Sudan’s genocide case against the United Arab Emirates will be heard by the World Court

The World Court announced on Friday that it would consider a case filed by Sudan accusing the Gulf state of breaching its commitments under the Genocide Convention by arming paramilitary groups and calling for emergency sanctions against the United Arab Emirates.

Although the UAE disputes the accusation, U.N. experts and U.S. senators have found it credible that the UAE has armed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been engaged in combat with the Sudanese army in a civil war that has been going on for two years.

The efforts of the Sudanese Armed Forces before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) “are nothing more than a political game and publicity stunt – an attempt to drag a longstanding friend of Africa into the conflict they themselves have instigated and fuelled,” according to a UAE official.

“Despite this, the UAE remains resolute in its humanitarian commitment towards the people of Sudan, focused on alleviating the humanitarian disaster inflicted by both warring factions.”

Sudan’s appeal to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), often known as the World Court, is related to the severe ethnic atrocities in 2023 in West Darfur by the RSF and affiliated Arab militias against the non-Arab Masalit tribe, which were extensively covered by Reuters.

In January, the United States declared those attacks to constitute genocide.

Sudan has requested that the court order the Emirates to stop genocidal crimes in Darfur by imposing emergency measures.

The court stated that on April 10, it will consider Sudan’s motion.

States may request emergency remedies in order to prevent the disagreement between the states from getting worse in the meantime, since matters before the ICJ might take years to resolve.