30 July 2026
The Sudanese Human Rights Monitor (SHRM) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies(ACJPS) have submitted their joint report to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism of theUnited Nations Human Rights Council as part of Sudan’s 2026 review cycle. The report highlights thewidespread and systematic violations committed since the outbreak of the war on 15 April 2023 andassesses the extent to which Sudan has implemented the recommendations issued during its third UPRcycle, which were formally communicated to the Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs in August 2022.The report also focuses specifically on developments in the human rights situation during the years ofthe ongoing conflict.
The report states that Sudan is experiencing the most extensive and severe humanitarian and humanrights crises in its modern history. The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, marked by significant external interference, has led to the near-total collapse of stateinstitutions in many parts of the country, the breakdown of protection systems, and the widespreadprevalence of impunity.
Drawing on direct testimonies, field investigations, and credible national and international reports, the SHRM and ACJPS submission documents a range of violations, including indiscriminate aerialbombardment of populated areas in Kordofan, Darfur, and Al-Jazirah; large-scale attacks on villages andtowns in Gezira State; torture, arbitrary detention, and enforced disappearance across several states;sexual violence used as a weapon of war in Khartoum, Darfur, Gezira, and Kordofan; the use of siege andstarvation as methods of warfare in El Fashir and Kadugli; the continued application of harsh criminalpenalties; and the targeting of journalists and human rights defenders through killings, arrests, andtorture. The report identified the party responsible for each violation documented.