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UN Rights Council Orders Urgent Probe Into El‑Fasher Atrocities, Tasks Investigators to Identify Perpetrators

The decision signals a pivot to formal accountability following warnings of mass displacement and a worsening humanitarian crisis.

Overview

  • The Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution directing the UN fact‑finding mission on Sudan to urgently investigate El‑Fasher and, where possible, name those responsible.
  • UN rights chief Volker Türk condemned reported crimes and warned perpetrators that justice will follow, as WHO confirmed more than 450 people were killed at the city’s Saudi Hospital.
  • Mona Rishmawi of the UN mission said much of El‑Fasher is a crime scene and cited evidence of mass killings, rape, torture, abductions and enforced disappearances.
  • UN agencies report nearly 100,000 people fled after the RSF takeover with only about 10,000 registered at arrival hubs, leaving many unaccounted for and many others trapped in famine‑like conditions.
  • The resolution does not mandate probes into alleged external backers; Sudan’s envoy accused the UAE of supporting the RSF, the UAE issued a denial, and the ICC said it is preserving evidence for potential prosecutions.