In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/RES/54/2 the Fact-Finding mission is provided with the following mandate :

1. To investigate and establish the facts, circumstances and root causes of all alleged human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, including those committed against refugees, and related crimes in the context of the ongoing armed conflict that began on 15 April 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, as well as other warring parties;
2. To collect, consolidate and analyse evidence of such violations and abuses, including those affecting women and children, and to systematically record and preserve all information, documentation and evidence, including interviews, witness testimony and forensic material, consistent with international best practices, in view of any future legal proceedings;
3. To document and verify relevant information and evidence, including through field engagement, and to cooperate with judicial and other entities, as appropriate;
4. To identify, where possible, those individuals and entities responsible for violations or abuses of human rights or violations of international humanitarian law, or other related crimes, in the Sudan, with a view to ensuring that those responsible are held accountable;
5. To make recommendations, in particular on accountability measures, all with a view to ending impunity and addressing its root causes, and ensuring accountability, including, as appropriate, individual criminal responsibility, and access to justice for victims;
6. To cooperate and share best practice with other international, regional and domestic accountability initiatives, as and when these are established, as appropriate;
7. To cooperate and share best practice with other international, regional and domestic accountability initiatives, as and when these are established, as appropriate;

Cooperation

The Human Rights Council, through resolutions 54/2 and 57/2 and 60/3 , has requested the Fact-Finding Mission, with due consideration of distinctive mandates and practicability, to coordinate, cooperate, ensure complementarity of efforts with, and draw on the expertise of a range of stakeholders. In the implementation of its mandate, the Fact-Finding Mission therefore welcomes cooperation with all stakeholders in furthering its mandate, including civil society organizations. To this end, the Fact-Finding Mission has developed a Terms of Reference and Guidance for Civil Society Organizations and Other Stakeholders seeking to Cooperate with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan. Its Secretariat is also available for further inquiries through email at ffmsudan@un.org.

Terms of Reference and Guidance for Civil Society Organizations and Other Stakeholders seeking to Cooperate with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan
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The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan invites all interested individuals, groups and organizations to submit information and documentation of relevance to any violations, abuses and related crimes committed in the context of the ongoing armed conflict that began on 15 April 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, as well as other warring parties, in particular on recent violations and abuses allegedly committed. It appreciates receiving relevant information and documentation at any time, however, for consideration during the current reporting cycle the deadline for submissions is 31 July 2026.

All interested parties are requested to read through the call for submissions and complete the submission form for each submission to be sent to the Fact-Finding Mission. All submissions should be sent to submissions-ffmsudan@un.org. For alternative submission arrangements for sensitive information and all queries, please contact the Secretariat by email at ffmsudan@un.org.

Please follow this link for more information.

Call for submission العربية | English

Submission form العربية | English

• Mohamed Chande Othman, chair (Tanzania)
• Joy Ngozi Ezeilo (Nigeria)
• Mona Rishmawi (Palestine/Jordan/Switzerland)

Statement by Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, at the 63^rd session of the Human Rights Council
7 September 2026
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Statement by Mona Rishmawi, Expert Member of the UN Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan, to the Human Rights Council: Urgent debate to address the human rights situation in and around El Obeid, North Kordofan, in the context of the ongoing conflict in the Sudan
3 July 2026
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Statement by Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, at the 62^nd session of the Human Rights Council
15 June 2026
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Statement by Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, at the 60^th session of the Human Rights Council
26 February 2026
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Statement by Mona Rishmawi, Expert Member of the UN Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan, to the 38^th Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in and around El-Fasher
14 November 2025
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Statement by Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Expert Member of the Fact-Finding Mission, to the , 3^rd Committee of the UN General Assembly’s 80th session in New York
30 October 2025
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Statement by Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, at the 60^th session of the Human Rights Council
9 September 2025
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Statement by Fact-Finding Mission, at the 59^th session of the Human Rights Council
17 June 2025
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Accelerating Action for Sudanese Women Amid Conflict - Statement by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan
7 March 2025
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Statement by Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, at the 57^th session of the Human Rights Council
10 September  2024
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Statement by Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, at the 56^th session of the Human Rights Council
18 June  2024
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Fuelling Sudan’s conflict: weapons, fighters and external support networks (A/HRC/63/23)
1 September 2026 (Published 3 September 2026)
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And for the supplementary information: Supplementary information to the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan (A/HRC/63/23)
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Information Supplementing the Report “Sudan: hallmarks of genocide in El Fasher” (A/HRC/62/CRP.4)
8 July 2026
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Sudan : hallmarks of genocide in El Fasher : report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan (A/HRC/61/77)
17 February 2026 (Publication date 19 February 2026)
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Paths to justice : accountability for atrocities in the Sudan / Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan (A/HRC/60/CRP.7)
24 October 2025 (Issued 30 October 2025)
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Sudan : a war of atrocities : report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan (A/HRC/60/22)
22 September 2025
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Findings of the investigations conducted by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan into violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and related crimes, committed in the Sudan in the context of the conflict that erupted in mid-April 2023 

(A/HRC/57/CRP.6)
23 October 2024 (Issued 29 October 2024)
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Infographic: Relevant facts and findings on the conflict
September 2024
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Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan (A/HRC/57/23)
7 November 2024
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Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/RES/57/2: Responding to the human rights and humanitarian crisis caused by the ongoing armed conflict in the Sudan.

Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/RES/54/2: Responding to the human rights and humanitarian crisis caused by the ongoing armed conflict in the Sudan.

Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/RES/60/3: Responding to the human rights and humanitarian crisis caused by the ongoing armed conflict in the Sudan.

Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/RES/S-38/1: Human rights situation in and around El Fasher, in the context of the ongoing conflict in the Sudan.