ACHPR African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Human Rights our Collective Rosponsibility 1. Finds a violation of Articles 1, 2, 3(2), 4,6, 7(1)(a), 12(1), 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 23 of the African Charter. 2. Urges the Respondent State to guarantee all the rights found to have been violated in this communication in accordance with its obligation under Article 1 of the African Charter. 3. Grants the Complainants' request for the Commission to hear submissions from both parties on remedies and reparations and, therefore, requests the Complainants to forward their written submissions on remedies and reparations to the Commission within sixty (60) days of its receipt of notification of this decision, and the-Respondent State shall have sixty (60) days within which to submit its observations in response thereof. 4. Urges the Respondent State to set up an independent inquiry to carry out prompt, effective and impartial investigations into the circumstances of the abovementioned violations, and ensure that where sufficient evidence exists, the perpetrators are brought to justice and held accountable for any violations. 5. Recommends to the Respondent State to ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, in order to safeguard and ensure the protection of women from gender-based discrimination, violence against women and sexual violence in times of war and armed conflict. in line with its existing obligations under Articles 2 and 18(3) of the African Charter. 6. Recommends to the Respondent State to ratify the AU Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons 2009 (Kampala Convention), in-order to prevent internal displacement and protect as well as assist internally displaced persons in Sudan. 7. All Organ 01 Ihe AfriGan1~~ Unlon~';Irj;~