“Abhorrent violations of international law”
In the face of hospitals unable to cope, blocked convoys and serious human rights violations, numerous states have called on Sudan to end the attacks.
Clara Krug,
12.11.2025 
The humanitarian situation in Sudan is worsening dramatically. Following the capture of the city of Al Fashir by the Rapid Support Forces, whole regions of the country are facing a collapse in supplies of vital food and materials. Hospitals are reporting they have run out of beds, water and diesel are running short, and aid convoys are stuck. There are increasingly frequent reports of destroyed infrastructure, supply chain disruptions and human rights across the entire region. There are also growing reports of ethnically motivated attacks, systematic violence against civilian, and targeted violence by the RSF – atrocities that flagrantly breach international humanitarian law.
Joint statement by numerous states
Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul signed the joint statement along with other foreign ministers and government representatives from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom which expresses their grave concerns about reports from northern Darfur and Kordofan. The declaration is also supported by Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Romania, and Switzerland.
“Deliberate targeting of civilians, ethnically motivated mass killings, conflict-related sexual violence, starvation as a method of warfare, and obstruction of humanitarian access are abhorrent violations of international humanitarian law,” the statement says. Such acts, if substantiated, constituted war crimes and crimes against humanity under international law, it goes on.
Appeal for immediate ceasefire on all sides of the conflict
The signatories to the statement are calling for an immediate end to the violence and impunity. “Protection and justice for the Sudanese people is not only a legal obligation but also an urgent moral imperative,” the statement goes on.
The signatories express their particular dismay at the lack of access to food and medical supplies in large parts of the country. The statement also calls for the World Food Programme, UNICEF and other humanitarian aid organisations to be permitted to continue their life-saving work.
The statement calls on the parties to the conflict to agree to a ceasefire and a three-month pause humanitarian truce, as proposed under by the “Quad statement” issued by the US, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In addition, the signatories to the statement warned against attempts to partition Sudan, and reaffirmed their support for sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of the country.
