Sudan – UN Acts On Abusive Commanders

New York — Security Council’s First Sanctions on Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces

The United Nations Security Council’s November 8, 2024 sanctions designations for two commanders of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are a positive first step in ensuring consequences for abuses by the force, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Security Council imposed an international travel ban and asset freeze on the Rapid Support Forces’ head of operations, Major Gen. Osman Mohamed Hamid Mohamed, and the West…