Al-Yurae – (Sudanese newspapers and websites) -The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday adopted a resolution to open an investigation into the humanitarian situation in Sudan.

The Human Rights Council approved by a majority the establishment of a mission to investigate “human rights violations” in Sudan, which is witnessing fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.

The resolution was adopted by 19 votes to 16, with 12 abstentions from the 47 members of the council.

On October 4, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry announced its rejection of a draft resolution submitted by Britain to the United Nations Human Rights Council, “because of its equality between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, and Sudan voted against the draft resolution when it was passed.”

On Thursday, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it holds the sponsors of the resolution fully responsible for the negative consequences that may ensue from it, according to the statement.

The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the Human Rights Council’s decision to establish a fact-finding committee on allegations of crimes committed against civilians during the war now underway in Sudan as prejudiced and equates the national army with what it said was a terrorist rebel militia.

Sudan strongly opposed the adoption of the resolution through its ambassador to the United Nations, Hassan Hamid Hassan, who said during the session, “Once again, unfortunately, this Council is deeply divided by the decision to impose a force on Sudan.”.

“In Sudan, do we really need a new mechanism that would jeopardize all forms of cooperation between Sudan and human rights mechanisms? “Those who supported the resolution should know that they threatened this cooperation.”

The Sudanese Foreign Ministry said in its statement that the decision came after a political and media campaign led by Britain, other Western countries and non-governmental organizations to push the Human Rights Council to establish a fact-finding committee in Sudan.

The sponsors of the draft resolution have ignored Sudan’s current priorities of ending the insurgency, silencing the guns, protecting civilians and speeding up the delivery of emergency humanitarian aid.

“These countries also ignored the atrocities and grave violations committed by the terrorist rebel Rapid Support Militias against the Sudanese people,” the statement continued.

The Foreign Ministry pointed out that the Government of the Sudan has given the issue of accountability and non-impunity the necessary attention to the formation of the National Committee headed by the Attorney General of the Republic of the Sudan to investigate and investigate war crimes, violations and practices committed by the Rapid Support Forces and any other armed groups.

The sponsors of the resolution had neglected Sudan’s close cooperation with the various human rights mechanisms that monitored the human rights situation in the country.

A member of the Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Jaber Ibrahim, chaired Thursday in Port Sudan, the third meeting of the Supreme Committee for Dealing with the United Nations, with the participation of the Attorney General, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and a number of leaders of regular and judicial agencies.

A statement issued by the Sovereign Council quoted the Minister of Information-designate Graham Abdel Qader as saying that the meeting deliberated on the resolution submitted by Britain to the Human Rights Council and what was done about it in the Human Rights Council, pointing out that the meeting took note of the content of the decision, where the necessary measures and procedures were taken in this regard

The statement did not explain the nature of the measures and procedures intended

Widely welcome

Political forces, armed movements and human rights groups in Sudan were quick to welcome the decision to form the international commission of inquiry under the sixth item.

The Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change welcomed the decision of the Human Rights Council to establish a fact-finding mission on violations committed in the context of the war, and called for the referral of its investigations to the International Criminal Court.

The Freedom and Change Coalition, in a statement, according to “Sudan Tribune”, on Thursday, considered the Human Rights Council resolution an important step towards ending war-related violations, redress for victims and closing the way to impunity for perpetrators of crimes, as it considered necessary to ensure that violations are not repeated in the future.

It demanded that “the mission’s investigations be completed by referring all charges related to violations to the International Criminal Court through the UN Security Council.

. Freedom and Change confirmed that it will cooperate with the fact-finding mission, and called on the army and the Rapid Support to cooperate fully with it so that it can perform its tasks, access facts, facts and potential perpetrators, and announce the approval to surrender themselves or surrender them to the Special Court to consider violations as soon as it convenes.

“The decision comes in response to requests made by a group of national Sudanese lawyers to the Human Rights Council on the formation of an international commission of inquiry into human rights violations and war crimes committed in Sudan by all parties to the war,” said lawyer and human rights defender Almoez Hadra.

“It has been proven that the war has not only two parties, but also armed forces, rapid support, shadow brigades and other unknown groups,” Hadra told “Iram News”, adding that “the commission of inquiry will reveal the facts, help to inflict the principle of no impunity, and try to uncover the true criminals of the senseless war.”

“The committee will find all the support and support from them, especially since there are Sudanese legal groups on the ground that have solid human rights reports that can help the committee, which will expedite the cessation of the war,” he said

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The Sudan Emergency Human Rights Lawyers Group welcomed the draft resolution and thanked the countries that sponsored and approved the draft resolution by voting in favor of a transparent and fair investigation to ensure that there is no impunity, as well as leaders from the Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement, and other Sudanese groups.