DNHR expresses serious concern over the situation of women detained in Nyala, South Darfur State. Reports continue to indicate that large numbers of women, including activists and women human rights defenders, remain in detention. The Scale of Detentions DNHR has received information and statistics showing that the cumulative number of women detained and imprisoned in […]
CategoriesGlobal Advocacy UN Fact Finding MissionDNHR has joined six other human rights organizations calling on the UN Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan. This follows the mission’s latest report on escalating militarization, external support networks, and continuing grave violations against civilians. What the Report Found The report highlights the expanding […]
CategoriesGlobal Advocacy Refugee South SudanSudanese refugees and civil society representatives in Wedweil Refugee Camp, South Sudan, recently took part in two separate one-day training workshops. Most participants came from Darfur and South Kordofan, two regions heavily affected by the ongoing war in Sudan. Workshop on Transitional Justice The first workshop focused on transitional justice and brought together 25 participants. […]
CategoriesGlobal Advocacy International Criminal CourtThe International Criminal Court held a status conference on 21 July 2026 in the case of the Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakar Norain, during which the Office of the Prosecutor formally gave public notice that it is withdrawing the charges against Mr. Banda. Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan’s office said the decision follows years of […]
ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan briefed the UN Security Council this week on the Office of the Prosecutor’s ongoing investigation into Darfur, following a visit to refugee camps in eastern Chad where she met with displaced Darfuris from Adre, Farchana, GozBeida, and several other camps. Khan told the Council that testimonies gathered during the […]
A Sudanese court has sentenced Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, to death in absentia over the 2023 killing of West Darfur Governor Khamis Abdallah Abakar. The ruling, issued Sunday by the Anti-Terrorism and Crimes Against the State Court sitting in Port Sudan, marks the first court verdict against […]
CategoriesPress releaseDNHR welcomes the adoption of the Banjul Joint Declaration on Sudan, a historic joint statement by the ACHPR-AU and UN Fact-Finding Missions that unequivocally names the patterns of violation committed by the RSF, SAF, and their allies, and calls for urgent coordinated action. Read our full statement below.
Three years ago today, war broke out in Sudan. What followed has become the world’s largest displacement crisis, marked by documented war crimes, systematic sexual violence, and a global response that has never matched the scale of the suffering. On this anniversary, DNHR releases this statement in solidarity with the Sudanese people and in demand […]
CategoriesGlobal Advocacy Human rights RSF SAFThe International Criminal Court’s Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told the UN Security Council on Monday that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) oversaw “an organised, calculated campaign” of mass atrocities during the capture of El Fasher in October 2025. Speaking virtually from The Hague, Khan said the ICC is intensifying efforts to establish individual criminal […]
