Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sudan, especially with regard to the risk of further atrocity crimes, including by reference to their Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability assessment.

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office advises against all travel to Sudan because of the ongoing military conflict. The UK condemns in the strongest terms increasing reports of atrocities being committed across Sudan, and we continue to do so at every available opportunity. The UK has played a leading role in human rights scrutiny on Sudan. In October 2024, we led efforts at the UN Human Rights Council to renew the UN mandate for the international, independent Fact-Finding Mission to ensure credible evidence of human rights abuses and violations are investigated impartially. I also held a meeting with the African Union Special Envoy for the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide and Mass Atrocities on 5 February where we discussed the African Union advocacy on protection of civilians and addressing atrocities in Sudan. A draft Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability (JACS) assessment of the situation in Sudan was finalised in March 2023 but the internal review process was halted by the outbreak of violence on 15 April 2023. We continue to track the conflict through a variety of shorter, more regular analyses and have enhanced our atrocity risk monitoring, including monitoring of conflict-related sexual violence.