Sudan files case to UN court alleging UAE is breaching genocide convention by funding rebels
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Sudan filed a case at the top United Nations court accusing the United Arab Emirates of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s deadly war, the court announced Thursday. The UAE called the filing a publicity stunt and said it would seek to have the case dismissed.
The International Court of Justice said Sudan’s case, filed Wednesday, concerns acts allegedly perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces and allied militias including “genocide, murder, theft of property, rape, forcible displacement, trespassing, vandalism of public properties, and violation of human rights” targeting the Masalit people.
The United Arab Emirates issued a statement after the filing asserting the case was a “nothing more than a cynical publicity stunt.”
The filing is “aimed at diverting attention from the established complicity of the Sudanese Armed Forces in the widespread atrocities that continue to devastate Sudan and its people,” the UAE statement said, referring to the government-backed forces fighting in the war.
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