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Over two years of war in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support
Forces have triggered one of the world’s greatest humanitarian disasters and set the country back in
its development, stability and, above all, in terms of the ambitions of the 2019 revolution. The suffering
of the civilian population is immense: over 12 million Sudanese are fleeing, 9 million of them within
Sudan. Two-thirds of the population, including 16 million children, are in urgent need of humanitarian
aid. Humanitarian access to the suffering population is repeatedly blocked; local Sudanese initiatives
have been providing humanitarian aid under the most difficult circumstances since the beginning of
the war.

There is little political and media attention in Germany and Europe for the war and its consequences.
Where reports do appear, the focus is often on the two warring parties and their offensives. Hardly any
attention is paid to civilian actors, their work, resilience and ideas about the future constitution of
Sudan – or to direct exchange with them.

That is why a broad alliance of humanitarian, civil society and non-governmental organisations,
political foundations and think tanks hosted a one-day conference entitled ‘Sudan – Thinking peace
and humanitarian protection from a civilian perspective’. The event focused on dialogue with
Sudanese actors and the initiatives, needs and expectations of a highly resilient and active civil
society in the country towards the international community.

Programme

Keynote speech

By Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), former Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United Nations

Kick-off panel: The situation in Sudan – a view from outside and inside

Discussion with:

Abdul Mohamed, former Senior Political Advisor to the African Union High-Level Implementation
Panel for Sudan and South Sudan and the Horn of Africa
Tahani Abbas, Women‘s Rights Activist and Human Rights Defender, Founder and Director of Nora
organization, Secretary General for No to Women Oppression Initiative
Hamid Khalafallah, PhD Researcher, Policy Analyst and Development Practitioner at the University of
Manchester’s Global Development Institute

Moderator: Gerrit Kurtz, Researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

Panel: Breaking Barriers to civilian protection – Expanding Humanitarian Space in Sudan

Discussion with:

Claire San Filippo, Emergency Coordinator at Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Eatizaz Yousif, Country Director Sudan at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Sudan
tbc, Emergency Response Rooms Khartoum
Mariam Hamid, Human Rights Defender, Feminist, and Political Activist, Executive Director of Kayan
Organization for Women Empowerment

Moderator: Florian Westphal, CEO of Save the Children Germany

Breakout session I: Voices of Resilience – The Crucial Role of Women and Youth in Humanitarian
and Peace efforts

With:
Sohair Saeed Adam, Executive Director of Amal Organization for Human Rights and Justice and
Lawyer Youth Delegate from Plan International Sudan

Moderator: Butheina-Asma Ahmed Elnaiem, Political Economist and Conflict Resolution Expert,
Associate Professor, University of Bahri Centre for Peace and Development Studies

Breakout Session II: Reporting from Sudan – Changing Narratives for the Attention Economy?

With:

Andrea Böhm, Editor at DIE ZEIT
Zeinab Mohamed Salih, Reporter for The Guardian, BBC and others
Jérôme Tubiana, Analyst for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) France, Independent Journalist and
Photographer

Moderator: Roman Deckert, Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT)

Breakout Session III: From fact-finding to justice – how to achieve sustainable peace

With:

Li Fung, Director of the Country Office Sudan at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Ilaaf Khalfalla, Bana Group for Peace and Development

Moderator: Beate Streicher, Amnesty International, Legal Advisor on International Criminal Law

Panel: Political Process and the Role of Civil Society – A Vision for Sudan

Discussion with:

Kamilia Ibrahim Koko Kora, Founder and Executive Director of Nuba Women for Education and
Development Association (NuWEDA)
Elshafie Khidir, General Director of Fikra for Research and Studies, Coordinator Facilitator Committee
of the Sudanese Civilian Forces
Janel Galvanek, Head of the Regional Peace Support Department at Berghof Foundation
Peter Tibi, Executive Director, Resource Center for Civil Leadership (RECONCILE INTERNATIONAL),
General Secretary Sudan Council of Churches (SCC)

Moderator: Marina Peter, Chair of the Sudan and South Sudan Forum e. V.

Closing Panel: Prospects for Sudan and implications for German and European policy

Discussion with:

Annette Weber, EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa
Serap Güler, Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office
Suliman Baldo, Founding Director of the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker

Moderator: Ahmed Kodouda, Humanitarian Policy and Operations Expert, Senior Technical Advisor at Impact
Policy Group (IPG)

Conclusion