On the threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan
B-10-2026-0362
on behalf of the PPE Group · Rapporteur: Sebastião Bugalho, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Wouter Beke, Jan Farský, Łukasz Kohut, Ondřej Kolář, Andrey Kovatchev, Miriam Lexmann, Reinhold Lopatka, David McAllister, Liudas Mažylis, Eleonora Meleti, Danuše Nerudová, Mirosława Nykiel, Ana Miguel Pedro, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte, Jessica Polfjärd, Davor Ivo Stier, Tomas Tobé, Matej Tonin, Inese Vaidere, Loránt Vincze, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Marta Wcisło, Tomáš Zdechovský, Željana Zovko
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Parliament's resolution condemns war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan, particularly the RSF's aggression toward El-Obeid, and calls for an immediate ceasefire, humanitarian access, and accountability.¶¶¶ It urges external actors to stop supporting warring factions, calls for targeted sanctions and an extended UN arms embargo, and demands increased EU humanitarian aid.¶¶¶
Key points
- Strongly condemns the RSF's advance toward El-Obeid and calls on it to immediately cease aggression against the city.¶
- Supports the UN Fact-Finding Mission, the ACHPR, and ICC investigations into the situation.
- Condemns war crimes and crimes against humanity, including ethnically targeted killings, rape, sexual slavery, and deliberate starvation.¶
- Urges all warring factions to uphold international humanitarian law and human rights, and external actors to stop financing, arming, or supporting them.¶
- Calls for safe civilian evacuation routes, an end to starvation and rape as weapons of war, and secure crossline and cross-border humanitarian access.¶
- Supports AU, IGAD, and regional efforts for a Sudanese-owned peace process with civil society at its core, insisting on civilian-led future.¶
- Urges the Council to impose targeted sanctions on those involved in operations around El-Obeid and calls for the UN arms embargo to extend to all of Sudan.¶
- Urges the Commission and Member States to increase humanitarian assistance, including direct funding to Emergency Response Rooms and frontline organisations.¶
Who is affected
- The RSF and other warring factions in Sudan are called to cease aggression and uphold humanitarian law.¶¶
- External actors are urged to stop providing financial, military, or other support to the warring parties.
- Civilians in El-Obeid and across Sudan are to benefit from safe evacuation routes and humanitarian access.¶