A/HRC/27/69 destruction and looting incidents. (b) The intervention of the police was limited to the protection of the people and only where there are possible or actual damage to the individuals or the property of the State or the citizen and where there is a threat to the national security and stability in the country. (c) Accordingly, numbers of suspects were arrested not because of being part of the demonstrations but because of committing acts that constitute crimes under the Criminal Act 1991. (d) The legal proceedings pertaining to deceased persons are ongoing, and the Prosecutor General appealed to every individual who has information concerning the incidents to provide it to any prosecution office.2 39. During his missions to the Sudan in February and June 2014, the Independent Expert received representations from some of the family members of deceased victims of the September demonstrations, who expressed hopelessness in their quest for justice in respect of their deceased relatives. It is imperative that justice must be seen to be done in this case in order to deter arbitrary violations with impunity of the fundamental right to life. 40. After careful consideration, the Independent Expert is of the view that the report does not provide evidence of a thorough and independent investigation of the human rights violations that occurred during the September demonstrations. The finding in the report that it was difficult to locate any of those who shot and killed so many people in broad daylight during the demonstrations is unacceptable both morally and legally. While the Government’s report put the number of lives lost at 85, there are alternative reports from within the Sudan listing a higher number of deaths and injuries from gunshots during the demonstrations. The report gives no indication of how the shooters would be brought to justice or how the serious human rights violations would be redressed. Considering the high number of lives lost during the demonstrations and the need for accountability, it is both morally and legally imperative that there should be an independent judicial enquiry into the killings and other human rights violations that occurred during the September 2013 demonstrations. 41. In the interest of accountability, justice, prevention of impunity and respect for human rights, the Independent Expert urges the Government of the Sudan to quickly institute an independent judicial public enquiry into the killings and other human rights violations that occurred during the September 2013 demonstrations in Khartoum. It is recommended that the public enquiry should be chaired by a retired senior Sudanese judge with a panel of independent experts selected from academia, civil society, forensic experts and other relevant professional bodies in the Sudan and a nominee each from the African Union and the League of Arab States as regional members of the panel. B. Fatal shooting of a third-year University of Khartoum student 42. On 10 March 2014, Ali Abakar Musa Idris, a third-year economics student at the University of Khartoum, was killed by gunshot and several other people were arrested during a students’ rally on the university campus in protest against attacks on civilians in Darfur. In his meeting with the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Khartoum, the Independent Expert raised concerns and requested information about the incident. The Vice-Chancellor confirmed that the University had completed its investigations into the incident and had submitted its findings to the Sudanese police for further investigation. The Independent Expert urges the Government of the Sudan to ensure that the incident is fully 2 A similar report was presented by the Government of the Sudan when it was reviewed by the Human Rights Committee in July 2014, as part of the additional information to its fourth periodic report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 11