Darfur: Human Rights

The UK condemns the growing body of evidence of serious atrocities being committed against civilians in Darfur and wider Sudan, including in the recent report by the UN Fact Finding Mission. We analyse the conflict and atrocities on an ongoing basis including through funding the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR), a research body which is gathering open-source evidence about the ongoing fighting in Sudan, with an eye to future accountability processes. In October, the UK led the mandate renewal of the UN Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan (FFM) as part of the 'Sudan Core Group' at the UN Human Rights Council. The FFM is vital for ensuring credible allegations of human rights violations and abuses by all sides, including atrocities being committed in Darfur, are investigated impartially. The UK also continues to provide support to the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sudan (OHCHR), a UN body that plays a crucial role in monitoring and reporting on human rights violations. We are working with the UN, key regional actors, and UN Security Council (UNSC) members to shine a spotlight on Sudan during our UNSC presidency. On 12 October, the Minister for Africa chaired an open meeting on protection of civilians at the UNSC, seeking to galvanise greater action on protection and humanitarian access following the publication of the UN Secretary General's recommendations.