On the escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan
B-10-2025-0517
on behalf of The Left Group · Rapporteur: Ilaria Salis, Rima Hassan
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Parliament condemns the war in Sudan and the atrocities by the SAF, RSF and allied militias, demanding an immediate nationwide ceasefire and a civilian-led peace process under UN and AU auspices.¶¶¶ It calls for a comprehensive UN arms embargo on all of Sudan, for states to stop supporting the belligerents, and for the EU to enforce its arms export rules and address UAE-linked RSF financing.¶¶¶ It demands increased humanitarian funding and unhindered access, lifting sieges, and accountability for war crimes, including through ICC cooperation and support for human rights monitoring.¶¶¶ It calls for a rights-based approach to refugees, a debt moratorium, democratic control over natural resources, and a review of past EU engagement with Sudanese military structures.¶¶¶
Key points
- Condemns the war and escalation of violence by the SAF, RSF and affiliated militias, and the deliberate targeting of civilians and use of starvation as a method of warfare.¶
- Demands an immediate, nationwide, permanent ceasefire, an end to sieges and shelling of populated areas, and the demilitarisation of cities and withdrawal of armed groups from civilian areas.¶
- Calls for an inclusive peace process under UN and AU auspices with meaningful leadership of Sudanese civil society, aiming at a civilian-led political transition.¶
- Condemns atrocities by the RSF and associated militias, including massacres, sexual violence and use of hunger, stressing they may constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.¶
- Welcomes ICC investigations and calls for full cooperation, including arrest and surrender of individuals subject to warrants, and expansion of mandates to cover the entire conflict.¶
- Calls on the UN Security Council to adopt a comprehensive, country-wide arms embargo on all of Sudan and targeted restrictive measures against financiers and suppliers of the RSF.¶
- Urges states, including the UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Türkiye and Iran, to cease military, financial or political support to the belligerents and use influence for a ceasefire.¶
- Urges the Commission and the High Representative to address UAE-linked RSF financing in EU–UAE dialogues and include binding due diligence for gold and raw materials entering the EU.¶
- Calls on the Council and Member States to strictly enforce the EU Common Position on arms exports and suspend licences to states or actors that may feed the conflict.¶
- Calls for increased humanitarian funding, unhindered access across conflict lines and borders, and lifting sieges of famine-affected areas like El Fasher and Kadugli.¶¶¶
- Calls for support to human rights monitoring, a central role for civil society, a civilian-led transition with transitional justice, and a debt moratorium and cancellation.¶¶¶
- Urges a rights-based approach to refugees and migrants, including access to asylum, safe pathways, and ending pushbacks and externalisation policies.¶¶¶
Who is affected
- The people of Sudan, especially those in besieged and famine-affected areas, and Sudanese civil society organisations.¶
- The SAF, RSF and affiliated militias, which are condemned and subject to calls for ceasefire and arms embargo.¶¶
- External actors, including the UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Türkiye and Iran, urged to cease support to belligerents.¶
- European companies in extractive and agribusiness sectors, called to respect human rights and be held accountable.¶
- Refugees and migrants from Sudan and the wider region, who should receive rights-based protection and safe pathways.¶