The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday presented evidence of repeated war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region, highlighting atrocities in El Fasher and the systematic use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan addressed the U.N. Security Council via video link, citing video, audio and satellite data collected during the reporting period.
“Based on information and evidence gathered by the office, including video, audio and satellite imagery, it is the assessment of the prosecutor’s office that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in El Fasher, including in October during the city’s siege by the Rapid Support Forces,” Khan said.
Video evidence reportedly shows a pattern of abuse similar to earlier atrocities in other parts of Darfur, including arbitrary detention, mistreatment and executions targeting civilians from non-Arab tribes.
“The patterns of atrocities in El Geneina in 2023 have been replicated in El Fasher in 2025. This criminality is being repeated town after town,” Khan added, emphasizing that sexual violence, including rape, is being deliberately used as a tool of war.
