The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is scheduled to conduct public hearings on 10 April regarding Sudan’s g*nocide case against the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Sudan claims that the UAE has breached the G*nocide Convention by offering financial, political, and military assistance to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is accused of deliberately targeting the non-Arab Masalit ethnic group in West Darfur. The RSF aims to eradicate this group based on their ethnicity and skin colour. As of May 2024, the foreign-backed proxy war had resulted in the deaths of up to 150,000, according to US envoy Tom Perriello. The real number of casualties could be much higher.
Having filed its case on 6 March, Khartoum requested that ICJ officials order emergency measures to compel the UAE to take action against genocidal activities in Darfur.
Even though both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the UAE-backed RSF have been accused of war crimes, a UN Fact-Finding mission singled out the RSF’s involvement in alarming levels of sexual violence against civilians, including the abduction and prolonged detention of women and girls for sexual slavery.
UN experts monitoring the arms embargo on Darfur have previously reported credible allegations of the UAE smuggling weapons to the RSF via Chad. Additionally, the RSF has systematically undermined Sudan’s agricultural production by looting farms, contaminating water supplies, and setting crops ablaze. The Genocide Watch reported in October 2024 that the RSF has also raided World Food Programme warehouses, stolen humanitarian aid, and hindered the delivery of assistance to millions in need.
The UAE described Sudan’s g*nocide application to the ICJ as lacking any factual basis.
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