Sudan Charges UAE of Violating UN Genocide Convention in ICJ

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Sudan is asking the International Court of Justice to issue emergency orders, known as provisional measures, including orders for the UAE to do everything in its power to prevent the massacres and other crimes committed against the Masalit people during Sudan’s two-year civil war

Sudan told the United Nations’ highest court that the United Arab Emirates was violating the Genocide Convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces, in a case vigorously contested by the UAE.

Sudan is asking the International Court of Justice to issue emergency orders, known as provisional measures, including orders for the UAE to do everything in its power to prevent the massacres and other crimes committed against the Masalit people during Sudan’s two-year civil war.

Sudan and the UAE are both signatories to the 1948 Genocide Convention. However, the UAE has a reservation to part of the treaty, which legal experts say makes it unlikely the case will proceed.

Sudan descended into deadly conflict in mid-April 2023 when long-simmering tensions between the army and paramilitary rebels erupted in the capital, Khartoum, and spread to other regions. Both the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese armed forces have been accused of abuses.

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The United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven sheikhdoms on the Arabian Peninsula and a US ally, has repeatedly been accused of arming the RSF, something it has vigorously denied despite evidence to the contrary.