{"id":20116510,"date":"2025-05-06T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20116510"},"modified":"2025-05-06T18:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:03:18","slug":"sudan-vows-to-fight-on-after-icj-dismisses-genocide-case-against-emirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-vows-to-fight-on-after-icj-dismisses-genocide-case-against-emirates","title":{"rendered":"Sudan vows to fight on after ICJ dismisses genocide case against Emirates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sudan has vowed \u201cto knock on every judicial door,\u201d after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Monday dismissed the case brought by the Sudanese government, accusing the UAE of violating the Genocide Convention by supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The RSF militia stands accused of carrying out mass atrocities against the Masalit people in West Darfur between April and November 2023. The UAE has condemned the suit as \u201cbaseless\u201d, while the RSF and its allies have welcomed the decision and \u201capologised\u201d to the UAE for the suit. International response has been critical. The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights called the decision “a travesty”.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a vote of 14-2, the court said yesterday that it can not rule on the case requesting emergency measures that Sudan filed on March 6<\/a>, as it lacks the jurisdiction to do so. While the UAE has welcomed the decision, Sudan says it \u201cwill knock on every door that allows it to take revenge on those who committed crimes against the Sudanese people\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sudan argued before the court that the UAE is violating the Genocide Convention<\/a> by supporting paramilitary forces in Darfur, but the UAE said the case should be thrown out and removed from its docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its preliminary summation, the court says it \u201cis precluded by its statute from taking any position on the merits of the claims made by Sudan\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emirates: \u2018Legal victory\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE hailed yesterday\u2019s ruling as a legal victory. Reem Ketait<\/a>, deputy assistant minister for political affairs at the UAE\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement via the official Emirates News Agency-WAM: \u201cThis decision is a clear and decisive affirmation of the fact that this case was utterly baseless. The court\u2019s finding that it is without jurisdiction confirms that this case should never have been brought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe facts speak for themselves: the UAE bears no responsibility for the conflict in Sudan. On the contrary, the atrocities committed by the warring parties are well-documented.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ketait asserts that \u201cthis outcome reaffirms what has long been clear: the SAF\u2019s case is unfounded and lacks any basis. The UAE has consistently rejected SAF\u2019s fabrications, which serve as a transparent attempt to divert attention from their own actions and the ongoing atrocities in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe decision is a clear and decisive affirmation of the fact that this case was utterly baseless. Quite simply, today\u2019s decision represents a resounding rejection of SAF\u2019s attempt to instrumentalise the court for its campaign of misinformation and to distract from its own responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Sudanese government will knock on every door\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sudan\u2019s Minister of Information Khaled El Aissar said that Sudan\u2019s case against the UAE will not stop at the International Court of Justice. In a statement seen by Radio Dabanga, El Aissar says: \u201cThe Sudanese government will knock on every door that allows it to take revenge on those who committed crimes against the Sudanese people.\u201d He asserts that the case before the ICJ was dismissed for procedural reasons, based on Article 9, not for fundamental reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are other international courts that accept such lawsuits, try criminals, do justice to peoples, punish governments that threaten the stability of countries and kill innocent people, and protect justice as it should protect,\u201d El Aissar says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘A travesty – to be silent now is to be complicit’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement via its website<\/a>, the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR) said that the ICJ decision is “another example of international institutions folding under UAE power”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In it’s ststement, the RWCHR termed the ICJ decision a travesty. “Sudanese civilians face ongoing atrocities, including a genocide in North Darfur, fueled by the UAE and other foreign backers\u2014as RWCHR has long warned. The ICJ deferred to the UAE\u2019s reservation to Article IX of the Genocide Convention, allowing the UAE to evade judicial scrutiny for breaches of the Genocide Convention by precluding ICJ jurisdiction. If states can pledge to prevent genocide while shielding themselves from legal scrutiny, that promise is hollow. To be silent now is to be complicit.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RSF and allies welcome decision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coalition RSF and allied armed movements (which also includes the Sudan Liberation Movement faction of Abdelaziz El Hilu) has welcomed the ICJ decision in a statement seen by Radio Dabanga. The coalition termed the decision \u201ca victory for international justice that confirms the international community\u2019s rejection of attempts to exploit international justice for narrow political gains by illegitimate authorities,\u201d proffering that the lawsuit was\u201d an absurd political move that reflects the loss of this moral and political compass\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement stressed: \u201cthe Port Sudan coup authority lacks any legal or political legitimacy that qualifies it to file complaints or represent Sudan in international forums\u2026 it is not mandated by the people of the Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe lawsuit filed against the UAE as a political tool behind which the \u2018Islamist\u2019 movement and the forces of political Islam in the region stand. The lawsuit aims to \u201cdisrupt the positive and balanced role that the UAE has been playing in supporting peace and stability in Sudan and the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alliance \u2018apologised\u2019 to the UAE, underscoring that \u201cthe lawsuit does not represent the Sudanese people\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This article was updated on 06\/04\/2025 to reflect the comments<\/a> of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n