HRC Press conference: Sudan Fact-Finding Mission…

Hybrid Press Conference - Human Rights Council - Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan latest report

Speakers:

• Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the Fact-Finding Mission
• Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Expert Member of the Fact-Finding Mission
• Mona Rishmawi, Expert Member of the Fact-Finding Mission

Responding to the human rights and humanitarian crisis caused by the ongoing armed conflict in the Sudan, the Human Rights Council on 11 October 2023, through resolution A/HRC/RES/54/2 decided to establish an independent international fact-finding mission for the Sudan to investigate and establish the facts, circumstances and root causes of all alleged human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, including those committed against refugees, and related crimes in the context of the ongoing armed conflict that began on 15 April 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, as well as other warring parties.