A/HRC/15/57 Appendix Human Rights Council: Group of Experts on Darfur Status of implementation of recommendations for the protection of human rights in Darfur (June 2009–April 2010) 1. 1.1 Human rights protection Protection of the civilian population, including IDPs 1.1.1 Issue and enforce clear orders to the armed forces and any militias under Government’s control that it is prohibited to make civilians or civilian objects (including cultivated land and livestock) the target of attacks or to launch indiscriminate attacks (including burning of villages and aerial bombardments); that such attacks can amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, that suspects, including bearers of command responsibility, will be investigated and brought to justice, and that any immunities would be waived. Short-term/accepted by GoS • Orders issued and widely disseminated • Number of such attacks reported that are attributable to Government forces, any allied militia and SLA/MM Air and land attacks against civilians On 29 September 2009, GoS forces launched an air offensive in the area of Mawu, North Darfur. According to reports, two GoS Antonov planes dropped several bombs on the western part of Mawu. Following the bombings, SAF soldiers accompanied by armed militias riding in land cruiser vehicles entered the village and started shooting. Eye-witnesses reported looting and burning of houses and the local market. An UNAMID assessment team visited the area on 8 October and documented the destruction of more than 30 houses, including a UN agency office, a health clinic belonging to an INGO and two water wells. In South Darfur, several houses in Chawa village were reportedly burned when members of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) attacked the village on 11 October 2009 in an apparent retaliation for an earlier ambush on a Government police convoy by unknown armed men. Exact number of casualties could not be confirmed. UNAMID documented serious human rights violations within the context of clashes between members of the Popular Defense Forces (PDF) and members of the Border Intelligence Guards (BIG) in Yarra, and surrounding villages (Sayiengo, Amar Jadid, and Dogi), 14 Some activities were undertaken but little or no impact has been reported from the ground.