Appointment of members of the Fact-Finding Mission came after two months of its establishment by the Human Rights Council and eight months of war in Sudan.
Altaghyeer: Agencies
The President of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, Václav Bálek, has announced the appointment of three independent members of the new Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan with Mohamed Chande Othman of Tanzania as Chair of the Mission.
The Human Rights Council established the Fact-Finding Mission in October “to investigate and establish the facts, circumstances and root causes of all alleged human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, including those committed against refugees, and related crimes in the context of the ongoing armed conflict that began on 15 April 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces.”
Shandi served as Chief Justice of Tanzania. The other two members of the Mission are Joy Ezeilo of Nigeria, a distinguished Law Professor and Senior Advocate, and Mona Rishmawi of Jordan/Switzerland who last served as Head of Office for the UN Special Envoy for Syria.
The Mission members will serve in their personal capacities and will not be paid salaries for their work.
The Council requested the Fact-Finding Mission to submit a comprehensive report on its findings to the Council session of September-October 2024, and to the UN General Assembly in October 2024.
