Bana Group for Peace and Development

The 13th Berlin Biennale will convene two People’s Tribunals, community-sourced judicial forums to address human rights violations and crimes against humanity when justice has been denied on a state or international level. 

The People’s Tribunal on the Systematic Targeting of Women Activists in Sudan is presented by the Bana Group for Peace and Development. The ongoing conflict in Sudan, which pits the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has unleashed a wave of human rights abuses. While the general civilian population has suffered immensely, women have become specific targets of egregious violence and systematic oppression by both warring parties and their affiliates. This case highlights the atrocities committed against these women, showcasing a deliberate effort to silence their voices, dismantle their networks, and suppress any form of dissent.

Following the tribunal, a public open forum will examine the persistent failure to deliver justice to the Sudanese people, despite overwhelming evidence of repression and atrocity. The discussion will place these failures within a broader history of international impunity. In particular, the well-documented connections between the SAF and RSF’s use of sexual violence, enforced disappearances, physical assault, and targeted killings, including the mass atrocities committed in Darfur, will be addressed.

Bana Group for Peace and Development, founded 2017. Places of belonging: Berlin, Khartoum, El-Fasher, El Gezira, Cairo, Nairobi. Affinity: Kurve Wustrow. e.V., Society for Threatened Peoples (Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker). Representative members: Mai Ali and Ilaaf Khalfalla.

Bana Group for Peace and Development would like to thank Aisha Nasser, Ashwag Mohamed, Ekram Hamza, Fidaa Abdallah, Rania Ibrahim, and Wafia Khamis.Supporters: Kurve Wustrow e.V., Civil Peace Service, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Medica mondiale, AMICA e.V.

Project Lead People’s Tribunal: Jasmine Grace Wenzel