What changed

B100362/2026

B100357/2026

European Parliament resolution on the threatThreat of warWar crimes,Crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian lawLaw and the human rightsRights situationSituation in El-Obeid, Sudan

(2026/2799(RSP))

having regard to itsRule previous150(5) resolutionsof onits Sudan,Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the Geneva Conventions of 1949,

whereas the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias has continued since April 2023, causing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with mass displacement, widespread food insecurity and war crimes including sexual violence, and genocide;

having regard to Rules 150(5) and 136(4) of its Rules of Procedure,​

whereas El-Obeid has become the latest epicentre of the conflict, with an imminent RSF offensive, repeated drone strikes and attacks on civilian infrastructure, replicating the pattern of encirclement, civilian targeting that preceded the atrocities in El Fasher; whereas the UNHCHR has warned of an imminent risk of mass atrocities;

whereas the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023 has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with over 30 million in need of assistance;

whereas external support to SAF and RSF from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Türkiye and Iran and failures to enforce arms embargoes have fuelled the conflict and enabled serious violations of international humanitarian law;

whereas nearly two thirds of Sudan’s population, including 16 million children, is in dire need of humanitarian assistance, while the healthcare system has largely collapsed under drone attacks; whereas humanitarian aid is being obstructed, exacerbating food insecurity, malnutrition and the spread of disease;

Strongly condemns attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure in El-Obeid and throughout Sudan, and calls for an immediate nationwide ceasefire, the protection of civilians and unrestricted humanitarian access;

whereas the RSF captured El Fasher in October 2025 after an 18-month siege; whereas the UN Fact-Finding Mission found that the takeover bore “the hallmarks of genocide”, despite repeated warnings and identified atrocity-risk indicators;

Strongly supports the African Union and regional partners´ efforts to facilitate a Sudanese-owned peace process with civil society at its core; insists that Sudan’s future must be led by civilians;

whereas the RSF has maintained a partial siege of El-Obeid, home to over 500 000 civilians, and has intensified drone attacks since 6 June 2026, targeting fuel depots, water facilities and a dialysis centre and killing more than 50 civilians in ten days; whereas international actors have warned of imminent mass atrocities;

Calls for independent international investigations into all alleged violations of international law committed by all parties, including the role of external actors, and demands full accountability;

whereas rape, sexual slavery and forced marriage are used as weapons of war; whereas UNICEF recorded hundreds of child rape cases since 2024; whereas funding cuts forced UNFPA to withdraw from over half the health facilities it supported;

Supports the application of the principle of universal jurisdiction to enable the prosecution of crimes in the courts of EU Member States, while calling on the EU to support the ICC’s investigation in Darfur, ensure full cooperation with the Court, and extend its mandate to the whole country;

Strongly condemns the RSF’s advance toward El-Obeid and warns that the city risks the same fate as El-Fasher; calls RSF to immediately to cease the aggression against El-Obeid; supports the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Sudan, the work of the ACHPR and ongoing investigations conducted by the ICC;

Condemns the role of external actors in fuelling the conflict; in particular denounces networks based in or operating through the UAE have facilitated weapons, dual-use items, financing, logistics and conflict-gold laundering for the RSF;

Condemns the war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan including ethnically targeted killings, rape, sexual slavery and deliberate starvation;

Urges the Council and the EEAS to address RSF financing and procurement linked to the UAE and to propose restrictive measures against entities and individuals enabling RSF abuses; calls for strengthened due diligence and traceability requirements for Sudanese gold and raw materials entering the EU;

Urges all warring factions in Sudan to uphold international humanitarian law and respect for human rights; urges all external actors to cease to finance, supply arms, or provide other forms of support;

Calls for all countries to institute and enforce a UN arms embargo across all of Sudan; calls to ensure that all countries and entities violating directly or indirectly the Darfur arms embargo are held accountable;

Calls for safe civilian evacuation routes, an end to starvation, rape as a weapon of war, ransom-based abductions, and calls on all parties to secure crossline and cross-border humanitarian access;

Rejects unlawful deportations of Sudanese people by the Egyptian authorities, including where EU-funded security forces are involved; calls on neighbouring states to uphold non-refoulement and protect Sudanese people seeking refuge and urges EU Member States to refrain from returns and provide safe and regular pathways;

Strongly supports the efforts of the AU, the IGAD, and regional partners to facilitate a Sudanese-owned peace process with civil society at its core and insists that Sudan’s future be led by civilians, not armed groups or external proxies;

Deplores the inadequate international response to Sudan's crisis and calls on the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian assistance, cancel Sudan´s external debt, respect Sudanese sovereignty and prioritise civilian protection over geopolitical interests;

Urges the Council to impose targeted sanctions against those involved in operations around El-Obeid; calls for the UN arms embargo to be extended to all of Sudan;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the EU institutions, Member States, and the Sudanese authorities.

Urges the Commission and Member States to step up humanitarian assistance to address pressing needs through, among others, direct funding to Emergency Response Rooms and other frontline organisations;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the VP/HR, the Member States, the UN Secretary-General, the African Union and the warring parties.