SUDAN: Rapid Support Forces fighters are hunting patients and staff inside medical facilities.
The UN human rights chief says the pattern of multiple hospital attacks by RSF militias may constitute war crimes under international law.
Deliberate strikes on protected medical sites leave civilians with nowhere to seek treatment as the civil war grinds on.
Volker Türk’s finding gives the International Criminal Court fresh grounds to act.
◆ Why it matters
This crosses a line. Hospitals hold protected status under the Geneva Conventions, and the UN’s top human rights official has now formally linked the RSF to systematic targeting of medical facilities. That language opens the door to ICC prosecution and gives external powers legal cover to shift their position on Sudan’s warring factions. The RSF loses legitimacy, but enforcement depends on whether anyone with leverage actually chooses to use it.
Source: BBC World