Hospitals in Sudan were deliberately targeted in multiple attacks by fighters from the Rapid Support Forces, according to an investigation into the violence.
The findings concern attacks on medical facilities during Sudan’s conflict and indicate that hospitals were not merely caught up in fighting but were intentionally selected as targets. The material supplied does not identify the facilities involved or provide details of when or where the attacks took place.
Volker Türk, the United Nations human rights chief, said the attacks may amount to war crimes. His assessment places the reported targeting of medical facilities within the scope of possible violations of international humanitarian law.
The available information does not include further details of the attacks, the number of people affected or any response from the Rapid Support Forces. The latest assessment is that the reported incidents require scrutiny in light of the potential war-crimes implications identified by the UN human rights chief.
