UN Expert Raises Concerns Over Sudan Investigation Committee's Impartiality in Documenting War Abuses

The UN expert on human rights in Sudan, Radhouane Nouicer, has raised concerns about the impartiality of a Sudanese investigation committee, noting that documented cases are heavily skewed toward RSF violations while far fewer involve the SAF. He also highlighted growing issues of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, drone and aircraft strikes killing over 1,000 civilians since early 2026, and new allegations regarding the SAF's use of chemical weapons and foreign-supplied drones.

Radhouane Nouicer, the UN Human Rights Council's appointed expert on Sudan, drew attention to what he described as a pronounced imbalance in the committee's caseload — tens of thousands of entries linked to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces set against a few hundred attributed to the Sudanese Armed Forces — raising questions, in his view, about whether the body was applying consistent and impartial standards in its review of alleged human rights violations during the conflict. The conflict has resulted in tens of thousands of fatalities, displaced millions of people, and generated a humanitarian crisis considered among the world's most severe, with both parties facing accusations of violating international humanitarian and human rights law. International efforts to end the fighting have not produced an agreement. New records have been released this month alleging that the SAF deployed chemical weapons.

UN Expert Raises Concerns Over Sudan Investigation Committee's Impartiality in Documenting War Abuses

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