Delays and Dilemmas: New Violence in Darfur and Uncertain Justice Efforts within Sudan’s Fragile Transition

(1 November 2021) This report is based on the results of a joint fact-finding mission in Khartoum and Darfur conducted over five weeks in January-February 2021 by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), FIDH’s member organisation in Sudan.

The mission was led by Jérôme Tubiana, researcher for the FIDH Africa Desk. The following places were visited during the mission: West Darfur (including El-Geneina, Kirinding IDP camp, and Misterei locality), Central Darfur (including Zalingei, Hamidiya IDP camp, Nyertiti and Tur localities), and North Darfur. This report also draws on ongoing research conducted by FIDH and its partners, as well as prior research carried out by Jérôme Tubiana in North Darfur (including El-Fasher, Abu Shok IDP camp, Kutum and Fatta Borno) in September-October 2020.

The aims of the fact-finding mission were:

• To document the serious crimes which occurred in Darfur, in particular West Darfur, since

  Bashir’s fall;

• To collect information on local communities’ assessment of the security situation in Darfur,

  the nature and scale of ongoing serious human rights violations against civilians and those

  responsible for these violations;

• To determine the measures adopted by the Sudanese authorities to address crimes committed

  before and after Bashir’s fall, as well as to protect civilians and resolve conflict;

• To identify the main priorities and expectations of Darfur’s population, particularly in terms of

  justice and peace.

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