Sunday 8 April 2007
Khartoum (Sudanvisiondaily)
The resolution issued lately in Geneva by the Human Rights Council about human rights situation in Darfur is alarmingly serious and needs to be cautiously dealt with. It provides findings for the UN resolution (1709) about entry of international forces and (1593) related to holding the International Criminal Court.
This was stated to Sudan Vision by the Director, Khartoum International Human Rights Centre, Dr. Ahmed Al-Mufti.
He pointed that the Geneva resolution speaks about armed attacks against civilians and destruction of villages. This comes without any hint at efforts exerted by the Government of Sudan in this respect. The resolution hints also at human rights and humanitarian law violations.
Dr. Al-Mufti stated that the committee formed according to this resolution is formed of seven United Nations mechanisms which are always present in the United Nations. This means it is impossible to resist any decision or recommendation arrived at by this group, by the Sudanese government. The decision will also deprive the government of any opportunity for defence against any decisions or recommendations made. This committee, unlike the Judie Williams committee or the international committee which came before to inspect situations in Darfur and recommended referring the issue to the ICC in The Hague, this committee is not on “Ad Hoc Committee”.
Dr. Al-Mufti stated that issuing the resolution through conciliatory opinions, means that the country concerned will abandon its right to vote in return for the resolution text being acceptable to it.
He added that this is a well-known tactical procedure in international gatherings for human rights. Sudan had used this procedure before.As for the Geneva Resolution, it did not include the government’s point of view towards rejecting international forces.
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