Non-aggression document by the components of the Misterei region (West Darfur Misterei Agreement)

  • Country/entity
    Sudan
    Darfur
  • Region
    Africa (excl MENA)
    Africa (excl MENA)
  • Agreement name
    Non-aggression document by the components of the Misterei region (West Darfur Misterei Agreement)
  • Date
    15 Dec 2021
  • Agreement status
    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement
    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level
    Intrastate/local conflict ( Sudan Conflicts (1955 - ) )
  • Stage
    Framework/substantive - partial
  • Conflict nature
    Inter-group
  • Peace process
    Sudan Local Processes
  • Parties
    The list of signatories:

    Sultan Saad Abd al-Rahman Bahr al-Din

    Colonel Musa Hamid

    Representatives of four armed movements; JEM (Justice and Equality Movement), GSLF (Gathering of the Sudan Liberation Forces), Sudanese Alliance and Sudan Liberation Army / Minni Minawi (SLA/MM).

    Mustafa al-Jamil

    Badr Ishaq Ushar

    Tijani al-Tahir Karshum

    Muhammad Adam Yahya
  • Third parties
    Witnessed by the Sultan Bahr al-Din, Colonel Musa Hamid Duday, the representatives of JEM (Justice and Equality Movement), GSLF (Gathering of the Sudan Liberation Forces), Sudanese Alliance and Sudan Liberation Army / Minni Minawi (SLA/MM)
  • Description
    A short inter-communal local agreement between communities of Masturei and armed groups to cease forms of attack and open roads and market spaces. The agreement is an iterative dialogue involving draft agreement among armed forces representatives and representatives of JEM, GSLF, the Sudanese Alliance an the SLA/MM followed by a signed agreement involving signatories from all sides. The agreement states disputes should be resolved through legal process.


Groups

  • Children/youth

    No specific mention.

  • Disabled persons

    No specific mention.

  • Elderly/age

    No specific mention.

  • Migrant workers

    No specific mention.

  • Racial/ethnic/national group

    No specific mention.

  • Religious groups

    No specific mention.

  • Indigenous people

    No specific mention.

  • Other groups

    No specific mention.

  • Refugees/displaced persons

    No specific mention.

  • Social class

    No specific mention.


Gender

  • Women, girls and gender

    No specific mention.

  • Men and boys

    No specific mention.

  • LGBTI

    No specific mention.

  • Family

    No specific mention.


State definition

  • Nature of state (general)

    No specific mention.

  • State configuration

    No specific mention.

  • Self determination

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum

    No specific mention.

  • State symbols

    No specific mention.

  • Independence/secession

    No specific mention.

  • Accession/unification

    No specific mention.

  • Border delimitation

    No specific mention.

  • Cross-border provision

    No specific mention.


Governance

  • Political institutions (new or reformed)

    No specific mention.

  • Elections

    No specific mention.

  • Electoral commission

    No specific mention.

  • Political parties reform

    No specific mention.

  • Civil society

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional/religious leaders

    No specific mention.

  • Public administration

    No specific mention.

  • Constitution

    No specific mention.


Power sharing

  • Political power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Territorial power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Economic power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Military power sharing

    No specific mention.


Human rights and equality

  • Human rights/RoL general

    No specific mention.

  • Bill of rights/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Treaty incorporation

    No specific mention.

  • Civil and political rights

    No specific mention.

  • Socio-economic rights

    No specific mention.


Rights related issues

  • Citizenship

    No specific mention.

  • Democracy

    No specific mention.

  • Detention procedures

    No specific mention.

  • Media and communication

    No specific mention.

  • Mobility/access
    Page 1, Draft agreement:

    ... We pledge to open markets and roads and abide by this. In the event of any breach of this commitment, any party will be legally responsible

    Page 2, Signed Agreement:

    We, the undersigned, representing the social components in the Misterei area in West Darfur state, pledge to open markets and roads, and in the event of a breach of this document, the party which violated it will be legally responsible.
  • Protection measures

    No specific mention.

  • Other

    No specific mention.


Rights institutions

  • NHRI

    No specific mention.

  • Regional or international human rights institutions

    No specific mention.


Justice sector reform

  • Criminal justice and emergency law

    No specific mention.

  • State of emergency provisions

    No specific mention.

  • Judiciary and courts

    No specific mention.

  • Prisons and detention

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional Laws

    No specific mention.


Socio-economic reconstruction

  • Development or socio-economic reconstruction

    No specific mention.

  • National economic plan

    No specific mention.

  • Natural resources

    No specific mention.

  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business

    No specific mention.

  • Taxation

    No specific mention.

  • Banks

    No specific mention.


Land, property and environment

  • Land reform/rights

    No specific mention.

  • Pastoralist/nomadism rights

    No specific mention.

  • Cultural heritage

    No specific mention.

  • Environment

    No specific mention.

  • Water or riparian rights or access

    No specific mention.


Security sector

  • Security Guarantees

    No specific mention.

  • Ceasefire
    Security sector→Ceasefire→General commitments
    Page 1, Draft Agreement:

    We, the undersigned, representing the social components in the Misterei area in West Darfur state, pledge, to abide and obligate all our parties not to attack. We pledge to open markets and roads and abide by this. In the event of any breach of this commitment, any party will be legally responsible
  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces

    No specific mention.

  • Withdrawal of foreign forces

    No specific mention.

  • Corruption

    No specific mention.

  • Crime/organised crime

    No specific mention.

  • Drugs

    No specific mention.

  • Terrorism

    No specific mention.


Transitional justice

  • Transitional justice general

    No specific mention.

  • Amnesty/pardon

    No specific mention.

  • Courts

    No specific mention.

  • Mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Prisoner release

    No specific mention.

  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims

    No specific mention.

  • Missing persons

    No specific mention.

  • Reparations

    No specific mention.

  • Reconciliation

    No specific mention.


Implementation

  • UN signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Other international signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Enforcement mechanism
    Page 2, Signed Agreement:

    We, the undersigned, representing the social components in the Misterei area in West Darfur state, pledge to open markets and roads, and in the event of a breach of this document, the party which violated it will be legally responsible.
  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2067782/N2141620.pdf (p 51-52)

    https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-conflict-darfur-flash-update-no-01-9-december-2021-enar

    https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/fidh_report_sudan2021.pdf_.pdf

    https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-inter-communal-conflict-jebel-moon-west-darfur-flash-update-no-03-14-march-2022#:~:text=Renewed%20conflict%20in%20the%20Jebel,of%20property%20and%20caused%20displacement.

    See also https://twitter.com/tobyharward/status/1471237538719350788

Annex 9 – A Local Peace Agreement, West Darfur

Below, the non-aggression document by the components of the Misterei region.

This model

is being used as a mechanism, already introduced in Jebel Moon, for local conflict-dispute

resolution and social cohesion for peaceful co-existence.

Misterei, Beida locality, 15 December 2021.

Draft Agreement

“We, the undersigned, representing the social components in the Misterei area in West Darfur

state, pledge, to abide and obligate all our parties not to attack.

We pledge to open markets

and roads and abide by this.

In the event of any breach of this commitment, any party will be

legally responsible”

(Then follows the list of signatories, with the names of the Sultan Saad Abd al-Rahman Bahr

al-Din, Colonel Musa Hamid and the representatives of four armed movements, Mustafa al-Jamil, Badr Ishaq Ushar, Tijani al-Tahir Karshum, Muhammad Adam Yahya)

Signed agreement:

In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

The Sovereign Council

The Darfur region

West Darfur State

We, the undersigned, representing the social components in the Misterei area in West Darfur

state, pledge to open markets and roads, and in the event of a breach of this document, the

party which violated it will be legally responsible.

(Then follow thirty signatures from each side;

witnessed by the Sultan Bahr al-Din, Colonel

Musa Hamid Duday, the representatives of JEM, GSLF, Sudanese Alliance an d SLA/MM;

approved by the Governor of West Darfur General Khamis Abdallah Abkar).

Source:

https://www.assayha.net/86777/;

https://twitter.com/tobyharward/status/1471237538719350788/photo/1