Sudan and South Sudan - Security Council, 10092nd meeting

Rapid Support Forces abuses repeated “town after town” in Darfur, International Criminal Court Deputy Prosecutor tells Security Council, citing mass crimes.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:35:56
• Production Date: 19 January 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT - ICC
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; WAR CRIMES; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY; ARMED FORCES; CONFLICT
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN; SOUTH SUDAN; DARFUR
• MAMS Id: 3526069
• Parent Id: 3525297
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10092 SUDAN SOUTH SUDAN 19 JAN 2026 AM

Description

The gruesome crisis in Sudan has “darkened even further” in the last six months, the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said today, citing a pattern of large-scale crimes against humanity that is being repeated “in town after town” across the country’s Darfur region.

“Darfuris, as we speak, are being subjected to collective torture […] including rape, arbitrary detention, executions and mass graves, all perpetrated on a mass scale,” said Nazhat Shameem Khan, the Court’s second-in-command. “The picture that is emerging is appalling.”

Describing her Office’s ongoing collection of evidence and intensifying investigations into alleged crimes committed in West Darfur and in the city of El Fasher — which was seized by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters in October 2025 — she cited video, audio and satellite data clearly indicating that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed.

• Briefer: Ms. Nazhat Shameem Khan, Deputy Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (via video-teleconference)
• Statements: All Council members, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo speaking on behalf of: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Somalia
• Statement: Sudan

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