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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern Friday over the deepening human rights crisis in and around El Fasher in North Darfur, calling for civilians to be allowed to leave and to be protected by both warring parties. Through a press release, Türk stated that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on international actors to ensure accountability for the international crimes committed in Sudan on Monday, the 20th anniversary of the referral of the Darfur case to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Despite the ongoing investigation, the humanitarian crisis in Sudan has continued to escalate. Civilians are targeted and killed, while [...]

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) declared on Wednesday that Sudan is currently experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis ever recorded. The report highlights that approximately 30.4 million people — over half of Sudan’s population — are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, a staggering figure that accounts for 10 percent of all people globally requiring aid, [...]

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have allegedly been targeting civilians in Gezira state, including unlawfully detaining, injuring, killing and raping local residents, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released on Sunday. HRW has called for the UN  to deploy a mission to Sudan, in order to protect civilians. HRW criticized the UN [...]

Deputy executive director of UNICEF Ted Chaiban on Friday called for more international attention to the “forgotten crisis” in Sudan amid the country’s civil war. In a joint statement with UNHCR assistant high commissioner for operations Raouf Mazou, Chaiban noted the massive displacement and damage caused by the war being fought between the Sudanese Armed [...]

President Vladimir Putin arrived on an official visit to Mongolia, the Kremlin announced Monday. This comes after an announcement made by the Kremlin last Thursday and marks Putin’s first journey to a member nation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since the court issued a warrant for his arrest in March 2023 over alleged war [...]

World Food Programme (WFP) spokesperson in Sudan, Leni Kinzli, called Friday for unrestricted access and security assurances to deliver aid to families struggling to survive amid devastating violence in Darfur and other conflict zones across Sudan, saying “time is running out to prevent starvation.” Kinzli underscored the critical need for WFP to use the Adré [...]

The plight of women’s rights in various countries reflects a complex interplay of legal, cultural and societal norms that significantly disenfranchise women and girls, threatening their human rights and dignity. Countries like Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Pakistan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, and Nigeria present challenging environments where women’s rights [...]

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced Friday that it would investigate the alleged beheading of two members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group by SAF soldiers. The announcement came in response to the circulation of a video purporting to show SAF soldiers carrying the severed heads of RSF members. In response to the [...]

The current conflict engulfing Israel and Palestine raises significant issues of international law and policy. This is part one in an anticipated two-part series that will discuss some of the relevant legal questions before the International Criminal Court (ICC; Part I) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ; Part II).  With both courts located in [...]