In accordance with Shari'a law, the Criminal Act provides...

In accordance with Shari'a law, the Criminal Act provides for physical punishments including flogging, amputation, stonings, and crucifixion--the public display of a body after execution.
Since 1983, people found guilty of prostitution have been subjected to death by stoning in public. In 1999, nineteen people were executed, including 10 by crucifixion. During the year, the Government established emergency tribunals in the western part of the country to try banditry cases.
The emergency tribunals were composed of civil and military judges. Defendants were not permitted access to legal representation. The emergency tribunals ordered sentences such as death by stoning and amputations in 2001. Sentences ordered by emergency tribunals were carried out quickly with only 1 week allowed for appeal to the district chief justice; there were reports that persons were executed the day after sentencing.
Up to 1998 Sudan was one of the few States in the world that allowed the death penalty for minors. But in 1998, the new Constitution approved by the Parliament and signed by the President on March 28, and subjected to a popular referendum on April 1, 1998, excludes capital punishment for minors, under Art. 33.
According to the information received, under Articles 167 and 168 of the Sudan Penal Code, the punishment for armed robbery, also known as harrab, is death and death followed by crucifixion.
The Special Court, established in accordance with the State of Emergency Act 1998 by the Governors of Southern and Northern Dafour Provinces, deals with crimes of armed robbery, crimes against the state, as well as crimes relating to drugs and public nuisance.
The Special Court operates with two military judges and one civil judge. Lawyers are forbidden to stand before the Special Court and plaintiffs are given the right to appeal only when sentenced to death or amputation.
Under such circumstances, the appeal must be made within seven days of the sentence to the District Chief of Justice, whose decision is final. According to the information received, the Sudanese Minister of Justice has publicly admitted that the Special Courts are not following correct judicial procedures.