Human Rights Watch called on countries participating in the Paris conference to actively and explicitly support efforts to investigate ongoing abuses in Sudan.
In a statement ahead of the conference organized by the French Foreign Ministry, the organization called for a peaceful solution to the Sudanese conflict, noting that the warring parties have committed violations amounting to war crimes.
The statement said the violations included unlawful killing of civilians, airstrikes targeting infrastructure and obstructing humanitarian efforts.
The statement referred to the actions carried out by the Rapid Support Forces, including the killing of civilians, especially in West Darfur, in addition to the looting of humanitarian aid and the use of heavy weapons, in addition to involvement in sexual violence and large-scale looting.
The statement stressed that the army and the Rapid Support Forces have recruited children and arbitrarily detained civilians and called on the Security Council and the Peace and Security Council of the African Union to monitor the food security situation in Sudan.
The Paris conference on Sudan will be held tomorrow, Monday, in the absence of the parties to the conflict, and the conference will address the Sudanese situation in its political and humanitarian aspects and was organized in cooperation with Germany and the European Union.
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