Universi

ty of
Khartou
m
Faculty
of Law Human
Right

Dr. Alradi
Abdallah

Abeer
Farouk
Khalil
Ahmed
The impact of the country's economic situation on the rights of individuals

Human rights provide a unifying framework for universally recognized values and standards,
aim to develop local communities and create global frameworks conducive to achieving
economic justice and social well-being and promoting participation and equality. Human rights
are universal and interdependent, inalienable and indivisible.
It guarantees a minimum livelihood for all, sufficient to eliminate poverty and misery.
Economic, social and cultural rights are a set of economic and social human rights that include,
for example: the right to education, the right to housing, the right to an adequate standard of
living, the right to health care, the rights of victims, and the right to science and culture.
In our attempt to discuss how the state's economy affects the individual's enjoyment of his
economic, social and cultural rights, we must mention some of the problems that Sudan has
experienced recently, such as:
Totally lifting the subsidy on fuel and partially on bread and some important commodities for
the functioning of life, as this led to the availability of the requirements of life in easy ways, but
it caused a major disruption in the lives of poor families, as despite the availability of life
requirements, such groups are not able to obtain them not because of their scarcity Rather, due
to its cost that exceeds the family’s income, the government tried to find a solution to such cases,
as it allocated the sum of five hundred pounds per person, but it is a negligible amount in light of
the steady increase in prices and the government’s inability to control it.
Additional side solutions were necessary to absorb the effects of lifting the subsidy, which made
the simplest rights of individuals difficult to obtain. Whereas, raising the subsidy must be
matched by services, salaries and logical incomes that bear the burden of the process of raising
the subsidy, with the necessity of activating the social security umbrella and obligating all
institutions to include it, in addition to providing a very wide and sufficient transport network
with a specific and fixed tariff for the movement of citizens, especially that the poverty rate has
reached 65%.
Another problem is that the economic situation affects children's education Sudan is one of the
countries with the highest number of out-of-school children in the Middle East and North Africa
region. It is estimated that more than three million boys and girls aged 5-13 years do not attend
school. 76% of children of primary school age attend school; while this percentage drops
significantly at the secondary level to 28%.
The state of conflict, the lack of awareness about the importance of education and the chronic
underdevelopment are all contributing factors to the deteriorating school situation of boys and
girls in Sudan. The inability to pay fees - despite the fact that schools are free according to
government policy - prevents poor families from being able to send their children to school.
Schools are free, but they are either far away or not qualified, in addition to the children's need
for all school supplies such as books, pens, etc.
And do not forget to mention the dilemma of malnutrition facing the poor, especially children
Poor nutrition is a threat to the survival and development of children under five years of age in
Sudan. Currently, more girls and boys under the age of five in Sudan suffer from malnutrition
than it was 30 years ago, due to the increase in the prevalence of underweight in the past two
decades from 20% to 32%, More than one in three children under the age of five suffers from
being too short for their age (stunting), making Sudan one of the 14 countries where 80% of the
world's stunted children live. One girl or one out of every six children under the age of five
suffers from being too thin for their height

As a final point, we address the difficulty of obtaining medicine, Medicines prices have risen,
following the Central Bank of Sudan's cessation of providing foreign exchange for importing
medicines, as part of a government plan to lift subsidies on commodities, including medicines.
Many pharmacists in Sudan complain about the lack of many medicines, which are vital to
saving the lives of patients, including epilepsy medicines, in addition to significant price
increases on medicines for diseases such as diabetes and blood pressure, with an increase of up
to 100% to 300%, depending on the types and the volume of support they receive it was saved.
Here we see the great contradiction between the conditions of life and human rights law, as
international human rights law clearly states the right of everyone to obtain medically prescribed
medicines, regularly, safely and at an affordable price, with an emphasis on not depriving a
person or group of people of their right to obtain any Medically prescribed drugs, whether
because of race, ethnicity, color, sex, language, religion, opinion, national or social origin, birth,
property or any other status.
At the end of the day, we find that the state’s economy is one of the most important factors and
foundations that affect the lives of individuals and their access to all their rights and their living a
life with all the comforts. Governments must find appropriate solutions to avoid economic crises
and improve the quality of life, environment, education and all of the above.