Abbreviations AI Amnesty International AU African Union AUHIP African Union High Implementation Panel BN Blue Nile GoS Government of Sudan HRW Human Rights Watch IDPs Internally Displaced Persons KRT Khartoum MI Military Intelligence NCP National Congress Party NISS National Intelligence and Security Service RSF Rapid Support Forces SAF Sudan Armed Forces SK South Kordufan SPLA Sudan People Liberation Army SPLA-N Sudan People Liberation Army – North SPLM-N Sudan People Liberation Movement – North SSP State Security Prosecution UNSC United Nation Security Council iv