Top UN court dismisses Sudan’s genocide case against UAE

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations' top court on Monday dismissed a case brought by Sudan accusing the United Arab Emirates of violating the genocide convention by arming and financing the Islamic Revolutionary Forces (IMF).

The highest court of the United Nations today declared itself incompetent in the case of Sudan's lawsuit against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for violating the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide by Arming and Financing Rebels in the Sudanese Civil War.

U.N. Court Drops Sudan’s Genocide Case Against U.A.E.

The United Nations’ top court on Monday dismissed a case accusing the United Arab Emirates of fueling genocide in Sudan by supporting paramilitary forces in the country’s ongoing civil war. The court said it “manifestly lacks jurisdiction.”

Sudan says the UAE has violated the Genocide Convention by supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary militia that has been fighting a bloody war with the government army for two years.

The Sudanese government has accused the United Arab Emirates before the ICJ of aiding the genocide. The court is legally unauthorized on the issue.

The East African country attacked the Emirates in March in front of the ICJ in The Hague, accusing them of complicity in genocide against the Masalit community, on account of their alleged support for the Rapid Support Forces.