SUDAN – The chair of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan, Mohamed Chande Othman, has warned that the conflict in Sudan amounts to a “war of atrocities,” marked by grave violations that rise to the level of war crimes.

Speaking before the 60th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Othman said civilians in Sudan ” do not only find themselves in the line of fire, but are also deliberately targeted, forcibly displaced, and deprived on food.” He stressed that both the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), along with their allies, have committed war crimes, including arbitrary detention, torture, and inhumane treatment.