The Federation of African Law Students (FALAS) has joined other critical and well-meaning voices of Sudanese, regional and international civil society and human rights organizations to resolutely warn fighting groups and other belligerent parties and individuals to seek a path of non-military solution to the on-going conflict in Sudan, as reported perpetrators of war crimes against civilians are being documented and will be used as evidence to support future prosecution of wrongdoers in line with existing international conventions and protocols.
In a release issued recently, the International President of FALAS, Siaffa Bahn Kemokai, II, maintained that leaders of the warring factions in the conflict will be individually liable for the current egregious human rights violation.
“Additionally, FALLAS urges the African Union (AU) to take immediate steps to end the awful carnage. Article 4 (h) of the AU Constitutive (AUC) provides ‘the right of the Union to intervene in a Member State pursuant to a decision of the Assembly in respect of grave circumstances, namely: war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity’. Also, AUC condemns and rejects the unconstitutional changes of governments in Africa,” the release stated.
FALAS is an umbrella organization of law students across the African Continent with a vision to “unify the African voice”.