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In August 2026, Sudan witnessed a continued deterioration in security, human rights, and humanitarian conditions, with an escalation of aerial bombardments, drone attacks, and armed clashes. Killings, the targeting of civilians, and arbitrary arrests and detentions also continued. The most significant events were concentrated in Darfur, Kordofan and Blue Nile states, resulting in civilian casualties and the displacement of large numbers of people.

Every year on 30 August, the world marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The day is an important reminder that enforced disappearance is not merely the loss of a person from public view. It is a continuing violation that places victims outside the protection of the law and condemns families to live between hope and grief, often without knowing whether their loved ones are alive, detained, tortured, or dead.

Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 63rd session (7 September-7 October 2026), we, the undersigned civil society organisations, write to urge your delegation to support a full two-year mandate extension for the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) for the Sudan.

This report documents a severe deterioration in the humanitarian, health, and human rights situation in Sudan during July 2026 as a result of the ongoing armed conflict and the escalation of violations in several states, particularly Kordofan, Darfur, Blue Nile, and White Nile.

This report provides a comprehensive account of the health situation of children in Sudan following the outbreak of war on April 15, 2023, which led to one of the most severe humanitarian crises affecting civilians and the health sector.

On 17 July, the world marks International Justice Day, commemorating the adoption of the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the International Criminal Court. For most countries, it's a date for polite commemoration, but for Sudan, it is closer to an indictment. Since 1955, the country has gone from one war to the next with a consistency that stops looking like bad luck and starts looking like a pattern.

This report documents a severe humanitarian and health crisis in Sudan during June 2026, resulting from the ongoing armed conflict and widespread violations in several states, particularly Darfur, Kordofan, Blue Nile, and White Nile.

The security situation in North Kordofan State deteriorated significantly throughout June 2026 as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensified military operations aimed at advancing toward El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan State.

RWCHR, alongside ACJPS and a broad coalition of legal, investigative, and civil society organizations, referred high-level foreign officials to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for aiding and abetting atrocity crimes in Darfur, Sudan, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

The situation in and around El Obeid, North Kordofan, which after 18 months of siege-like conditions appears at risk of an imminent ground offensive by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied forces.

The recent decision by Sudanese authorities to review and potentially reduce the public sector workforce raises profound legal, economic, and human rights concerns, particularly in the context of the ongoing armed conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

The conflict has demonstrated the dangers of militarization, parallel armed structures, and the exploitation of social and political divisions, while civilians continue to bear the heaviest costs.