Dr Sami Abdelhalim Saeed, is the Head of the International IDEA Programme for Sudan since 2020.

in his previous positions at the United Nations as a legal advisor in the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General SRSG (from 2006 – 2020), delivered numerous of analyses and research on legal issues of post-conflict in transformative communities. Saeed’s previous experience includes having practiced law before the Constitution Court in Sudan; teaching public law, and supporting CSOs on developing training on peacebuilding, preventing and countering violent extremism in the Horn of Africa, women's political participation in the post-conflict environment.

His research interests include the constitution, democracy, restorative justice, transitional justice, human rights and conflict resolution.

Publications:

Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Initiatives in Sudan, International IDEA (Technical Paper 02 May 2024)

https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/disarmament-demobilization-and-reintegration-initiatives-sudan-brief-summary

Options to Form a Transitional Government in Wartime in Sudan, International IDEA (Technical Paper 30, January 2023)

https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/options-form-transitional-government-wartime-sudan

How the international community can help restore Sudan’s democracy, Atlantic Council, (30 January 2023)

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/how-the-international-community-can-help-restore-sudans-democracy/

Diversity Management in Sudan’s Democratic Transitional Arrangement, International IDEA (Technical Paper 1, January 2023). 

https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/diversity-management-sudans-democratic-transitional-arrangements?lang=en

The Juba Peace Agreement and the Sudanese Transition: Power Sharing or Democracy Building?, International IDEA, (Technical Paper 2, November 2022)

https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/juba-peace-agreement-and-sudanese-transition-power-sharing-or-democracy?lang=en

Sudan’s Constitutional Crisis: Dissecting the Coup Declaration, Just Security, (3 November 2021)

https://www.justsecurity.org/78848/sudans-constitutional-crisis-dissecting-the-coup-declaration/

The Need for a Transitional Constitutional Framework for Post-al Bashir's Sudan, ConstitutionNet, (3 June 2019)

https://constitutionnet.org/news/need-transitional-constitutional-framework-post-al-bashirs-sudan

“UNAMID” Troops’ Obligation to Apprehend ICC Suspects in Darfur, Sudan Tribune, (11 February 2008)

https://sudantribune.com/article25995/