The New Dawn Charter (Arabic: الفجر الجديد الميثاق, al-Fajar al-Jadeed al-Meethaq) is an agreement between various opposition groups in Sudan. The document outlines a blueprint for building an inclusive government with democratic legitimacy in Khartoum and calls for separation of religion and state and full equality of all citizens regardless of religion.
Signatories of the Charter include among others the Justice and Equality Movement, Sudan Revolutionary Front, the National Consensus Force, Sudanese youth groups such as Girifna and Change Now, and women's groups.
The main principles and objectives of the document include:.
Recognizing Sudan is a multiethnic, multicultural, and multi-lingual country of many religionsAdvocating for a pluralistic federal democracy, based on equality between citizens and the assurance that the people of Sudan are the source of powerSeparation of church and stateAbiding by international standards for human rightsEnsuring accountability for those who have committed crimes during the Bashir regimeEstablishing a state based upon a democratic constitution, justice, and social welfareDistribution of power and wealth being based on the criterion of population numbers of the different regions, with wartime damage reparations taken into account.Assuring state institutions are neutral and not dominated by any particular ethnic group or tribeA judicial system, civil service, media, and higher education institutions which are independent and professional national institutionsPromoting regional and international stabilityRecognizing the necessity of women's rightsRecognizing the necessity of basic rights and freedomsEliminating the use of force in the domestic political process