violent 1 For more information about HUDO please visit: http://hudocentre.org/english/ The decisive summer military campaign which announced by Sudan ministry of defense in 2013, renewed its announcement in 2014 and 2015. 2 1