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B100190/2025

B100185/2025

Motion for a European Parliament resolution on severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rape

The European Parliament,

 having regard to its previous resolutions on Sudan

– having regard to Rule 150(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas the conflict, which erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has led to the deaths of thousands of civilians, the destruction of vital infrastructure, famine and epidemics ;

A. whereas in the conflict in Sudan an estimated 12.1 million people are at risk of rape and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV); whereas children are at particular risk, with UNICEF reporting at least 221 rape cases against children since 2024; whereas the real figures are expected to be much higher; whereas the youngest reported survivors of rape as a weapon of war in Sudan were four one-year olds;

B. whereas the crisis has displaced over 3.7 million people, who face a lack of basic services and acute medical shortages;

B. whereas the UNICEF reports that rape as a weapon of war has become shockingly commonplace in Sudan; whereas rape regularly occurs as armed men raid homes, attack girls on the street, or kidnap them; whereas girls, especially those who become pregnant as a result of rape, are often rejected by their families and communities;

C. whereas sexual violence and abduction have been used as a weapon of war in Sudan, with women and girls being disproportionately targeted, often with impunity for the perpetrators and leaving lasting physical and psychological scars on the victims;

C. whereas women and girls are also vulnerable to rape and other forms of GBV at IDP sites;

D. whereas reports from humanitarian organizations, including the United Nations have documented systematic sexual violence perpetrated by both government and militia forces, including sexual violence against refugees and internally displaced persons in camps and settlements;

D. whereas sexual violence during conflicts is a war crime under international law; whereas the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) outline this prohibition;

E. whereas Sudan’s institutions, which were already fragile due to years of political instability, corruption, and lack of rule of law, have been unable to provide effective protection or justice for victims of sexual violence and other crimes;

1. Condemns in the strongest terms the widespread sexual violence against women and girls committed across Sudan, in particular by Rapid Support Forces and their allies in Darfur, in Khartoum, in South Kordofan and in Gezira state;

F. whereas the UN Security Council has called for urgent action to prevent further atrocities and hold perpetrators accountable for rapes;

2. Urges the Commission, Member States, and the international community to step up support to both the UN and Sudanese local responders on the frontline, including by increasing and expediting funding for civilian protection initiatives;

1. Strongly condemns the systematic rapes perpetrated against innocents, particularly children in Sudan.

3. Calls on the Member States to encourage the United Nations, the African Union, and other regional organizations, to support the deployment a robust and dedicated mission to protect civilians and monitor human rights violations across Sudan;

2. Calls for the establishment of international mechanisms to investigate and document sexual violence in Sudan, with a focus on ensuring accountability for perpetrators, including members of both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces whose acts are considered as a crime against humanity.

4. Demands that all perpetrators are held accountable; urges the Commission and Member States to support the ICC prosecutor’s investigation into crimes and atrocities in Darfur and provide the court with timely information and necessary political and financial support, and to support the mandate of the UN Fact Finding Mission on Sudan;

3. Calls for the immediate cessation of all forms of violence and the commitment of all parties to the conflict to respect international humanitarian law.

5. Urges the Council to swiftly adopt targeted measures on entities and high-level commanders responsible for serious violations, including against RSF’s deputy commander Abdel Raheem Hamdan Dagalo, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo “Hemedti”, Sudan Shield Forces Commander Abu Aqla Keikel and SAF commanders and leaders involved or responsible for serious crimes;

4. Calls for the urgent establishment of international safe zones where refugees, internally displaced persons, and survivors of sexual violence can seek medical care, and legal services.

6. Urge the Commission and the HRVP to publicly condemn and take appropriate action towards states, including the United Arab Emirates, violating the existing arms embargo on Darfur and to support to expansion of the UN arms embargo on Darfur to all of Sudan;

5. Calls for an immediate international response to end the crisis and bring perpetrators of sexual violence and human rights abuses to justice.

7. Calls on the EU and Member States to step up their efforts to protect women’s and children´s rights and gender equality as indispensable and indivisible human rights, at home and everywhere in the world;

6.8. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council,Commission, the Vice PresidentMember ofStates, the Commission / High Representativeauthorities of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the European External Action Service,Sudan, the African Union; the ACP-EU Council of MinistersUnion, and the Governments and Parliaments ofUnited Sudan.Nations;