Sudan’s Attorney General, Entisar Ahmed Abdel Aal, has revealed a staggering human toll in the country's ongoing conflict, documenting thousands of severe human rights violations, including more than 2,200 documented cases of sexual violence and nearly 31,000 deaths.
The shocking findings were presented during an official briefing before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Serving as the chairperson of the National Committee for Investigating Crimes and Violations of National and International Humanitarian Law, Abdel Aal laid out the harrowing statistics from the committee’s fifth interim progress report.
According to official data tracked since the outbreak of hostilities, the National Committee has formally recorded 30,971 fatalities and 44,617 civilian injuries. Furthermore, investigative teams have logged 14,999 instances of arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances.
Expanding Legal Action and Monumental Infrastructure Damages
The Sudanese prosecution has initiated extensive legal responses to the crisis, filing 149,860 criminal complaints. Notably, these filings include 385 cases targeting members of the regular armed forces whose legal immunities were formally stripped to facilitate prosecution.
Domestic courts are moving forward with these indictments. Investigations for 21,787 cases have been successfully completed and referred to national tribunals, with judicial verdicts already handed down in 10,417 of those trials.
Beyond the humanitarian tragedy, the economic impact of the war remains catastrophic. The Attorney General estimated the widespread destruction of critical national infrastructure at a staggering $771 billion, crippling vital public sectors across the country.
Classification of War Crimes and Mass Detentions
Working in tandem with judicial authorities, the National Committee reported systematic patterns of violence targeting civilians, residential areas, and medical centers. Investigations confirmed widespread offenses including targeted killings, forced displacement, abduction, sexual assault, and the looting of private property.
The Attorney General emphasized that the scale and targeted nature of these violations legally constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and in specific ethnically-motivated regions, acts of genocide.
The report also shed light on severe mass detentions in the restive Darfur region. Government tracking indicates that roughly 20,000 people are currently held captive in the Degreis detention camp near Nyala in South Darfur. Additionally, the Shala facility in El Fasher houses 881 military prisoners and 407 civilians, a cohort tragically including 113 children.
A Call for Accountability and Global Support
Concluding her briefing, Abdel Aal reaffirmed the government’s commitment to transparency, justice, and ending impunity for perpetrators. She expressed readiness to cooperate professionally with UN Human Rights Council mechanisms that align with national consensus, while underscoring the necessity of respecting national judicial sovereignty.
The Attorney General urged the international community to back strategic initiatives to end the war and provide resources to bolster domestic judicial frameworks, labeling accountability as the only viable path to long-term regional stability.
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