Geneva \u2013 Human Rights Council, 30 September 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the sidelines of the 60th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Sudanese
Human Rights Organizations Alliance convened an international side event where it
presented an extensive report entitled \u201cMass Forced Displacement: An Ongoing Crime
Against the Sudanese People.\u201d The report documents grave violations and atrocities
committed by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied militias since the outbreak of
conflict on 15 April 2023 until September 2025, which have triggered one of the largest
waves of displacement in modern history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report revealed that more than 11 million civilians have been forcibly displaced from
their homes due to indiscriminate aerial bombardments and systematic sieges imposed on
towns and villages. At the same time, over 24.7 million people face urgent humanitarian
needs, while more than 25 million suffer from acute food insecurity, including half a million
on the brink of famine, half of them women and children. The report stressed that these
unprecedented conditions have made Sudan the country most affected by forced displacement
worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report further documented massacres against civilians in Darfur, Al-Jazira, and Blue
Nile, alongside aerial strikes on residential areas and shelters crowded with displaced
families. Schools, hospitals, and IDP camps were systematically targeted, with hundreds of
attacks destroying critical infrastructure and leaving millions homeless. It also recorded the
recruitment of more than 20,000 children by the Sudanese army and allied militias, in
flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and child protection conventions.
According to the evidence, the Sudanese army has deliberately employed displacement as a
military strategy, emptying entire regions of their inhabitants and converting them into
military zones, an act directly prohibited under the Geneva Conventions. The report
emphasized that the famine ravaging the country is a deliberate outcome of these policies,
not merely a byproduct of conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report underscored the direct responsibility of the military leadership\u2014particularly
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, for these crimes, stressing that the ongoing climate of
impunity has emboldened further violations on a wider scale, amounting to war crimes and
crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, the Sudanese Human Rights Organizations Alliance called on the international
community and the Human Rights Council to take urgent and decisive steps, including:
\uf0b7 Referring the situation in Sudan to the International Criminal Court to hold
those responsible for mass killings and forced displacement accountable.
\uf0b7 Guaranteeing immediate and unhindered humanitarian access to millions of
displaced civilians.
\uf0b7 Supporting efforts for the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and
ensuring their voluntary and safe return.
\uf0b7 Imposing strict international sanctions on the military leaders implicated in these
crimes.
The event concluded with a stark warning: the ongoing forced displacement in Sudan is not
merely a humanitarian crisis but a deliberate crime aimed at erasing the existence and rights
of the Sudanese people. It placed an urgent moral and legal obligation on the international
community to act decisively to end these atrocities and ensure accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n