Civil society organisations call for creation of international tribunal to address war crimes in Sudan
The CSOs appealed to the UN Human Rights Council to establish investigations on the violation of human rights meted out against the citizens of Sudan.
A coalition of more than 30 civil society organisations (CSO) in Sudan today signed a petition, calling for the establishment of an international criminal tribunal to investigate and prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the ongoing conflict in the country.
The CSOs underscored the need for a tribunal to hold those involved in the anarchy accountable and to prevent the recurrence of the violence.
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The latest violence rocked Wad Madani city a home of about 5.3 million people where over 500,000 people were forced to flee for safety following an incursion by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The CSOs petition comes at a time when Sudan was facing a humanitarian crisis and violence that caused killings, displacement, forced disappearances and widespread looting.
The provision of essential services such as health care and access to education has also been disrupted.
The CSOs appealed to the UN Human Rights Council to establish investigations on the wanton violation of human rights meted out against the citizens of Sudan.
Urgent intervention
They urged the international community to consider their petition as an urgent intervention to end the conflict.
According to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Clementine Nkweta-Salami, for the past eight months since the start of the conflict, the humanitarian needs in Sudan kept on growing and almost 25 million people across Sudan need humanitarian intervention.
The humanitarian crisis necessitated the humanitarian community in Sudan on Thursday to launch the 2024 Humanitarian Needs Response Plan.
Nkweta-Salami said lack of access due to insecurity and bureaucratic impediments were hindering humanitarian organisations from reaching those in need.
Many people in Sudan who are experiencing the impact of the crisis remain optimistic following a revelation by Saudi-funded Al-Sharq TV.
According to Al-Sharq TV, a government official revealed that Sudan Foreign Minister Alu Al -Sadiq this week delivered a written letter from General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan to the President of Djibouti and the head of IGAD.
In the document, the general expressed willingness to meet with Hamentti, the RSF commander, contingent upon certain conditions being met for a peace agreement.
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