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Agencies – Sudan Events<\/strong><\/p>\n Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that the condemnation of Sudan atrocity crimes by the US \u201cshould be followed up by robust action to halt abuses and ensure accountability\u201d. Agencies – Sudan Events Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that the condemnation of Sudan atrocity crimes by the US \u201cshould be followed up by robust action to halt abuses and ensure accountability\u201d. On December 6, Blinken condemned the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for unleashing \u201chorrific violence, death, and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8060,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8054\/revisions\/8060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOn December 6, Blinken condemned the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for unleashing \u201chorrific violence, death, and destruction across Sudan\u201d since the outbreak of fighting on April 15, and accused both sides of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity \u2013 which was vehemently denied by each of the warring parties.
\nSecretary Blinken accused both the Sudanese army SAF and the paramilitary RSF of war crimes. The USA also holds the \u201cRSF and allied militias\u201d responsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing.
\n\u201cThe US determination of the atrocity crimes unfolding in Sudan sends an important message to the victims that their suffering is known,\u201d said Nicole Widdersheim, deputy Washington director at HRW.
\nSince the beginning of the war, at least 12,190 people have been killed and 6.6 million people have been displaced. In West Darfur, the RSF and its allied militias have targeted non-Arab civilians, notably Masalit community members, in ethnically motivated killings and carried out widespread pillage, arson, and sexual violence, HRW states.
\n\u201cDespite the gravity of the situation on the ground and the US government\u2019s announcement that it has identified serious violations of international humanitarian law in Sudan, Secretary Blinken did not announce any action.
\n\u201cThe US should start by initiating robust consultations to explore the viability of alternatives for protecting civilians alongside the United Nations, African Union, and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which have not been able to provide adequate protection. The US should also impose additional sanctions on individuals against whom there is credible and sufficient evidence that they are responsible for serious crimes,\u201d HRW says.
\n\u201cThe US government should also ensure that key civilian voices, including of displaced communities, human rights and women\u2019s rights defenders, and other pro-democracy forces are represented in ongoing or upcoming discussions. It should increase funding for Sudanese rights and civil society organizations and designate refugees from Darfur, or subsets of refugees from Darfur such as victims of atrocity crimes and human rights defenders, as a \u2018group of special concern\u2019.
\n\u201cPrevious US government determinations that atrocities were being committed in Iraq, Burma, and China have been accompanied by some shifts in US policy, new allocations of resources, and increased efforts to support justice mechanisms. The Biden administration at a minimum should be considering new policies and program decisions concerning Sudan,\u201d the human rights organisation proposes.
\n\u201cFollowing the Sudan atrocity determination, the US government should express strong backing for the ICC Office of the Prosecutor\u2019s investigation of recent crimes committed in Darfur, which ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced in July, and engage with Khan on how the US can best support the ICC\u2019s effective prosecution of those implicated in the most serious recent crimes committed.
\n\u201cThe US should also convey strong support for the UN Fact-Finding Mechanism (FFM) on Sudan that would lead to independent evidence collection and preservation to foster justice and accountability for serious international crimes committed across Sudan, mindful that the ICC\u2019s jurisdiction is currently limited to Darfur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"