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Jon Temin, director of Sudan programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at this morning's hearing on "Sudan and South Sudan: Independence and Insecurity." Temin was joined on the hearing's second panel by George Clooney and John Prendergast with the Satellite Sentinel Project.

As part of its continuing work in Sudan, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) organized a workshop on “The State and Direction of the Darfur Peace Process” on November 15-16.  The gathering sought to evaluate the current status of the Darfur peace process and develop ideas for achieving a comprehensive, inclusive, and durable peace.
Held in consultation with the U.S. Office of the Special Envoy to Sudan, the workshop brought together Darfur stakeholders and experts, including representatives of major Darfur armed movements, civil society leaders, and representatives of countries and organizations deeply involved in the peace process. 

In a new volume, “Customary Justice and the Rule of Law in War-Torn Societies” from the United States Institute of Peace, editor Deborah Isser argues that measuring customary justice systems against Western rule-of-law templates leads to strategies that fail to address the concerns of the population and impedes access to justice.