UN Human Rights Council Should Respond to Sudan Crisis hrw: Sudan
Hold Special Session; Create Mechanism to Collect Evidence of Abuses
Since fighting broke out in Khartoum on April 15 between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces , both military forces have deployed throughout populated areas. Much of the street fighting has involved the use of explosive weapons that have harmed civilians and damaged civilian structures., but doctors tell us that is likely an underestimate, as many civilians cannot reach hospitals. Millions have no water or power due to strikes on key infrastructure.
Notwithstanding efforts by the African Union, the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the United Nations Security Council, it is critical that the UN Human Rights Council - the UN's top rights body - ends its inaction and takes measures to hold those responsible for abuses to account.
The global failure to address decades of security force abuses in Sudan underpins the current crisis. The SAF and the RSF have a history of serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, whether in the context of
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