(VOVWORLD) -Members of the UN Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a resolution for an independent fact-finding mission to investigate reported mass killings in al-Fashir city, Sudan.
At a special session of the Council in Geneva on the situation in Sudan, the text passed without a vote - a strong sign of international support.
The fact-finding mission will also seek to identify the perpetrators of violations allegedly committed by the Rapid Support Forces and their allies in El Fasher.
At the meeting, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called for international action against individuals and companies "fuelling and profiting" from the war in Sudan, and gave a stark warning about surging violence in the central Sudanese region of Kordofan, with bombardments, blockades and people forced from their homes.
Conflicts broke out in Sudan since April 2023 and has to date killed dozens of thousands of civilians, forced nearly 12 million people to leave their homes, and making it the worst refugee and poverty crisis in the world.
The new UN Human Rights Council resolution also urges the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces to allow life-saving aid to reach the many people who may still be trapped inside El Fasher, which is engulfed in famine.