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The Human Rights Council has approved an inquiry into war violations in Sudan
Despite Khartoum’s denials, on Wednesday the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution to establish an independent international fact-finding mission into the situation in Sudan, stressing the urgent need to investigate what human rights violations are and where they occurred. Political parties and legal bodies were quick to welcome the decision, and saw it as a step towards achieving justice and ensuring no escape from accountability.
More than 7,000 people have been killed and thousands injured as a result of the outbreak of war in Sudan in mid-April, according to the latest figures from the United Nations.
Both sides of the fight face each other; Sudan has been accused of widespread human rights abuses against civilians during the ongoing conflict between the armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces.
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry, while it was still in the drafting stage, was expected to publish the decision by categorically rejecting it, describing it as “extremist” in its bias against the Sudanese armed forces.
19 countries voted to approve the resolution, 16 countries rejected it and 3 countries abstained from voting.
The resolution called for the parties to the conflict to fully cooperate in carrying out the truth-finding exercise. He urged the international community to provide full support in the implementation of its mandate.
The mission consists of 3 members with expertise in international human rights law and international humanitarian law who will be appointed by the President of the Human Rights Council for an initial term of one year shortly.
The international mission was mandated to investigate and establish the facts, circumstances and root causes of all allegations of human rights violations, abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, including those committed against refugees.
According to the resolution, the task is to identify individuals and entities responsible for violations or other related crimes, with the aim of ensuring that those responsible are held accountable.
The resolution also calls for the commission of inquiry to make recommendations on accountability measures, individual criminal responsibility and access to justice for victims.
Welcome to the end
In a statement, the Emergency Lawyers (a legal body) welcomed the United Nations’ approval to establish a commission of inquiry into the widespread human rights violations committed since the outbreak of war.
Emergency advocates praised the countries that voted to ratify the resolution, led by Britain, the United States, Germany and Norway.
For its part, the Federal Assembly, one of the wings of the Alliance for Freedom and Change, described the decision as an important step towards uncovering the truth about grave humanitarian violations committed during the war. justice
He called on the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces to fully cooperate in carrying out the mission of the group until due justice and fairness is achieved for victims and victims.
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry rejected the decision during the planning phase, describing it as “extremism” in its bias against the Sudanese armed forces.
The Foreign Ministry accuses “rebel support” forces of committing atrocities against civilians, including ethnic cleansing and massacres, massacres, rapes, torture and the displacement of thousands of civilians in Darfur.
On October 5, the United States, Germany, Britain and Norway submitted a request to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to send a United Nations expert mission to Sudan to monitor human rights violations and crimes against women and refugees. , and children.
The United Nations has warned again that Sudan is on the verge of sliding into “full-blown civil war” that could destabilize the region.
International intervention
Sati al-Hajj, head of the Nasserite Party, believes the creation of a fact-finding panel into violations is a message to the warring parties that continuing the fighting allows for foreign intervention, which could reach the point of military intervention. With article seven.
Khartoum’s rejection of the resolution does not prevent a committee set up in accordance with international law from carrying out its tasks, but we fear the hidden agendas behind such committees contribute to the disintegration of the country.
He adds that the panel, which includes the Human Rights Council, is on the surface a good decision, but on the inside it is a blatant intervention that weakens the country and puts it back to square one during the regime of the deposed. President, Omar al-Bashir.
Sati Al-Haj says that such decisions have serious implications for the nation, its security and its unity, pointing out that the international community has not acted actively to stop the war and calls on the parties involved in the conflict to stop the war immediately. He believes that Sudan is inseparable from all wars in the Arab and African regions.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, Sudan’s Sovereignty Council announced that it had taken the necessary steps and measures regarding the Human Rights Council’s decision.
Council member Ibrahim Jaber presided over the third meeting of the Supreme Committee to Handle the United Nations in Port Sudan on Thursday, in the presence of Prime Minister-designate Othman al-Hussein, Sovereign Council media reported. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Al-Sadiq, Attorney General, Khalifa Ahmed Khalifa and many other officials. Heads of regular and judicial institutions.
Culture and Information Minister Graham Abdel Kader said in a press release that the meeting discussed Britain’s submission to the Human Rights Council and what was done about it.
He said that the content of the decision was briefed in the meeting and necessary steps and procedures were taken in this regard. While participating in the Human Rights Council session in Geneva, he said the meeting reviewed the efforts of the National Commission on Crimes and Violations and the efforts of the Attorney General.
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Efforts to restore a cease-fire in Gaza, and news that Israel is willing to negotiate as the fighting continues
12/2/2023–|Last Updated: 12/2/202302:16 PM (Makkah Time)
Reuters and the Wall Street Journal quoted an Israeli official as saying Israel is willing to negotiate a ceasefire and prisoners held by Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip, but fighting continues.
The Washington-based official told Reuters that Israel was willing to offer additional pauses and could hold talks while the fighting continued.
Freeing the largest possible number of prisoners is a “priority” for Israel, he said, adding that “we have learned the lessons from our operations in northern Gaza and are applying them.”
The Israeli official added – according to the agency report – that Israel was working on a plan to minimize civilian casualties in any operation in southern Gaza, as he said.
Reuters cited a US official – described as a senior – that the US was working with Israel “on a plan to minimize harm to civilians in any operation south of Gaza”.
In turn, the Wall Street Journal quoted a U.S. official as saying that Israel had pledged to carry out “highly targeted” military action, which it described as aimed at minimizing civilian casualties and damage to buildings and other infrastructure.
Armistice extension
In this regard, Qatar – which has played a key role in mediation efforts – has said that negotiations with the Israelis and Palestinians to return to the ceasefire are still ongoing, but renewed Israeli bombardment of Gaza is complicating mediation efforts.
For its part, the Wall Street Journal quoted Egyptian officials as saying that Egypt and Qatar’s mediators failed to reach a breakthrough on a ceasefire in Gaza yesterday Friday, and mediators are expected to resume talks today. They stumbled upon the background of deciding whom the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) would release later.
Officials said – according to the newspaper – that Hamas wants Israel to release its remaining women and children, and that the movement is offering to release the bodies of dead and elderly prisoners.
The ceasefire, which began on November 24, has been extended twice, and Israel said it could continue if Hamas released 10 prisoners each day, but mediators could not find a formula for freeing more prisoners, including Israeli soldiers.
A Palestinian official said the ceasefire broke down after Israel demanded the release of female soldiers detained by Hamas.
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As soon as the cease-fire expired on Friday, Israel returned to a violent bombardment of the Gaza Strip, killing more than 240 Palestinians and injuring hundreds more within hours.
Yesterday, the Israeli occupation dropped leaflets in the eastern parts of Khan Yunis, ordering the evacuation of residents of 4 towns, not to the rest of the town as happened before, but to the southern town of Rafah.
Israel released a link to a map dividing Gaza into hundreds of zones, which it said would be used to determine safe zones in the future.
Despite this, Israel continues to bombard Rafah and other areas in the south, where hundreds of thousands of Gazans have taken refuge from fighting in the north. Doctors and witnesses said the blasts were intense yesterday in Khan Younis and Rafah.
Genocide and ethnic cleansing
For his part, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told a press conference in California that “we will continue to work with Israel, Egypt and Qatar towards the return of peace”, blaming the Hamas movement.
The Wall Street Journal quoted a US official as saying that Israel has pledged to carry out a more targeted military operation aimed at reducing civilian casualties and damage to buildings and other infrastructure.
The official said that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli wartime government about how long the war would last and had not received a clear answer.
The officials explained International pressure could force Israel to halt its operations as early as this year, especially if civilian casualties continue to be high, a timetable Israel does not accept.
Hamas accused Washington of green-lighting a “war” on Israel. Genocide and ethnic cleansing.” He said in a statement, “Today you shamelessly repeat Zionist lies …
Hamas takes responsibility for resuming the war and not extending the humanitarian peace.
Meanwhile, Senator Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told Reuters that Washington must pressure Israel, “We must push Israel to realize that this is not just a military conflict, but a conflict of hearts and minds. People in the world and people in the United States.” “.
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The order comes as both Ukraine and Russia seek to make gains on the ground and regroup their forces in a conflict that has seen little change on the front lines in recent months.
This brings the total number of Russian military personnel to about 2,200,000, including 1,320,000 soldiers.
This is the second such military deployment since 2018. This previous reinforcement of 137,000 soldiers, ordered by Putin in August 2022, puts the army at around two million personnel and an estimated 1,150,000 soldiers.
“The Army’s standing force increase is due to the increasing threats to our country associated with special military operations and the continued expansion of NATO,” the military statement said.
He said the number of troops in service would increase by around 170,000, which he said would be an “appropriate” response to the “hostile activity of the NATO camp”.
The report indicated there were no plans to make changes to recruitment rules or organize another mobilization campaign, an unpopular move that saw a mass flight of men from Russia last year.
Instead, in recent months the military has focused on recruitment campaigns with promises of lucrative financial rewards, particularly in remote areas.
But Kremlin critics saw the move as a “disguised” mobilization, as recruitment into the army continues unabated.
What are NATO’s movements?
- NATO joint forces are being formed near Russia’s borders, and additional air defense systems and offensive weapons are being deployed.
- NATO’s tactical nuclear capabilities are increasing, the statement said.
- The ministry added that the Russian troop build-up was an appropriate response to NATO’s “aggressive actions”.
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