Immunity Lifted for 391 Members of Regular Forces in Sudan, 96,000 Victims Documented

Attorney General Intisar Ahmed Abdel-Aal on Monday called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to take action against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to halt aggression against Sudan, while reporting an increase in documented rape cases.

Speaking during the interactive dialogue on Sudan at the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council, Intisar presented an overview of the fifth interim report of the National Committee for Investigation into Crimes and Violations of National Law and International Humanitarian Law, which she chairs.
She said, “What has been conclusively established warrants immediate condemnation and decisive action against the UAE to halt this blatant aggression against Sudan now, not tomorrow, in order to prevent further crimes and violations.”

Intisar Abdel-Aal noted that recent reports issued by a number of United Nations organizations, bodies and mechanisms confirmed that the flow of external support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from its sponsor, the UAE, was the main reason for prolonging the war and perpetuating atrocities and violations.

On Thursday, the Fact-Finding Mission established by the Human Rights Council said a transnational network had supported the RSF through air, land and sea supply routes linking entities and individuals in the UAE, Chad, southeastern Libya and Puntland in Somalia.

It reported that weapons and equipment consistent with materiel previously exported to the UAE had reached the RSF militia, including 155mm howitzers, air-defense systems, radars, armored vehicles, Land Cruisers, military uniforms, ammunition, weapons and medical supplies.

A leaked report prepared by the Panel of Experts monitoring the sanctions committee responsible for overseeing enforcement of the arms embargo on Darfur revealed that Colombian mercenaries had been trained at two bases inside the UAE and at a third facility funded by Abu Dhabi in Somalia’s Puntland region to fight alongside the RSF.

The report, which is expected to be discussed by the UN Security Council in the coming weeks, said the mercenaries had participated in operating drones and artillery and in ground combat, estimating their number at between 1,500 and 2,000.

The Attorney General said that improved security conditions and the restoration of security and stability by the Sudanese Armed Forces in a number of areas had enabled the committee to expand its access to victims and witnesses and receive reports. She revealed that the number of documented rape cases had risen to 2,261.

On June 15, 2026, Intisar said the National Committee for Investigation into Crimes and Violations of National Law and International Humanitarian Law had documented 2,200 cases.

Intisar noted that cases of detention and enforced disappearance had reached 15,227, while the number of deaths documented by the committee stood at 32,622 and injuries at 46,443.

She explained that the committee had registered 153,112 cases, including 391 cases against members of regular forces whose immunity had been lifted. A total of 6,862 cases were dismissed during investigations, while investigations had been completed in 22,608 cases, which were referred to the courts. The courts have so far adjudicated 10,733 cases.