UN Fact Finding Mission Calls for Neutral Force to Defend Civilians in Sudan
Source: The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published on 6 September 2024 a press release titled “Sudan: UN Fact-Finding Mission Outlines Extensive Human Rights Violations, International Crimes, Urges Protection of Civilians.”
The three experts from Tanzania, Nigeria, and Jordan/Switzerland found an appalling range of human rights violations and international crimes in Sudan and called for immediate steps to protect civilians. The experts were especially critical of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. They underscored the need to expand the arms embargo in Darfur and the immediate need to create “an independent and impartial force with a mandate to safeguard civilians.”
The Associated Press published on 6 September 2024 an article titled “UN Investigators Urge Impartial Force as Sudan War Crimes Intensify.”
The article reports on the UN Fact-Finding Mission press release but points out that the experts did not specify which countries are complicit in war crimes nor suggest which countries might join a neutral force to protect civilians in Sudan.