To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excellencies,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council\u2019s 63rd<\/sup> session (7 Sep\u00adtem\u00adber-7 October 2026), we, the un\u00adder\u00ad\u00adsi\u00adgned civil society orga\u00adni\u00adsa\u00adtions, write to urge your delegation to support a mandate exten\u00adsion for the Inde\u00adpen\u00addent International Fact-Fin\u00adding Mission (FFM) for the Sudan, in full, for two years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The next Council resolution on Sudan should ensure that the FFM has adequate resources to fulfil its man\u00addate[1]<\/strong><\/a> to investigate ongoing grave violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law and related crimes, collect and preserve evidence, and identify per\u00adpe\u00adtrators with a view to ensuring that they are held accountable. It should request a written re\u00adport on the findings of the FFM\u2019s urgent inquiry into El Obeid, requested by Council resolution 62\/1, as part of an effort to comprehensively report to UN bodies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, the Council should strengthen the FFM\u2019s capacity by providing it with adequate finan\u00adcial resources and expertise. It should consider ways to further enhance the FFM\u2019s ca\u00adpacity, and that of the UN system, to support accountability efforts, including through the collection, conso\u00adlida\u00adtion and preservation of evidence on suspected perpetrators of crimes under international law. This should be part of a holistic ap\u00adproach to atrocity prevention and accoun\u00adta\u00adbility.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Three years after its creation, the FFM remains a critical international mechanism with the mandate to in\u00adde\u00adpen\u00addently investigate and report on violations committed throughout Sudan with a view to supporting accoun\u00adta\u00adbility efforts, including by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and through cases before do\u00admestic courts, under the principle of universal jurisdiction. The Mission\u2019s work is key to addressing the impunity that fuels grave violations and abuses in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the warring par\u00adties continue to show utter disregard for inter\u00adnational humani\u00adtarian law, international human rights law, and their commit\u00adments under the Jeddah Dec\u00adla\u00adration of Com\u00admit\u00adment to Protect the Ci\u00advilians of Sudan, and as they remain \u201cunwilling or unable to conduct genuine, thorough, prompt, and impartial investigations and prosecu\u00adtions,\u201d[2]<\/a> the FFM\u2019s mandate remains indispensable. Its regular inves\u00adti\u00adgative reports and special inquiries also provide the international community with analysis and guidance to help prevent further atrocities, protect civilians, and advance accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the past year, the Council has twice[3]<\/a> reaffirmed by consensus the value of the FFM\u2019s in\u00advestigations into international crimes committed in Sudan and has repeatedly stressed that accountability for grave abu\u00adses is central to any solution to the current crisis. It has also made a deliberate effort to build synergies with the African regional system and to fulfil its prevention mandate, including by taking swift action on the situation in and around El Obeid.[4]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The FFM should continue to strengthen cooperation with African regional human rights mechanisms, buil\u00adding on recent collaboration with the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights (ACHPR) -led Joint Fact-Finding Mission. Enhanced coordination and information-sharing between these comple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry mechanisms would reinforce African and international efforts to protect civilians, advance accounta\u00adbi\u00adlity, and support sustainable peace, while ensuring that UN action is informed by and contributes to broader regional initiatives led by African institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of the additional urgent inquiries the FFM has been tasked with and of the imperative to ensure a solid body of evidence to support future prosecutions for the crimes it is documenting, its resources and capacity should be further strengthened to allow it to fully deliver on its mandate. Relatedly, moving to a two-year renewal framework would allow for a more strategic and efficient approach and help ease some of the staffing issues that have affected its operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Strengthening of the FFM is not incompatible, but rather complementary, with reporting by the Office of the UN High Com\u00admis\u00adsioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which is ongoing with the assistance of the High Commissioner\u2019s designated Expert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ~ ~ ~<\/p>\n\n\n\n The international community, including the Human Rights Council, can and should do more to break the cycle of im\u00adpunity and violence in Sudan and make clear that without accounta\u00adbility, there will be no sustai\u00adnable peace. States should take a comprehensive look at Sudan\u2019s conflict, those responsible for violations, including external actors fuelling them, and adopt a holistic approach to atrocity prevention and accoun\u00adta\u00adbility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While supporting the Mission\u2019s ongoing investigative work and ensuring continued public reporting and de\u00adbates on Sudan, including at the Human Rights Council, the UN system should con\u00adsider longer-term ways of enhancing its capacity to support cri\u00adminal prosecutions against perpetrators so they are brought to justice be\u00ad\u00ad\u00adfore existing or future courts or tribunals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Against this backdrop, at its upcoming 63rd<\/sup> session, the Council should:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, we urge States to mobilise to address the UN\u2019s financial crisis and work together to ensure that human rights work is adequately resourced. In addition to paying their con\u00adtri\u00adbutions to the UN in full and on time, it is particularly important to ensure the timely availability of resources to independent mecha\u00adnisms established by the Council to address emergency situations, inclu\u00adding the FFM for Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We thank you for your attention to these pressing issues and stand ready to provide your delegation with further information as required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Developments in relation to the conflict and associated violations<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The current conflict is now in its fourth year. Since fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied forces, on 15 April 2023, tens of thou\u00adsands of ci\u00advi\u00adlians have been killed and millions have been displaced. As the High Commissioner for Human Rights highlighted, \u201c[\u2026] three years of brutal conflict have almost turned Sudan into a land of despair.\u201d[9]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The con\u00adflict \u201chas been marked by gross violations and abuses of international human rights law as well as se\u00adrious violations of international humanitarian law, committed with generalized impunity,\u201d and the cumu\u00adlative impact on civilians has been catastrophic, with widespread loss of life, mass displacement, and the collapse of essential services.[10]<\/a> Due to the large-scale commission of atrocities against civilians, the FFM characterised it as a \u201cwar of atrocities.\u201d[11]<\/a> Both par\u00adties continue to use explosive wea\u00adpons in den\u00adsely popu\u00adla\u00adted areas and to attack schools, hospitals, mar\u00adkets, and religious sites. Violations include summary exe\u00adcutions of civilians, arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment, and retaliatory vio\u00adlence against civilians. In recent months, ad\u00advanced long-range drones have expanded harm to civilians in areas far from the front lines that were previously peaceful.[12]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the High Commissioner\u2019s Office, \u201c[c]onflict-related sexual violence in Sudan is unprece\u00addented in terms of the scale, prevalence and brutality of its widespread use as a weapon of war. Rape, gang rape, sexual slavery, forced marriage and other forms of sexual violence have been the defining feature of over three years of war. [Sexual violence] has been widely used as a tactic to terrorize and traumatize the civilian population \u2013 and as part of retaliatory attacks and ethnically motivated violence [with the RSF as primary perpetrator] \u2013 with profound and long-term impacts on victims, families and commu\u00adnities.\u201d Acc\u00adoun\u00adtability for these cri\u00admes is virtually absent.[13]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In North Darfur and Kordofan, UN experts have documented atrocities against civilians and concluded that there was an RSF \u201ccampaign of destruction against non-Arab communities in and around El-Fasher, the hall\u00admarks of which point to genocide\u201d \u2013 genocidal intent being \u201cthe only reasonable inference that can be drawn from the RSF\u2019s systematic pattern of ethnically targeted killings, sexual violence, destruction, and public statements explicitly calling for the elimination of non-Arab communities, particularly the Zaghawa and Fur.\u201d[14]<\/a> The FFM warned that patterns previously observed in El Fasher in 2025 \u201cappear to be emerging in El Obeid,\u201d[15]<\/a> North Kordofan \u2013 on which the Council held an urgent debate, on 3 July 2026. It stressed that \u201cits continued investigations have only reinforced the urgency of [its \u201challmarks of genocide\u201d] findings.\u201d[16]<\/a> A growing body of evidence points to the role of external actors, including the United Arab Emirates, in providing military and other forms of support to the warring parties.[17]<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Humanitarian situation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Three years on, Sudan remains the world\u2019s lar\u00adgest displacement and humanitarian crisis. Since April 2023, an estimated 14 million people have been forced from their homes, both within Sudan and across its bor\u00adders.[18]<\/a> Thirteen million children are out of the classroom. Health and aid workers, humanitarian convoys and food supplies face targeted attacks.[19]<\/a> Some 34 million people need aid \u2013 a figure that is four million higher than mid-June 2025 and represents two-thirds of the total Sudanese population.[20]<\/a> The crisis is com\u00adpounded by the \u201ctargeting of political leaders, lawyers, human rights defenders, journalists, and civi\u00adli\u00adans.\u201d[21]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Council action on Sudan, including recent developments\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the October 2025 adoption of resolution 60\/3, which last extended the FFM\u2019s mandate, the Council met twice in an urgent setting to address atrocity crises. In a special session held on 14 November 2025, it ad\u00adopted resolution S-38\/1 on the human rights situation in and around El Fasher. During its 62nd<\/sup> regular session (15 June-8 July 2026), it convened an urgent debate on the human rights situation in and around El Obeid and adopted resolution 62\/1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite ongoing challenges related to the UN\u2019s financial crisis and Sudanese authorities\u2019 refusal to allow its members and secretariat access to the country, as well as RSF-imposed access restrictions, the Mission has been able to carry out its work and regularly report to the Council.[22]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Voting results on the last annual resolutions on Sudan (57\/2 and 60\/3), as well as consensual adoptions of resolutions on El Fasher and El Obeid, showed broad support, across all regional groups, for the FFM\u2019s work and sent a clear message in favour of ongoing inves\u00adti\u00adgations and accoun\u00adtability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further international efforts towards atrocity prevention and accountability \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n While recent developments, including resolutions S-38\/1 and 62\/1, showed the gravity of Sudan\u2019s situation and the Council\u2019s ability to assume its responsibilities, including by exercising its prevention mandate, they did not lead the international com\u00admunity to fully prioritise Sudan. As outlined above, the Council can do more, within the pur\u00adview of its mandate, to contribute to centring accountability in international efforts to solve the con\u00adflict and in decisions regarding the fu\u00adture of the country and its people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the FFM continues to investigate and establish the facts, circumstances and root causes of violations, collect, consolidate, analyse, record and verify evidence, and identify individuals and entities responsible with a view to ensuring that they are held accountable, it is essential for the Council and other UN bodies to regularly hear from the Mission in the framework of public debates on Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is even more im\u00adpor\u00adtant as the FFM has outlined steps in favour of accountability and justice pillars,[23]<\/a> and independent experts and organisations have stressed that impunity is fuelling the violence and pointed to additional steps the Council could take to move the accountability agenda forward.[24]<\/a> These include States exercising their uni\u00adver\u00adsal jurisdiction, the Security Council expanding the ICC\u2019s ju\u00adris\u00addiction to the entire territory of Sudan, and investigating the political economy of the conflict. As part of the latter, the Council and other UN bodies, as well as UN experts, could do more to document and report on the role of external actors who have benefited from the conflict and enabled and fuelled atrocities by backing warring parties despite knowledge, evidence, and risks of further crimes under international law. The Council should further address the role of these external actors and stand ready to act to prevent, and respond to, atrocity crises, as it did through its special session on El Fasher and urgent debate on El Obeid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These efforts towards accountability should be complemented by broader processes aimed at truth, repa\u00adra\u00adtions, institutional reform and guarantees of non-recurrence, as outlined by the FFM itself.[25]<\/a> They could also be supported by initiatives such as the Coalition on atrocity pre\u00advention in Sudan,[26]<\/a> whose launch signalled its member states\u2019 willingness to enhance action to deter atrocities, support civilian pro\u00adtection initiatives, and support investigations and justice, as well as the Banjul Joint Declaration, adopted in May 2026 by Fact-Finding Missions from the UN and (AU) Union human rights systems. In it, among other things, the two FFMs re\u00adaffir\u00admed their com\u00admit\u00adment to continue documenting violations and abuses, sup\u00adporting efforts to protect civi\u00adlians, and con\u00adtri\u00adbuting to peace, justice, accountability and dignity for the Sudanese people.[27]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [1]<\/a> See https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/hr-bodies\/hrc\/ffm-sudan\/index<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [2]<\/a> \u201cPaths to justice: accountability for atrocities in the Sudan: Independent international fact-finding mission for the Sudan,\u201d UN Doc. A\/HRC\/60\/CRP.7, 24 October 2025, para. 63.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [3]<\/a> See Annex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [4]<\/a> See Annex, including on the Banjul Joint Declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [5]<\/a> As highlighted in the 2025 civil society letter (mutatis mutandis): \u201cA two-year extension for the FFM\u2019s mandate does not mean that the HRC should remain silent about Sudan for two years. Notwithstanding the proposed mandate extension, with associated repor\u00adting re\u00adqui\u00adrements, until the Council\u2019s 69th<\/sup> ses\u00adsion (September 2028), the Council should adopt a resolu\u00adtion on Su\u00addan at its 66th<\/sup> session (September 2027), taking stock of developments and following up on its action on the coun\u00adtry to date. This should be a proactive initiative aimed at bringing violations and impu\u00adnity to an end and advancing hu\u00adman rights and accountability in Sudan.\u201d See DefendDefenders et al., \u201cSudan: Extend the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mis\u00adsion for two more years,\u201d 14 August 2025, https:\/\/defenddefenders.org\/sudan-extend-ffm-mandate-two-more-years\/<\/a> (accessed on 17 July 2026). <\/p>\n\n\n\n [6]<\/a> The High Commissioner for Human Rights, representatives of the Afri\u00adcan Union, in particular the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights, the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, ci\u00advil society, vic\u00adtims and survivors and other relevant stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [7]<\/a> The 2025 civil society letter further outlined: \u201c\u2026 in order that those responsible for human rights violations, including those that may amount to crimes under international law, are held to account, including through the expansion of the Inter\u00adnatio\u00adnal Criminal Court\u2019s ju\u00adris\u00ad\u00addiction to cover the entire territory of Sudan and consideration of the scope for effective and targeted measures, including against those who appear to be most respon\u00adsible for these crimes, taking into account the relevant conclusions and recommendations of the FFM.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [8]<\/a> Current reporting by the High Commissioner ends at the Council\u2019s 64th<\/sup> session. Pursuant to operative paragraph 22 of res\u00ado\u00ad\u00adlution 60\/3, the High Commissioner, with the assistance of the designated Expert on human rights in the Sudan, is re\u00adques\u00adted to submit \u201ca comprehensive report on the situation of human rights in the Sudan and on violations and abuses com\u00admitted by all parties to the conflict [\u2026]\u201d to the Council at its 64th<\/sup> session. (As per paragraph 17 of resolution S-32\/1, \u201cthe term of of\u00adfi\u00adce for the designated Expert on Human Rights in the Sudan should conclude upon the restoration of its civilian-led Government\u201d). <\/p>\n\n\n\n [9]<\/a> \u201cHigh Commissioner T\u00fcrk on Sudan: Let aid in and keep weapons out,\u201d 26 February 2026, https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/statements-and-speeches\/2026\/02\/high-commissioner-turk-sudan-let-aid-and-keep-weapons-out<\/a> (accessed on 13 July 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n [10]<\/a> \u201cSituation of human rights in the Sudan: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,\u201d UN Doc. A\/HRC\/61\/24, 13 January 2026, paras. 102-103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [11]<\/a> \u201c\u2018A war of atrocities\u2019: Sudan civilians deliberately targeted, UN Fact-Finding Mission reports international crimes on large-scale,\u201d 5 September 2025, https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2025\/09\/war-atrocities-sudan-civilians-deliberately-targeted-un-fact-finding-mission<\/a> (accessed on 13 July 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n [12]<\/a> \u201cHigh Commissioner T\u00fcrk on Sudan: Let aid in and keep weapons out,\u201d op cit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [13]<\/a> \u201cSexual violence as a weapon of war in Sudan’s three-year conflict,\u201d 26 June 2026, https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/stories\/2026\/06\/sexual-violence-weapon-war-sudans-three-year-conflict<\/a> (accessed on 13 July 2026). See also \u201cDeputy High Commissioner Dabo: Sudan cannot be forgotten: Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on oral up\u00addate of the fact-finding mission for the Sudan,\u201d 15 June 2026, https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/statements-and-speeches\/2026\/06\/deputy-high-commissioner-dabo-sudan-cannot-be-forgotten<\/a>; FIDH and ACJPS, \u201cSudan: Sexual violence against Masalit women extends into exile in Chad,\u201d 17 December 2025, https:\/\/www.fidh.org\/en\/region\/Africa\/sudan\/sudan-sexual-violence-against-masalit-women-extends-into-exile-in<\/a> (both accessed on 11 August 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n [14]<\/a> OHCHR, \u201cSudan: Evidence in El-Fasher reveals genocidal campaign, targeting non-Arab communities, UN Fact-Finding Mission says,\u201d 19 February 2026, https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2026\/02\/sudan-evidence-el-fasher-reveals-genocidal-campaign-targeting-non-arab<\/a> (accessed on 13 July 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n [15]<\/a> OHCHR, \u201cSudan: Mass killings, abductions, and gang rape carried out in El Fasher constitute distinct markers of geno\u00adcide, UN Fact-Finding Mission says as it launches urgent inquiry into El Obeid,\u201d 8 July 2026 https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2026\/07\/sudan-mass-killings-abductions-and-gang-rape-carried-out-el-fasher<\/a> (accessed on 13 July 2026). In its latest El Fasher report, Amnesty International concluded that the RSF has committed eight crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing in El Fasher (\u201cSudan: City Under Siege, Children Under Fire: Rapid Support Forces\u2019 Crimes Against Humanity in North Darfur,\u201d 1 July 2026, https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/documents\/afr54\/1116\/2026\/en\/<\/a> (accessed on 5 August 2026)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n [16]<\/a> \u201cInformation Supplementing the Report \u2018Sudan: hallmarks of genocide in El Fasher\u2019,\u201d UN Doc. A\/HRC\/62\/CRP.4, 8 July 2026, para. 115.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [17]<\/a> See also Human Rights Watch, \u201cFrom Bogot\u00e1 to El Fasher: The UAE\u2019s Role in the Deployment of Colombian Fighters and Other Backing to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan,\u201d 25 May 2026, https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2026\/05\/25\/from-bogota-to-el-fasher\/the-uaes-role-in-the-deployment-of-colombian-fighters<\/a> (accessed on 28 July 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n [18]<\/a> \u201cThree years of war in Sudan: A crisis the world can\u2019t ignore,\u201d 20 April 2026, https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/stories\/2026\/04\/three-years-war-sudan-crisis-world-cant-ignore<\/a> (accessed on 13 July 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n [19]<\/a> \u201cHigh Commissioner T\u00fcrk on Sudan: Let aid in and keep weapons out,\u201d op. cit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [20]<\/a> \u201cDeputy High Commissioner Dabo: Sudan cannot be forgotten,\u201d op. cit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See DefendDefenders et al., \u201cSudan: Extend the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission for two more years,\u201d op. cit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [21]<\/a> \u201cPaths to justice,\u201d op. cit., para. 64. See also CPJ, \u201cCPJ submits joint report to UN ahead of Sudan human rights review,\u201d 20 July 2026, https:\/\/cpj.org\/2026\/07\/cpj-submits-joint-report-to-un-ahead-of-sudan-human-rights-review\/<\/a> (accessed on 11 August 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n [22]<\/a> See DefendDefenders et al., \u201cSudan: Extend the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission for two more years,\u201d op. cit. See also Amnesty International, DefendDefenders and Human Rights Watch, \u201cQ&A: Why should the mandate of the Fact-Fin\u00adding Mission (FFM) for Sudan be extended at HRC57?\u201d 27 August 2024, https:\/\/defenddefenders.org\/qa-extend-ffm-sudan-hrc57\/<\/a> (accessed on 14 July 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n [23]<\/a> \u201cPaths to justice,\u201d op. cit., para. 65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [24]<\/a> See OHCHR \u201cHigh Commissioner T\u00fcrk on Sudan: Let aid in and keep weapons out,\u201d op cit.; \u201cHigh Commissioner T\u00fcrk calls for strong action at the highest level to prevent atrocity crimes in Sudan,\u201d 3 July 2026, https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/statements-and-speeches\/2026\/07\/high-commissioner-turk-calls-strong-action-highest-level-prevent<\/a> (accessed on 13 July 2026); FIDH and ACJPS, \u201c\u2018We demand justice. We deserve justice\u2019: New report calls for urgent accountability for atrocities of Sudan,\u201d 21 May 2025, https:\/\/www.fidh.org\/en\/region\/Africa\/sudan\/we-demand-justice-we-deserve-justice-new-report-calls-for-urgent<\/a> (accessed on 11 August 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n For context, see DefendDefenders et al., \u201cSudan: Extend the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission for two more years,\u201d op. cit.; \u201cThe Human Rights Council should convene a special session on Sudan to address the situation in and around El Fasher, North Darfur, and ensure urgent investigations,\u201d 3 November 2025, https:\/\/defenddefenders.org\/sudan-call-for-hrc-special-session-elfasher\/<\/a>; \u201cSudan: the Human Rights Council should urgently address the situation in and around El Obeid, North Kordofan, and take bold steps towards atrocity prevention and accountability,\u201d 26 June 2026, https:\/\/defenddefenders.org\/sudan-urgent-call-on-hrc-to-address-el-obeid\/<\/a> (all accessed on 13 July 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n [25]<\/a> \u201cInformation Supplementing the Report \u201cSudan: hallmarks of genocide in El Fasher,\u201d op. cit., para. 118.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [26]<\/a> See Human Rights Watch, \u201cNew Sudan Atrocity Prevention Coalition Needs to Act Fast,\u201d 11 March 2026, https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2026\/03\/11\/new-sudan-atrocity-prevention-coalition-needs-to-act-fast<\/a> (accessed on 14 July 2026). Original statement: \u201cUN Fact Finding Mission report on El Fasher: Sudan Core Group foreign ministers\u2019 statement,\u201d 26 February 2026, https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/un-fact-finding-mission-report-on-el-fasher-sudan-core-group-foreign-ministers-statement<\/a> (accessed on 14 July 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n [27]<\/a> \u201cBanjul Joint Declaration on Sudan Adopted by the Joint Fact-Finding Mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights on the Human Rights Situation in the Sudan & the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan,\u201d 12 May 2026, available at: https:\/\/achpr.au.int\/en\/news\/press-releases\/2026-05-12\/banjul-joint-declaration-sudan<\/a> (accessed on 17 July 2026).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three years after its creation, the FFM remains a critical international mechanism.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44981,"template":"","categories":[],"regions":[152,157,164],"class_list":["post-46847","reports","type-reports","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-sub-saharan-africa","regions-sudan","regions-united-nations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports\/46847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reports"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports\/46847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46907,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports\/46847\/revisions\/46907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46847"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=46847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Annex: Developments in Sudan and context surrounding the Council\u2019s 63rd<\/sup> session<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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