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 […]
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 […]
CategoriesAbduction Arbitrary Detention Arbitrary Killings Arrest Human rights Ransom Report RSF Security SituationAfter the fall of El Fasher, the Rapid Support Forces turned arbitrary detention into a criminal enterprise targeting thousands of civilians. March 2026 On 26 October 2025, El Fasher, the last state capital in Darfur not under RSF control fell after more than 500 days of siege. As tens of thousands of civilians fled, RSF […]
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 […]
CategoriesAbduction Aerial bombardment Arbitrary Killings Food Security Forced Evictions Freedom of Expressions Global Advocacy HomeArbitrary Killings Human rights31 March 2025 Author: Coalition for the ICC Two decades ago, the United Nations Security Council referred the situation in Darfur, Sudan, to the International Criminal Court (ICC). For the victims in Darfur, the first-ever UN Security Council referral to the ICC was a beacon of hope that those who committed unspeakable crimes would one […]
