What changed

B100358/2026

B100363/2026

European Parliament resolution on the Threat of War Crimes, the escalatingEscalating violationsViolations of internationalInternational humanitarianHumanitarian Law and the humanHuman rightsRights situationSituation in El-Obeid, Sudan

(2026/2799(RSP))

having regard to its previous resolutions on Sudan,Sudan;

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

whereas in the ongoing conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since 2023, more than 13 million people have been displaced; whereas the RSF have recently amassed large concentration of forces around El-Obeid, signalling an imminent large-scale assault on the city;

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whereas in June drone strikes destroyed the city's power and fuel access, cut water supplies to thousands of homes, and halted hospital operations;

whereas El-Obeid has become the focus of intensified military operations, drone strikes, attacks on civilian infrastructure and restrictions on humanitarian access, placing hundreds of thousands of civilians at immediate risk and raising fears of an immediate offensive and atrocities similar to those committed in El Fasher;

whereas in June the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Security Council (UNSC), and a coalition of 29 states all warned of an imminent risk of large-scale atrocities; whereas every precursor to the October 2025 El-Fasher atrocities is now present at El-Obeid;

whereas during and after the siege of El Fasher, RSF forces committed mass killings, sexual violence, abductions, torture and attacks on hospitals and displacement sites;

whereas the UN's Independent Fact-Finding Mission points to risk of further war crimes and genocidal violence, including sexual violence as a weapon of war; whereas the UNOHCHR has exposed the brutality and magnitude of conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan predominantly by the RSF;

whereas both parties to the conflict have repeatedly violated international humanitarian law and international human rights law through indiscriminate attacks against civilians, ethnically and religiously targeted violence, conflict-related sexual violence, including against children, the recruitment and use of child soldiers, arbitrary detention and other abuses that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity;

whereas this conflict is fuelled and sustained by external powers, in particular the United Arab Emirates (UAE), through financing, weapons and military aid; whereas the UNSC has urged all states to refrain from such interference;

whereas women and children have been disproportionately affected by the conflict, with hospitals, schools, water facilities and humanitarian infrastructure increasingly targeted or damaged;

Condemns in the strongest terms the brutal violence ongoing in Sudan, particularly the recent RSF advance on EL Obeid, and insists the international community must prevent a repetition of the El-Fasher massacre;

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Insists Member States use all political, diplomatic and economic leverage to push for a ceasefire, enforce a lifting of the siege on El Obeid and to support the deployment of a dedicated mission to protect civilians in Sudan;

Expresses deep concern over report of the continued assault on El-Obeid by the RSF and strongly condemns the escalating violence and grave violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law; urges the SAF and RSF to cease indiscriminate attacks on civilian infrastructure and ensure safe passage for civilians seeking to flee conflict-affected zones;

Urges Member States to strengthen support for Sudanese Human Rights Defenders, including in exile and through humanitarian corridors and secure rapid, unhindered crossline and cross-border humanitarian access;

Calls on all parties to comply with international humanitarian law and the Jeddah Declaration, protect civilians and ensure rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access by guaranteeing the safety of humanitarian personnel, the delivery of food, clean water, fuel, medical supplies and other life-saving assistance, the prevention of conflict-related sexual violence, and adequate support for survivors;

Urges the EEAS and the Council to use without delay all available tools, in particular sanctions, to respond to violations by warring parties as well as states and entities enabling RSF abuses despite due warnings;

Urges all parties to engage constructively and in good faith in internationally and regionally supported peace initiatives with the objective of achieving an immediate ceasefire and a sustainable political settlement;

Urges the EEAS and the Council to publicly condemn and take the appropriate action towards states, including the UAE, violating the existing arms embargo on Darfur, and work with the UNSC to expand the embargo to all of Sudan and ensure its enforcement;

Calls on the international community, including regional actors, to cease the supply of weapons, financing and logistical support to any of the parties to the conflict, and to support coordinated diplomatic efforts led by the UN and the African Union;

Supports AU, IGAD and regional efforts for a Sudanese-owned peace process with civil society at its core; insist Sudan's future be civilian-led, not led by armed groups or external proxies;

Calls for the EU to maintain and, if necessary, expand restrictive measures against individuals and entities responsible for atrocities, obstructing humanitarian assistance or undermining peace, security and stability in Sudan;;

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 politically and financially, and to support the mandate of the UN Fact Finding Mission on Sudan;

Urges the EU and its Member States to strengthen humanitarian assistance to Sudan and neighbouring countries hosting displaced populations, enhance monitoring of the human rights situation in El-Obeid and throughout Sudan, and for full, independent, and impartial investigations into all violations of international law;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Member States, the authorities of Sudan, the UAE, the African Union, and the UN.

Stresses that Sudan’s future cannot be shaped by violent extremist groups and networks, including those linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, whose destabilising influence has long fuelled violence and instability in Sudan and across the region;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the VP/HR, the Sudanese authorities, the African Union, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations.