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

B100188/2025

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

(2025/2595(RSP))

The European Parliament,

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

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

A. whereas the violent conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has escalated into the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world;

A. whereas the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has continued since April 2023, with both parties fighting for control of Sudan and its resources;

B. whereas nearly two thirds of Sudan’s inhabitants, including 16 million children, are in dire need of humanitarian assistance; whereas the conflict has forcibly displaced 13 million, including 9 million internally and 4 million to neighbouring countries; whereas this has aggravated the crisis throughout the region;

B. whereas the conflict has forcibly displaced 13 million people; 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; whereas humanitarian aid is being obstructed, exacerbating food insecurity, malnutrition and the spread of disease;

C. whereas estimates of the number of fatalities resulting from the conflict and related causes range from 20,000 up to 150,000; whereas risk factors and indicators for genocide and related crimes are present;

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1. Calls on all parties to immediately cease hostilities, seek a negotiated solution and fulfil their Jeddah Declaration commitments;

E. whereas Sudan’s healthcare system has largely collapsed, with most hospitals in conflict zones having been destroyed, looted, or occupied by warring parties; whereas access to critical emergency health care is severely restricted;

2. Underlines the urgent need for equitable access to humanitarian relief for civilians; calls on all parties to ensure safe, timely and unhindered access to humanitarian actors, including the World Food Programme;

F. whereas a number of EU Member States are drastically cutting their development aid budgets; whereas the US has implemented a 90-day pause in development aid; whereas reductions in global humanitarian efforts will further exacerbate the hunger crisis in Sudan;

3. Strongly condemns the indiscriminate attacks on civilians and widespread sexual violence against women and children committed by both the SAF and RSF; urges all parties to stop these horrendous acts and war crimes, including child rape; emphasises the need for supports for survivors, including healthcare, treatment and psychosocial support, and sexual and reproductive healthcare services; demands that the perpetrators are held accountable;

1. Strongly condemns the continuing violence between the rival armed factions in Sudan, human rights violations and the use of sexual violence, including child rape;

4. Urges Sudanese authorities and all warring factions to respect international humanitarian law and cease recruiting and using child soldiers;

2. Calls on all parties to immediately put an end to hostilities, end all attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, halt attacks on infrastructure and humanitarian assistance and permit unfettered humanitarian access throughout the country;

5. Urges the Council to adopt targeted measures and sanctions on entities and commanders responsible for serious human rights violations, including Abdel Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo and Abu Aqla Keikel;

3. Urges the warring parties in Sudan to immediately end widespread rape and all other forms of sexual violence; calls for effective support for protection, care, treatment and psycho-social support for survivors of sexual violence, including comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services; calls for prompt, effective, thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigations to hold perpetrators accountable;

6. Urges the Council and the Commission to take action against all actors violating the UN arms embargo on Darfur, and to support its expansion to cover all of Sudan;

4. Calls on the EU and its Member States to increase resources for the humanitarian response in Sudan, as well as in refugee camps in neighbouring countries, and to ensure specific funding for the protection, care, treatment and support for survivors of sexual violence;

7. Urges the EU and its Member States to support the International Criminal Court’s investigation into genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, and to support the work of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan, including its full access to the country; encourages the UN, the African Union and other regional organisations to support the deployment of a robust mission to protect civilians, monitor human rights and investigate sexual violence;

5. Calls on the Commission and the HRVP to take appropriate action to sanction violations of the UN arms embargo on Darfur and to expand this embargo to all of Sudan;

8. Calls for the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian aid to Sudan and neighbouring countries, fund supports for survivors of sexual violence, and continue funding local resilience and protection programmes, ensuring women’s and children’s rights and gender equality;

6. Calls for the EU to impose targeted sanctions on entities and high-level commanders responsible for serious human rights abuses;

9.7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the VP/HR, theGovernment Sudaneseof authorities,Sudan, the African Union, the Secretary-GeneralUN ofSecretary-General, the UnitedSudanese Nationsauthorities and the Pan-African Parliament.