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Civil Society forum, Sudan and South Sudan, January 2013
The First Session of the Civil Society Forum on Sudan and South Sudan convened in Addis Ababa on 21-23 January 2013. This three-day event was organised by Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre in collaboration with the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, Darfur Bar Association, Human Rights Institute of South Africa and South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy.The Forum was organised as a civil society contribution to the 20th session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government.
The Forum adopted 11 (eleven) resolutions addressing an array of issues in Sudan and Republic of South Sudan.
Read more... Resolutions in English in Arabic (القرار) in French
In July 2004, DRDC observed that: "Two criminal aspects underpin the ethnic cleansing in the Darfur region viz.
a) The premeditated and systematic mass killing and physical destruction – in whole or in part – of the indigenous African tribes of Darfur such as the Fur,
Massaleet and Zaghawa because of their ethnic and/or tribal backgrounds; and
b) The appropriation of the victims’ land, the confiscation of their livestock and other material wealth and in some cases for extortion of money for protection
by the militia groups in the absence of government authority."
“The roots of Darfur’s crisis lie in a history of neglect of the Sudanese peripheries, dating from colonial times and continuing during the years of Sudan’s independence. The crisis in Darfur is a manifestation of Sudan’s inequitable distribution of wealth and power"
“The government doesn’t have an understanding of what it means when women say repeatedly to different people: ‘We are being raped. We are being beaten. We are being brutalized. We are fearful.’ I do not think the people we talked to tonight understand. Ms. Graça Mandela-Machel, Concluding Press Conference, Khartoum, 4”th October 2007.
“Many of the people that we met with in Chad are giving up hope in the belief that the responsibility to protect doesn’t seem to have any meaning
or relevance in their lives and in addressing the situation in Darfur.”Professor Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, comments on her Mission Report on Darfur,16 March 2000.
“This report demonstrates, beyond all doubt, that the last two years have been little short of hell on earth for our fellow human beings in Darfur.
And despite the attention the Council has paid to this crisis, that hell continues today.”
"This is ethnic cleansing, this is the world's greatest humanitarian crisis, and I don't know why the world isn't doing more about it."
Jan 2013
FINAL Joint NGO letter on Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile
Your Excellencies,
Re: Ending the humanitarian and political crisis in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states, Sudan
On the eve of the next African Union (AU) meeting on Sudan and South Sudan, we appeal to you, our leaders, to do all you can to end the violence and restore peace to the people of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile in Sudan. The war that has raged between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) for over 18 months cannot be allowed to claim more lives and endanger the chances of peace in the wider region. The time for resolute action and strong leadership is now.
Nearly one million people are already affected and the situation is getting worse as both parties launch new dry season offensives. Intense and indiscriminate aerial bombing of civilian areas by the Sudanese Armed Forces is terrorizing communities, killing and maiming on a daily basis. The conflict is a scar on Africa, made worse by the fact that it bears many of the hallmarks of the state-sponsored violence inflicted on the Nuba people in the 1990s. It is a cycle of violence that only our African leaders can, and must, now break.
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Nov 2012
Letter to Nafi Pillay
Ms. Navanethem Pillay
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais Wilson
52 rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland.
Dear Ms. Pillay,
We are writing to you in view of your visit to Sudan and Darfur, scheduled to take place during the period 24 to 30 November 2012. Your forthcoming visit to Sudan comes at a crucial time and where serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law are being committed in the regions affected by armed conflicts, notably Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile State. Your visit also comes at a time when other parts of the country, including the capital Khartoum witness serious regression in the area of the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and liberties. We note with regret that you will not be able to visit the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile States due to the lack of security. This is revealing of the gravity of the situation and the suffering endured by the civilian populations in those two regions.
Regarding the situation in Darfur, we wish to draw your attention to the work realized by the Group of Experts on Darfur, which was established by the Human Rights Council in March 2007 to follow-up implementation of existing resolutions and recommendations on Darfur. In its final report to the Council (A/HRC/6/19) dated 28 November 2007, the Experts Group expressed its concern on the seriousness of the violations of human rights
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Darfur: AU & UN actions
Confirmed Damaged and Destroyed VILLAGES...
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Dar es Salaam Declaration on Reenergizing the Peace Process in Darfur
Landmark Reports on Darfur
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