UN’s top court is to rule on Sudan’s request alleging Emiratis funded Sudanese paramilitary forces
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) 鈥 The top United Nations court will rule on Monday on a request from Sudan to issue emergency measures against the United Arab Emirates, in a case accusing the UAE of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan鈥檚 deadly war.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) 鈥 The top United Nations court will rule on Monday on a request from Sudan to issue emergency measures against the United Arab Emirates, in a case accusing the UAE of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan鈥檚 deadly war.
In March, , known as provisional measures, including telling the UAE to do all it can to prevent the killing and other crimes .
The UAE called the filing a publicity stunt and, , argued the court had no jurisdiction.
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鈥淭he case is baseless both legally and factually. The UAE is not involved in the war, and this case is yet another attempt by the Sudanese Armed Forces, one of the warring parties, to distract from its own responsibility,鈥 Reem Ketait, a senior official at the UAE鈥檚 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a statement ahead of the decision.
Both Sudan and the UAE are signatories to the . The UAE, however, has a caveat to part of the treaty which legal experts say makes it unlikely that the case will proceed.
Sudan descended into a when long-simmering tensions between its military and rival paramilitary forces broke out in the capital, Khartoum, and spread to other regions.
Both the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan鈥檚 military have been accused of abuses.
The UAE, a federation of seven sheikhdoms on the Arabian Peninsula and a U.S. ally, has been repeatedly accused of arming the RSF, something it despite evidence to the contrary.
