The Sudanese Alliance for Rights (SAR) welcomes the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council to convene a Special Session on 14 November 2025 to address the rapidly deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan, particularly in and around El Fasher.
The gravity of the crisis demanded urgent international attention, and the Council’s swift action, culminating in the adoption of a resolution without a vote, reflects the seriousness of the atrocities being reported.
The resolution rightly condemns the shocking and credible reports of mass killings, house-to-house executions, ethnically motivated attacks, arbitrary detention, and the systematic use of sexual violence by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied units following their assault on El Fasher. For months, civilians have endured siege-like conditions, widespread hunger, and relentless violence. Survivors and eyewitnesses who have since fled continue to provide consistent testimonies of conduct that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
This moment comes after the large-scale outbreak of hostilities in April 2023, which has since precipitated successive waves of violence, displacement, and profound human suffering across Sudan. The scale and persistence of these abuses demand an uncompromising and sustained international response.
SAR welcomes the Council’s decision to mandate an urgent investigation by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan. This is a critical step towards truth-telling, accountability, and the preservation of evidence. The requirement for the Mission to deliver its findings to the Council at its sixty-first session ensures that the atrocities committed will remain under close and continuous international scrutiny.
However, the adoption of this resolution must be met with genuine commitment to implementation. Investigative mandates alone do not protect civilians—action does.
SAR therefore calls on UN Member States to provide full political, financial, and logistical support to the Fact-Finding Mission and to use all diplomatic channels to ensure unhindered access to affected areas; on all parties to the conflict, including the RSF and SAF, to immediately cease attacks on civilians, allow safe humanitarian access, and fully cooperate with the investigation; on regional and international actors to work collectively to prevent further atrocities and ensure that accountability efforts do not stall or become politicised; and on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide continuous public updates and ensure transparency throughout the investigative process.
The people of Sudan—particularly those in El Fasher and across Darfur—have endured unspeakable suffering. For too long, they have watched cycles of violence unfold without justice. This resolution offers a narrow but critical window to alter this trajectory.
SAR urges the international community to seize this moment with courage and resolve. Accountability is not optional; it is a moral and legal imperative. The world must not look away.
The Sudanese Alliance for Rights remains committed to documenting violations, amplifying survivor voices, and advocating relentlessly for justice, protection, and lasting peace in Sudan.
Sudanese Alliance for Rights
15 November 2025
