Sudan's acting Justice minister Muawia Osman Muhammad Khair, (left) sits next to Sudanese envoy to The Hague, Omaima M. A. Alsharief, at the International Court of Justice on April 10, 2025, for a case brought by Sudan seeking emergency measures against the UAE and accusing the Gulf state of violating obligations under the Genocide Convention by arming paramilitary forces.
Sudan on Thursday told the International Court of Justice that the United Arab Emirates was violating the Genocide Convention by supporting paramilitary forces in Darfur and asked judges to issue emergency preventative orders.
Sudan's complaint to the Hague-based ICJ - known as the World Court - is in connection with intense ethnic-based attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied Arab militias against the non-Arab Masalit tribe in 2023 in West Darfur, documented in detail by Reuters.
