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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

ICJ hears Sudan case accusing UAE of ‘complicity in genocide’

Muawia Osman (left) and Omaima Alsharief seated in court, as a man stands behind leaning forward to speak with Osman
Sudan’s acting minister of justice, Muawia Osman (left) and its ambassador to the Netherlands, Omaima Alsharief, at the ICJ in The Hague last week. Photograph: Remko de Waal/EPA

The international court of justice will rule in the next few weeks on whether the United Arab Emirates can be plausibly found “complicit in the commission of genocide” by arming the Rapid Support Forces militia in Sudan’s civil war.

The case was brought by Sudan, whose acting justice minister, Muawia Osman, told the world court in The Hague last week that the country’s “ongoing genocide would not be possible without the complicity of the UAE, including the shipment of arms to the RSF”. Sudan wants ICJ judges to force the UAE to stop its alleged support for the RSF and make “full reparations”, including compensation to victims of the war.

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