UN General Assembly
2018

I am very pleased to inform the Assembly of the formation of the National Pre-Transitional Committee, which is made up of all of the stakeholders who will be entrusted with the functions of overseeing and coordinating the implementation of the peace agreement activities during the pretransitional period. The achievement of lasting peace requires establishing mechanisms to tackle impunity and ensure accountability. In the recently decided Terrain Hotel case, the Government interviewed victims in order to be able to hold the responsible individuals accountable. A detailed investigation formula and evidence-gathering process, carried out with the support of the United States Government through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, enabled the victims to identify their attackers and enabled the prosecution of those responsible to the full extent of the law. Since the eruption of the conflict in December 2013, the court martial has tried 204 cases, including the Terrain Hotel case. The Terrain Hotel trials demonstrated the commitment of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement/Sudanese People’s Liberation Army in Opposition to holding its members to account for their crimes, including abuse of civilians.