Opinion - Human Rights Council to Vote on Initiative to Investigate Abuses
This week, member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva will vote on creating a mechanism to investigate alleged crimes by the parties to the conflict in Sudan. This would lay important groundwork for holding perpetrators to account.
We have seen such atrocities before in Sudan, particularly in Darfur, for which there was never any accountability. This has helped fuel the current violence and sent perpetrators the message that there will be no consequences for their actions.
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