From war to peace and reconciliation in Darfur, Sudan: Prospects for the Judiyya

Since the independence of Sudan in 1956, the region of Darfur has been under the oppressive hegemony of a ruling elite primarily drawn from the northern region of Sudan. [...] The spread of war to the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile Province and the subsequent formation of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) in February 2012 have added another 99 Abdullahi Osman El-Tom dimension to the conflict, increasing the likelihood of the collapse of the Khartoum government. [...] Recognising the vastness of the number of prisoners awaiting trial following the 1994 genocide, the Government of Rwanda adapted the Gacaca, with some modification, to serve as an alternative legal system. [...] In revising the Judiyya to suit the new context of post-war Darfur, caution is necessary to avoid the pitfalls of the Gacaca. [...] While many of these issues conform to the ideals of the rebel groups, the charters nonetheless privilege the Eurocentric self and endorse the otherisation of the rest of the world.