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B100359/2026

European Parliament resolution on the threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan

(2026/2799(RSP))

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

A. whereas the conflict between the SudaneseSudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has escalated into the world’smost largestdevastating humanitarian crisis, with more than 33 million people, including 16 million children, requiring aid and millionsdisplacement facingcrisis hungerin andthe displacement;world;

B. whereas the RSF have laid siege to El-Obeid, reportedly preparing an imminent ground offensive; whereas international actors warn of the risk of mass atrocities in El-Obeid, with 500 000 civilians at risk;

whereas over 33 million people require aid, 19 million face acute hunger, 13 million have been displaced, and hundreds of thousands are feared to have been killed;

C. whereas the UN independent fact-finding mission found that the RSF takeover of El-Fasher bore the hallmarks of genocide and warns of further war crimes; whereas rape and other forms of sexual violence are used as weapons of war;

whereas the RSF have laid a siege on El-Obeid; whereas since 6 June, the RSF have waged drone attacks in and around this city, killing civilians, and near-zero access to life-saving necessities; whereas the RSF are reportedly preparing an imminent ground offensive, risking mass atrocities;

D. whereas drone strikes against El-Obeid killed civilians, destroyed the city’s power and fuel access, cut water supplies and disrupted access to life-saving necessities; whereas Sudan’s healthcare system is collapsing;

whereas foreign actors fuel the conflict by providing military, financial and logistical support, violating of the UN arms embargo, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reportedly acting as the RSF’s main external enabler;

E. whereas credible reports indicate external support for the RSF, including through foreign military contractors and the transfer of military equipment in breach of the UN arms embargo;

Urges the RSF and allied groups to lift the siege on El-Obeid;

1. Condemns in the strongest terms the war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan, particularly the ongoing RSF siege of El-Obeid, and insists that the international community prevent a repetition of the El-Fasher massacre and force the RSF to lift its siege on El Obeid;

Urges the warring parties to uphold international humanitarian law and commitments agreed upon under the Jeddah declaration, immediately end all attacks against civilians, including sexual violence as a weapon of war, ensure safe and unhindered humanitarian and commercial access, agree to and implement a nationwide ceasefire, cooperate with the deployment of an African Union-led protection force, and commit to a credible, inclusive political process for a civilian-led transition; calls for the EU to use all leverage to support these objectives;

2. Implores all warring parties to cease fire, uphold international humanitarian law and immediately end all attacks against civilians, including sexual violence and forced starvation;

Calls on the warring parties to cooperate with ongoing accountability efforts; calls for the EU to financially and politically support those mechanisms, and press for the expansion of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) jurisdiction to international crimes committed in the whole of Sudan;

3. Calls for the EU to urgently increase humanitarian support for Sudan, including for survivors of sexual violence, those facing hunger, IDPs and refugees; calls for direct funding for Emergency Response Rooms and other local frontline organisations; stresses the need for humanitarian corridors to ensure civilian evacuation routes and crossline and cross-border humanitarian access to El-Obeid;

Condemns all forms of external interference fuelling the war; urges all countries, including the UAE, to respect the UN arms embargo, and end mercenaries recruitment and the provision of weapons and ammunition; calls for the EU to sanction violations of the arms embargo, raise them in all relevant bilateral frameworks, and work with the UN Security Council and others to expand the arms embargo to the whole of Sudan;

4. Urges the EU to join the AU and the UN in efforts to engage the warring parties towards a ceasefire and to support a civilian-led peace process; calls for the EU to impose targeted sanctions on entities and individuals responsible for war crimes in Sudan;

Calls for the EU to urgently increase resources for the humanitarian response in Sudan and the protection of local responders, as well as in refugee camps in neighbouring countries, including dedicated support for child protection and survivors of sexual violence;

5. Condemns all external interference fuelling the war; urges all states, including the UAE, to cease financing, arms supply or other support of the RSF; urges the EEAS and the Council to sanction individuals, entities and external enablers and private security companies, such as Global Security Services Group, for breaching the UN arms embargo, and to work with the UNSC to extend the embargo to all of Sudan;

Calls for the EU to engage RSF and their benefactors through direct diplomacy at the highest level; calls for the EU to impose targeted sanctions on entities and commanders responsible for serious human rights abuses, including RSF commanders responsible for current operations around El-Obeid;

6. Demands accountability for all perpetrators and calls for independent investigations into alleged war crimes; urges the EU to financially and politically support these efforts, press to extend ICC jurisdiction to all of Sudan, support the mandate of the UN fact-finding mission and consider including the RSF on the EU terrorism list;

Reiterates its call on the Council to urgently trigger the procedure to evaluate whether the RSF fulfils the criteria for inclusion on the EU’s restrictive ‘terrorist list’;

7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the authoritiesGovernment of Sudan, the UAE,African Union, the AU,UN Secretary-General, the Sudanese authorities and the UNPan-African Secretary-General.Parliament.