Client Background: Sudan

Matt Simpson of PILPG with the LJM Wealth-Sharing Committee while PILPG serves as legal counsel to the Darfuri delegation during the Doha Peace Talks with the Government of Sudan

Matt Simpson of PILPG with the LJM Wealth-Sharing Committee while PILPG serves as legal counsel to the Darfuri delegation during the Doha Peace Talks with the Government of Sudan

Dr. Paul Williams and the Darfuri delegation preparing for ceasefire negotiations in Doha.

Dr. Paul Williams and the Darfuri delegation preparing for ceasefire negotiations in Doha.

AREAS OF SUPPORT

Throughout PILPG's engagement in the Sudanese peace process, PILPG has:

PROVIDED PRE-NEGOTIATION AND ON-SITE NEGOTIATION ASSISTANCE:

  • Advised the Darfur Delegations during the 2011 Doha negotiations.

  • Advised Darfuri civil society leaders on effective participation as third party participants in negotiations.

  • Advised the Darfur Women’s Action Group on negotiation strategy and substantive issues key to their mandate.

  • Advised various Sudanese opposition groups during prepratory and on-site negotiations with the Government of Sudan.



PILPG Founder Paul Williams and Matt Simpson at the Doha Peace Talks

PARTNERED WITH:

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  • Non-signatory Darfuri movements

  • Darfuri civil society leaders

  • Darfuri political movements

  • Darfuri diaspora

  • Darfur Women’s Action Group
     

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ADVISED ON A NUMBER OF COMPREHENSIVE TOPICS, INCLUDING: 

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PILPG Founder Paul Williams and Matt Simpson at the Doha Peace Talks

PILPG Founder Paul Williams and Matt Simpson at the Doha Peace Talks

  • Reconciliation mechanisms planned to be included in the negotiated peace agreement with the Government of Sudan

  • Drafting and negotiating ceasefire agreements

  • International legal mechanisms for justice

  • Fiscal Federalism

  • Horizontal power sharing

  • Vertical power sharing

  • Allocation of natural resource revenue

  • Displaced persons

  • Democratic governance

  • Transitional scenarios

  • Internal democratic operating structures

  • Increasing youth participation in the peace process

  • Coalition building, training, strengthening, management, and expansion

  • Internal political party structures

  • Cessation of hostilities

  • Consensus-building program for Darfur diaspora communities