Today, we released our first report as an Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan. GENEVA (6 September 2024)
PRESS RELEASE
Sudan: UN Fact-Finding Mission outlines extensive human rights violations, international crimes, urges protection of civilians Both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as well as their respective allies, were found to be responsible for patterns of large-scale violations, including indiscriminate and direct attacks carried out through airstrikes and shelling against civilians, schools, hospitals, communication networks and vital water and electricity supplies.
The warring parties also targeted civilians – as well as those assisting survivors or documenting violations – through rape and other forms of sexual violence, arbitrary arrest and detention, as well as torture and ill-treatment. These violations may amount to war crimes related to violence to life and person and committing outrages upon personal dignity, the report found.
“The people of the Sudan have suffered unimaginable tragedy,” said Expert Member Joy Ngozi Ezeilo. “A sustainable ceasefire must be prioritized to halt the fighting in which the civilian population is caught and enable the effective delivery of badly needed humanitarian assistance to all those in need, regardless of their location.”
https://ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/09/sudan-un-fact-finding-mission-outlines-extensive-human-rights-violations… Read the full report here. More information on the work of the Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan can be found here.
