Last week, the committee formed by the Authority charged human rights The UN held both sides of the war responsible for the violations, and recommended the creation of an “independent and neutral force” to protect civilians in SudanThis opened the door wide to speculation about the possibility of international intervention to stop the war.
Observers believe that the recommendation, which will be discussed in the meetings, Security Council During the second week of October, it constitutes a turning point in the efforts to stop the war that has caused a significant deterioration in the humanitarian situation after covering more than 70 percent of the country’s area.
Will the 2006 scenario be repeated?
Sudan’s Attorney General Al-Fateh Mohamed Tayfour said in his speech during the 57th session of the Human Rights Council on the committee’s report: “We recommend that the Human Rights Council implement the principle of complementarity and support and back the National Committee and not impose external mechanisms.”
And attacked Sudanese Foreign Ministry The committee’s recommendations were criticized and it was accused of being a political rather than a legal body, and it declared its categorical rejection of what was stated in its report.
On the other hand, she confirmed Rapid Support Forces In a statement on Thursday, it expressed its readiness to cooperate with the committee and invited it to visit the areas it controls.
According to journalist Zuhair Al-Sarraj, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry is repeating the same scenario that occurred in 2006 after a series of recommendations were issued by a committee of experts formed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate crimes. Darfur…to protect civilians and internally displaced persons, which the Security Council relied on in issuing Resolution 1706 in August 2006, which stipulated placing Sudan under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, and deploying UN forces to protect civilians in the Darfur region.
Al-Sarraj explained in a statement to Sky News Arabia that “the government of the ousted president… Omar al-Bashir She attacked the resolution at the time, and said that she would never allow UN forces to enter Darfur, but she backed down under American pressure and allowed the resolution to be implemented.
Expected step
Nizar Abdel Qader, Director of the Human Rights Institute in Geneva, believes that the Human Rights Council will adopt, at the conclusion of its work on October 11, the draft resolution that is being formulated based on the recommendation announced by the fact-finding committee.
He added in an interview with Sky News Arabia: “The next step in the coming days will focus on formulating a draft resolution that includes the committee’s recommendations and the demand to extend its mandate for a new year until October 2025, and then it will be submitted to the UN Security Council.”
Abdul Qader expects the Security Council to adopt the draft resolution and issue a decision under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.
He expected that the draft resolution would include the deployment of UN forces to protect civilians, expanding the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, and prosecuting individuals accused of igniting the war and involved in violations from all parties.
It is unlikely that it will be used. China Or Russia veto Regarding the resolution, he explained: “If we go back to the past twenty years, we find that China and Russia did not use their veto power on a resolution related to Sudan.”
UN Committee Report
The report of the three-member UN committee confirmed that the warring parties committed serious violations of international humanitarian law.
The committee called for expanding the arms embargo imposed on the troubled Darfur region since 2003 to cover the entire country.
The committee held both parties to the war responsible. War crimes committed against civilians, including killing, mutilation and torture.
The committee’s recommendations coincided with a significant deterioration in the country’s humanitarian situation, with reports that the number of civilian deaths from the war has risen to more than 100,000 and more than 25 million of the country’s 48 million people are facing hunger.
