More Than 30 Countries Supported Sudan’s Position in the Human Rights Council

Geneva – Mariam Abshir – Exclusive

A reliable source speaking to the “Sudanhorizon” news site revealed that the United Nations Human Rights Council session held yesterday (Tuesday), dedicated to reviewing the report of the UN fact-finding mission on war violations and Sudan’s government response, “passed peacefully.” The source highlighted that Sudan’s response included documented facts about violations committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The source confirmed that more than thirty countries in the 47-member Human Rights Council supported Sudan’s position, standing by it to varying degrees. Leading the support were countries like Russia, China, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Eritrea, and Venezuela, along with Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, Burundi, Senegal, Niger, Jordan, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Belarus, Mauritania, Togo, Sierra Leone, Bahrain, and Mauritania.
Regarding the stance of European countries, the source mentioned that most of them called for extending the fact-finding mission’s mandate. However, the source denied that yesterday’s session discussed the extension, clarifying that the issue of renewing the mission’s mandate would be addressed in October at the end of the current session of the Human Rights Council.