The fact-finding mission included in the draft resolution will also seek to identify the perpetrators of the violations allegedly committed by Rapid Support Forces and their allies in El Fashir.
In his opening address to delegates, the UN human rights chief urged the international community to act, Reuters reported.
Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said: “There is too much pretense and performance and too little action. We must stand up against these atrocities, the naked brutality used to subjugate and control entire populations.”
The Turkish president also called for action against individuals and companies “fomenting and profiting” from Sudan’s war, and issued a stern warning about a surge in violence in Sudan’s Kordofan region, including shelling, blockades and expulsions from their homes.
The fall of El Fasir to the RSF on October 26 solidified its control of the Darfur region in a civil war with Sudanese forces that has been going on for more than two and a half years.
A draft document submitted to the council’s consideration, seen by Reuters, strongly condemns the reported use of ethnically motivated killings and rape as a weapon of war by the RSF and its allies in El Fashir.
The resolution stops short of mandating an investigation into the role of external actors that may be supporting RSF, as some rights groups have called for.
The resolution also calls on the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces to ensure that life-saving aid reaches the many starving people who may still be trapped in the city.
Women who have fled the city have reported killings and systematic rape, while others have reported civilians being shot in the streets and attacked by drone strikes.
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