Khartoum accuses Emiratis of violating Genocide Convention by enabling RSF militia to commit atrocities against the Masalit group

Sudan has filed an application to open proceedings against the United Arab Emirates before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over alleged complicity in acts of genocide against the Masalit community, the court said on Thursday.

The application concerns “acts adopted, condoned, taken, and being taken by the Government of the United Arab Emirates in connection with the genocide against the Masalit group in the Republic of the Sudan since at least 2023”, according to a statement published by the ICJ a day after the case was filed.

Khartoum said it had brought the proceedings over alleged violations by the UAE in its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, also known as the Genocide Convention.