Geneva / Al Hamish’s Voice – 14 November 2025 — The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a resolution calling on the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan to conduct an urgent investigation into allegations of serious violations of international law committed in the city of Al Fashir in recent weeks, following the Rapid Support Forces’ takeover of the city.
The Council said that the available information indicates the occurrence of “serious violations,” including indiscriminate killings, systematic attacks on civilians, sexual violence, extrajudicial executions, and the destruction of property and infrastructure. The United Nations considered this a sign of a “wide-scale escalation” in North Darfur and the surrounding areas.
The resolution underscored that the Fact-Finding Mission is required to follow up on the investigations and report its findings to the Council, while stressing the need to protect civilians and ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance in accordance with Security Council Resolution 2736, issued in July 2024, regarding relief in Al Fashir and the besieged areas.
The Council pointed to humanitarian reports describing a suffocating siege of more than 130,000 people in Al Fashir, prevented from receiving water, food, and medical assistance. Tens of thousands remain trapped in the eastern neighborhoods and the surrounding countryside, raising fears of a widening famine and increasing deaths among children and the sick.
The resolution expressed “serious concern” over the number of civilians unable to leave Al Fashir following the RSF’ takeover, at a time when relief organizations estimate that the absence of further waves of displacement “may be due to the deaths of many or their exhaustion and hunger, which prevent them from moving.”
The Human Rights Council also reaffirmed the need to pressure all parties to comply with international humanitarian law, particularly regarding the protection of civilians and the prevention of attacks against them. It called for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire and the establishment of an independent mechanism to monitor the ceasefire and restore humanitarian infrastructure.
The resolution stressed the importance of accountability, calling for an end to “impunity” through credible justice mechanisms, whether via The International Criminal Court (ICC) or an independent judicial body, noting that the violations in Sudan “may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
The resolution comes amid rising international pressure following widespread reports of mass killings in Al Fashir, the obstruction of humanitarian aid, and a siege that has worsened the health and food situation, prompting the United Nations to warn of an “accelerating humanitarian catastrophe” in North Darfur.
