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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2595(RSP))

On the severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rape

B-10-2025-0189

on behalf of the PPE Group · Rapporteur: Sebastião Bugalho, Lukas Mandl, Michael Gahler, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Mirosława Nykiel, Davor Ivo Stier, Dariusz Joński, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Wouter Beke, Željana Zovko, Luděk Niedermayer, Jan Farský, Miriam Lexmann, Seán Kelly, Michał Szczerba, Vangelis Meimarakis, Eleonora Meleti, Andrey Kovatchev, Inese Vaidere, Tomáš Zdechovský

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This resolution addresses the severe crisis in Sudan, condemning human rights violations and urging all parties to cease hostilities, ensure humanitarian access, and stop sexual violence against children.

Key points

  1. Calls on all parties to the conflict to immediately cease hostilities, facilitate humanitarian access, and seek a negotiated solution.
  2. Calls on external parties to refrain from interference that foments conflict and instead support durable peace.
  3. Underlines the need for equitable humanitarian access for civilians facing shortages of food, water, fuel, and other essentials.
  4. Urges all parties to stop sexual violence and child rape, which could constitute war crimes, and calls for support for survivors.
  5. Calls for safe, timely, and unhindered access for the World Food Programme and other humanitarian actors.
  6. Condemns violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by the conflicting parties, leading to loss of lives.

Who is affected

  • All parties to the conflict in Sudan, including the SAF and RSF, and external parties.
  • Civilians in Sudan, particularly survivors of sexual violence and displaced children.
  • Humanitarian actors, including the World Food Programme, seeking access to affected areas.

Figures and deadlines

  • 14 million people displaced as of March 2025.
  • Approximately 61,800 children internally displaced since the onset of the war.
  • 221 rape cases against children since the beginning of 2024, including 16 children under five.