Sustainable peace in Sudan requires complementary justice and accountability. This can be achieved through a well-developed, proactive, national transitional justice policy and implementation plan guided by the African Union and supported by the international community. Such a process does not need a cessation of hostilities to begin but should be integrated into a broader peace process. Once initiated, the process would need local buy-in and should ideally include truth-telling, peacebuilding, reparations, criminal accountability and a key role for independent institutions.

About the authors
Tadesse Simie Metekia is a Senior Researcher on rule of law and accountability at ISS Addis Ababa. Ottilia Anna Maunganidze is the Head of Special Projects in the Office of the Executive Director at the ISS. Maram Mahdi is a Researcher in the African Peace and Security Governance Programme at ISS Addis Ababa. Xhanti Mhlambiso is a Researcher on rule of law and accountability at ISS Pretoria.