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Bashir Elbukhari Suliman, Chief Prosecutor of Sudan
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Now the list of speakers is closed.
According to our practise, we will start by hearing the delegation of the country concerned.
I now give the floor to His Excellency, Mr Yasir Mashir El Bukhari Suleiman, Chief Prosecutor of Sudan.
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In the name of God, most compassionate, most merciful, Mr.
President, **** Commissioner, Heads of Delegation, I would like to congratulate the.
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Of the Council, Mr Ambassador Amarzo Neighbour.
For his.
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Of our work and.
The **** Commissioner, Mr.
Turk I address you as a Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Sudan, an independent institution, and head of the independent Commission of Inquiry that looks into violations perpetrated since April 2023 because your Council is an international mechanism dealing with justice, accountability and ending impunity.
The word has witnessed violations and crimes perpetrated by the RSF against unarmed civilians, such as killing, displacement, systematic attacks against civilians that amount to genocide, The West of Darfur and the other crimes as well as the massacre in what the Nora in Al Jazeera Governorate, which was condemned by the **** Commissioner, as well as blatant attacks that led to 21 deaths and 15 casualties.
We you have followed the the acts by the rebel forces who killed the governor of Hamis, Mr Apkar, who mutilated his corpse, and we you have also seen.
Crimes and.
Serious violations against children and women such as ****, sexual violence that targeted more than 216 women and girls, as well as forced conscription of more than 6000 children.
Children displaced because of these warring activities amount up to 4850 child.
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President, since the rebellion started in April 2023, the RSF continued to attack civilian infrastructure and houses which led to the displacement of more than 15,000,000 citizens inside the country and outside the country.
They attacked religious sites, mosques, cultural sites, museums, archive centres that were looted, burned or sabotaged.
They have also Hanford the activities of more than 120 hospitals.
In their attempt to ****** lawlessness, the rebel forces have invaded the 31 prisons, released inmates and many governorates.
Namely about 19,000 inmates were released illegally.
They attacked 7 airports, water and electricity plants, 18 embassies and diplomatic missions and headquarters of international organisation.
This this was a blatant violation of international law.
They also attacked law enforcement agencies, courts looted them, destroyed them, sabotaged them and destroyed the documents and killed the police and horses and dogs.
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President, the rebel forces have also obstructed the distribution of humanitarian assistance, targeted humanitarian staff and attacked livestock and crops and Al Jazeera Governorate.
The rebel forces have perpetrated all these crimes by resorting as well to foreign mercenaries, which is a violation of international and regional agreements.
Our National Commission has respected the principles of Fair trial, right of a defendant to rehab a defence council and to have legal aid by the Ministry of Justice.
We have received more than 12,000 cases and lawsuits.
We have classified the rebel forces as a terrorist organisation according to the law and relevant Security Council resolutions.
We have also referred more than 65 criminal cases to the national courts and we have seen some judgments of acquittals or condemnation being published.
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President, that our national judicial institutions are keen on implementing the rule of law, achieving justice, giving redress to the victims and ending impunity and we are ready to engage in technical cooperation.
We ask the international community for the following first of all, to submit the technical assistance that Sudan is asking for in the field of criminal investing law enforcement.
We ask for We call upon neighbouring countries to facilitate the work of our Commission so that we can have access to the victims, witnesses and stolen assets.
1/3 to provide the technical to assist and establishing an international fund for redress and compensation for to provide technical.