Framework agreement between the Transitional Government of Sudan and the Darfur Track

• Country/entity

  Sudan
  
• Region

  Africa (excl MENA)
  
• Agreement name

  Framework agreement between the Transitional Government of Sudan and the Darfur Track
• Date

  28 Dec 2019
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Sudan Conflicts (1955 - ) )
• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Sudan Transition Process
• Parties

  Agreement signed by parties:
  
  The Transitional Government of the Republic of Sudan
  Lieutenant General Shams ad-Din Kabbashi,
  
  The Darfur Track
  Sudan Liberation Movement
  Mohammed Bashir Abdullah
  
  Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement
  Ahmed Mohamed Tugod Lisan
  
  Sudanese Liberation Forces Alliance
  Mubarak Bakhit Ibrahim
  
  Sudan Liberation Movement - Transitional Council
  Nimr Muhammad Abdulrahman
• Third parties

  Mediation
  
  Counselor Tut Qaluak Manime
  Adviser to the President of the Republic for Security Affairs
• Description

  This is a short agreement which is part of a series of short agreements which take place in the approach to the 2020 Sudan peace agreement, the Juba agreement. This short framework agreement reaffirms the political arrangements between the transitional government of Sudan and the parties of the Darfur track, substantively providing for the constitutional process and early provisional power-sharing ideas. The agreement broadly reaffirms the necessary conditions for peace already agreed in previous agreements, promoting development, humanitarian access, continued ceasefire arrangements and more broadly, notions of good governance from all levels of government. These agreements in essence establish a relationship between the new transitional government of Sudan and other peripheral armed groups who seek to ensure that their own causes within their process do not get lost within the implementation phase of new government.

• Agreement document

  SD_191228_Framework agreement between the Transitional Government of Sudan and the Darfur Track- Official ENGLISH (3).PDF | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

(B)

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AND THE DARFUR TRACK

Preamble

We, the Government of the Republic of Sudan, the Darfur Track (the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement, the Sudan Liberation Movement, the Sudan Liberation Movement - the Transitional Council, and the Sudan Liberation Forces Alliance);

Perceiving the long and continuous suffering of the citizens of Darfur and affirming the importance of reaching a comprehensive peace agreement that puts a rational end to the war in Sudan and achieves sustainable peace and security for the people of Sudan;

Recognizing that the failure to manage diversity and the deliberate marginalization in Sudan has ignited wars and conflicts throughout the country, which have led to grave violations of international humanitarian law and human rights.

Believing that the armed struggle revolutions and the glorious December revolution, which the Sudanese youth paid for with heavy sacrifices and dear blood, have created a historic opportunity to address the root causes of the Sudanese crisis;

Realizing that we are on the cusp of a new phase that provides a great opportunity to achieve freedom, peace, justice, democracy and a state of equal citizenship;

Affirming the commitment of the Parties to the Juba Declaration signed on 11 September 2019 and renewed on 14 December 2019, have agreed on the following:

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

1. Affirming that negotiations on the Darfur Track are between the Transitional Government of Sudan and the Darfur Track (the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement, the Sudan Liberation Movement, the Sudan Liberation Movement -Transitional Council, and the Sudan Liberation Forces Alliance) for confidence-building measures and negotiation preparations.

2. Stopping the war in all parts of the country and achieving a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace as a top priority to achieve the comprehensive national revival project;

3. Addressing the roots of the crisis in Sudan in a way that redresses historical grievances, restores rights, and achieves justice, peace and stability in the country;

4. Ensuring the participation of displaced persons, refugees, civil society, and civil administrations in establishing peace and the social contract;

5. Permitting regional and international humanitarian organizations to return to Darfur to provide humanitarian assistance to displaced persons, refugees and those in need and repeal laws restricting their work.

6. Addressing the effects of war and making reparations for those affected through fair and rewarding individual and collective compensation.

7. Restructuring the Sudanese state by reforming its institutions during the transitional period in a manner that reflects its independence and nationalism and ensuring a fair distribution of opportunities within them without prejudice to the criteria of eligibility and competence;

8. Acknowledging the principle of balanced and sustainable development and positive discrimination to address the effects of war and bridge the development gap between Sudan’s regions.

9. The division of power and wealth, vertically and horizontally, based on fair principles and standards in accordance with population density and resource allocation criteria, taking into account positive discrimination in war-affected areas;

10. Ensuring respect for human rights in accordance with international covenants, laws, and treaties;

11. Equality between the sexes in rights and duties and the lifting of historical grievances against Sudanese women, especially women in conflict areas, with positive discrimination and their inclusion in all stages of peace;

12. The Parties (the government and the armed struggle movements - Darfur Track) shall commit to promoting democracy, the rule of law, principles of good governance, protection of human rights, respect for ethnic, cultural, religious, and linguistic pluralism, and equality between women and men at all levels of administrative government;

13. Emphasizing that the building of the permanent constitution of Sudan shall take place through a transparent, inclusive, and participatory process from which no one is excluded, beginning with the Constitutional Conference that shall be held in partnership with all the people of Sudan from the administrative levels in rural councils to the localities and states and up to the federal level;

14. Promoting and protecting democracy;

and the signatory movements to this Agreement shall have the right to engage in political activities in accordance with what is stipulated in the peace agreement;

15. The administration of the National Capital shall reflect the people of Sudan and their diversity;

16. Adopting the principle of justice, accountability, and non-impunity, allowing the Sudanese judiciary to play its role, and handing over wanted persons to international justice;

17. Adhering to the principle of transparency and accountability, combating corruption in all its forms, enacting laws, and establishing the necessary mechanisms for that;

18. The release of all prisoners of war, detainees, and those sentenced due to the war in Darfur, the earnest pursuit to find out the fate of those missing, and the issuance of a general amnesty for all members of the armed struggle movements;

19. Agree on effective security arrangements that guarantee the implementation of the peace agreement and the rights of the forces of the signatory movements to the agreement to ensure the non-resurgence of a state of war;

20. Incorporate the peace agreement in the Constitutional Charter of the Republic of Sudan.

NEGOTIATION ISSUES

21. The Parties agree to discuss the following total national issues:

1) Identity;

2) Public freedoms and human rights;

3) The issue of exploiting religion in the state’s institutions;

4) Discussing constitution-building and the system of government;

5) Restructuring the civil services and regular institutions;

6) Independence of judiciary and judicial institutions;

7) The state guaranteeing the independence of universities and scientific research centers and the freedom of thought and scientific research;

8) Wealth-sharing;

9) Participation in transitional authority.

22. The Parties agree to discuss the following Darfur-particular Issues:

1) The administrative status of Darfur in the transitional period and returning to the historical borders of Darfur;

2) Participation in regional and state governance;

3) Just distribution of wealth on all levels of governance;

4) Land and hawakeer;

5) Displaced persons and refugees;

6) Nomads and herders;

7) Compensation and reparations;

8) Transitional justice, accountability, and reconciliation;

9) Development and reconstruction;

10) Security arrangements;

11) Darfur-Darfur dialogue;

12) Agreement on implementation mechanisms and matrices;

13) Issues of border security and development

14) Environment issues;

15) Any other issues to be agreed upon.

This agreement was agreed upon and signed in Juba, the capital of the Republic of South Sudan in this the twenty-eighth day of December 2019

Signatory Parties:

The Transitional Government of the Republic of Sudan

Lieutenant General Shams ad-Din Kabbashi,

The Darfur Track

Sudan Liberation Movement

Mohammed Bashir Abdullah

Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement

Ahmed Mohamed Tugod Lisan

Sudanese Liberation Forces Alliance

Mubarak Bakhit Ibrahim

Sudan Liberation Movement - Transitional Council

Nimr Muhammad Abdulrahman

Mediation

Counselor Tut Qaluak Manime

Adviser to the President of the Republic for Security Affairs