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- Suspend from official duty, investigate, and fully
prosecute all civilian and military personnel -- including government
officials, military and militia commanders, soldiers, police officers, and
PDF members -- implicated for individual or command responsibility for
serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in
Darfur.
- Fully cooperate with and facilitate the International
Criminal Court's investigation in Darfur, and permit investigators full
and unimpeded access throughout Sudan which should include access to all
potential and actual witnesses and material.
- Establish an internationally monitored compensation fund
for victims of human rights violations and war crimes in Darfur.
- Remove all obstacles to the deployment of the A.U. Mission
in Sudan (AMIS) including by: expediting clearance and full movement and
access throughout Darfur of armored personnel carriers and other
equipment, supplies and, personnel requested by AMIS; supporting enhanced
protection of civilians including proactive patrolling; and, cease
obstructing AMIS protection efforts.
- Include in any peace agreement with the rebel groups
provisions reiterating the obligation of all parties to the conflict to
respect human rights and abide by international humanitarian law; ensure
that there is no amnesty from prosecution for persons implicated in
serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.
To the SLA, JEM and other rebel factions
- Take all appropriate action to prevent and punish human
rights abuses, and violations of international humanitarian law by rebel
commanders and combatants, including:
- abduction of and other attacks on civilians, aid workers,
and AMIS non-combatants;
- interference with humanitarian convoys and other
distribution of humanitarian assistance;
- recruitment and use of child soldiers; and
- obstruction of civilian freedom of movement.
- Include in any peace agreement with the Sudanese
government provisions reiterating the obligation of all parties to the
conflict to respect human rights and abide by international humanitarian
law; ensure that there is no amnesty from prosecution for persons
implicated in serious violations of international human rights and
humanitarian law.
- Pass a resolution calling on the Sudanese government to:
suspend from duty, investigate, and prosecute government officials,
military and militia commanders, soldiers, PDF members, and police
officers responsible for serious violations of international human rights
and humanitarian law; establish an internationally monitored compensation
fund for victims of human rights violations and war crimes; fully
cooperate with the ICC; stop obstructing AMIS operations; and support
proactive patrolling and other AMIS measures to protect civilians.
- Renew the mandate of the Sanctions Committee Panel of
Experts and ensure that its recommendations are promptly implemented by
the Sanctions Committee of the Security Council, and that a list of
individuals eligible for sanctions is promptly compiled and penalties
immediately placed on those individuals identified as in violation of
resolution 1591.
- Instruct the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to work
closely with the A.U. to intensify a review of long-term protection needs
in Darfur and how improved protection can be achieved through closer
collaboration.
- Cancel plans to convene an extraordinary summit of the
A.U. scheduled for January 2006, in Khartoum, and ensure that Sudanese
President Omar El Bashir is not elected to the presidency of the A.U.
- Immediately strengthen the deployment of military troops
and civilian police in AMIS, and clarify the rules of engagement to ensure
the use of deadly force by AMIS troops to protect against threats to and
attacks on civilians.
- Work closely with the United Nations to intensify a review
of long-term protection needs in Darfur and how improved protection can be
achieved through closer collaboration.
- Call on the Sudanese government to: suspend from duty,
investigate and prosecute government officials, military and militia
commanders, soldiers, PDF members, and police officers responsible for
serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law;
establish an internationally monitored compensation fund for victims of
crimes; fully cooperate with the ICC; cease obstructing AMIS operations,
and support pro-active patrolling and the use of deadly force by AMIS
troops to protect civilians.
- Ensure that any peace agreement between the Sudanese
government and rebel groups reiterates the obligation of all parties to
the conflict to respect human rights and abide by international
humanitarian law; ensure that there is no amnesty from prosecution for
persons implicated in serious violations of international human rights and
humanitarian law.
- Proactively and aggressively enforce the existing mandate
to protect civilians. Proactively patrol and, where necessary, use deadly
force to protect against threats to and attacks on civilians.
- Sign a cooperation agreement and fully cooperate with the
International Criminal Court including by protecting mass graves and other
forensic evidence in Darfur.
- Investigate and prosecute senior civilian officials at all
levels of government, including President Omar El Bashir, as well as state
governors, provincial commissioners, and individuals in the formal
military chain of command, who were responsible for war crimes and crimes
against humanity in Darfur.
To the United States, European Union and Canada
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Exert maximum political pressure on the Sudanese government to:
suspend from duty, investigate and prosecute government officials, military and
militia commanders, soldiers, police officers, and PDF members responsible for
serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law;
establish an internationally monitored compensation fund for victims of crimes;
fully cooperate with the ICC; cease obstructing AMIS operations and support
pro-active patrolling and the use of deadly force by AMIS troops to protect
civilians.
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Provide increased financial and technical resources to AMIS to
strengthen its capacity to protect civilians.
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Cooperate fully with the ICC in its criminal investigations.
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Restore the $50 million dollars in funding for AMIS that was
removed in October 2005 from the 2006 Foreign Operations Appropriations
bill.
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