MISSION AND VALUES

Sudan

Working for rights and peace in Sudan& South Sudan

 

Justice Africa Sudan Profile and Future Plans

 

First: MISSION AND values

Mission statement

Justice Africa Sudan is an advocacy organisation and research institute founded in Khartoum in 2007 to campaign for human rights and social justice across Sudan. Justice Africa Sudan contributes to understanding and resolving some of the most pressing issues on Sudan , by means of conferences, media work, publications, direct engagement with policy makers, as well as initiating and supporting civil society activities for peace, justice and democracy .

Justice Africa Sudan has become one of the most distinctive and individual voices for Sudan and South Sudan and has achieved this because it is run by, for and with Sudanese and Sudanese communities; guided by the Pan-African slogan “Nothing for me without me” and heritage of local conflict resolution mechanisms.

Justice Africa Sudan seeks to:

• Build coalitions of institutions, interest groups and individuals with the common aim of seeking solutions to Sudan’s developmental and governance challenges
• Promote peaceful civic action as a response to the threats of war and human rights abuses
• Support dialogue, debate, and the free exchange of ideas across Sudan and South Sudan, especially focusing on the promotion of innovative and constructive approaches to the resolution of conflicts in Sudan and South Sudan
• Enhance democracy in Sudan and South Sudan at the local, sub-regional, regional, national and international levels, thereby increasing the legitimacy and accountability of Sudanese and Sudan-wide institutions
• Support the creation and development of robust and principled civil society groups across Sudan
• Promote access to books and other educational resources in Sudan.
• Enlighten Sudanese people with their human, civil and democratic rights and supporting them achieving that through peaceful and democratic means.
• Rethink the approaches taken by Sudanese elites in addressing issues of democracy good governance since its independent and ended with Sudan moving around a cycle of war and peace, democracy and dictatorship that led to a country in war with itself.

 

Values

Justice Africa Sudan is determined to maintain faith in the basic principles of humanity, peace, human rights, mutual dialogue and tolerance,

Justice Africa’s approach is:

Comprehensive: We believe that it is impossible to promote one aspect of peace, human rights and social justice in the absence of concern with other aspects.

Pro-Active: We believe in long term strategies which prevent problems from occurring in the first place, as well as working with groups long after, to ensure strong foundations for peaceful and democratic communities.

Locally Owned: We build on what has worked in the past, so that we are establishing or re-establishing institutions and structures that local people are comfortable with. We build our programmes using mainly local staff and consulting with all relevant stakeholders at each stage. There is no ‘formula’ or blueprint for this. Our staffs are experienced and respected.

Impartial: Although we often have links with parties to conflicts or issues, facilitating our capacity to work with all stakeholders in seeking solutions in the long term, we remain impartial and have only one objective: to sustain peace in Sudan and South Sudan

Who We Serve

Justice Africa Sudan works for, and serves:

All Sudanese , regardless of race, gender, sex, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, belief, culture, language or birth. We support all Sudanese and South Sudanese peoples’ rights to, social justice, economic liberty, and freedom from the fear of violence or coercion.

Justice Africa Sudan supports, The African Union and its Constitutive Document; the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights; and the Protocols Establishing an African Court of Human Rights, and Establishing a Peace and Security Council; The United Nations and the international efforts to uphold the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; we affirm our particular support for the Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and Social and Economic Rights. The international efforts made to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in all African nations.

Second: Overview

 

1. 1.This is an outline of a strategic plan for moving Justice Africa Sudan forward over the next three years. It begins with an assessment of JAS’s current position, its strengths and weaknesses. It analyse the current structure. It looks at the imperative of expanding it work in Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan linking Civil Societytogether to address issued of join concerns and how that can be accomplished. In 2009, JAS opened three regional offices in Sudan one in Juba South Sudan, Neyala South Darfur and the second was in Kadogli South Kordofan.

Third: History Background

 

1. 2.Justice Africa Sudan was conceived in January 2007, and operated in partnership with Justice Africa UK until April 2010. And in partnership with Inter-Africa Group Ethiopia until April 2011, and the same time run its separate programmes. It established an office in Juba South Sudan in June 2009 and after July 2011 Juba office become more independent and that gave us the advantage of having presence in Sudan and Republic of South Sudan.

1. 3.Justice Africa Sudan is exceptionally well- positioned in Sudan and South Sudan as it the only national Sudanese organisation operating in the two states and builds a network of partners’ organisations north and south. Our access and engagement with all the stakeholders north and south give us the comparative advantage to play distinct role in building north south relations based on the mutual interest of the two nations. The second is our engagement with the Sudan peace process and civil society, a field in which we have an unparalleled track record. We have also ventured into several other areas including Darfur and the East with excellent regional relations especially in the Horn of Africa.
   

1. 4. During 2009-2011 we carried out important activities in support of the peace process and democratic transformation in Sudan and those includes support of the election in 2010 by carrying out training of activists, political party’s agents and independent election observersmonitor the election. Also carried out activities related to 2011 self-determination referendum raising the awareness of South Sudanese with the referendum rules and procedures Held ten workshops addressing issues related to post referendum Sudan, include , citizenship rights, boarders, economy, oil and important conference on Abyei bring together tribal leaders and civil society activists to promote peaceful co-existence in the district important . We also publish numbers of researches papers and ‘literature of accord’, which powerfully influenced the Sudan peace process. Since 2008 we have had a number of consultations and meetings, our publications addressed the on-going conflict in Darfur and help in promoting peace and peaceful co-existence in the region.

1. 5. Justice Africa Sudan produce monthly briefing on the prospect of peace and democracy in Sudan, which includes analytical review to the on-going political developments and come out with set of recommendations on the way forward.
   

1. 6.2009-2011 Justice Africa Sudan carried out numbers of capacity building training for civil society activists in the north and the South m, which include organisational training in project cycle management, and technical training, on conflict sensitive analysis, mediation techniques, human rights advocacy, monitoring, documentation and reporting.

1. 7.In 2009, Justice Africa Sudan carried out numbers of researches for United Nation African Union Mission in Darfur in support of Darfur Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) and African Union High Implementation Panel.

1. 8.Between January and October 2011, JAS carried numbers of symposiums addressing issues related to the future of northern Sudan that included: lessons learned from 55 years since Sudan independent and the separation of the South Sudan, managing diversity, north Sudan economy after July 2011 and the loss of oil revenue and other post referendum issues, and that was concluded with the conference on October 2011, under the theme of the Vision of civil Society in the Future of Sudan After the Separation of South Sudan

 

1. 9.Justice Africa Sudan is in process of producing two books, the first is about the political history of the Sudanese State and the second is about the Vision for the Future Sudan. The two books will be published before the end of 2013.

 

1. 10.JAS managed to publish numbers of research papers in 2010/11 that include: 1- the Political Economy of Oil in Sudan 2- Democracy and Development 3- Challenges facing Sudanese civil societies 4- Post South Sudan Separation Economy.

1. 11.Justice Africa Sudan is now accredited to the Africa Union civil society forum and takes part in forum meeting regularly.