Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in securing agreement at the United Nations Human Rights Council for the resolution tabled by the UK which seeks, in the words of the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, to "keep UN resources focused on the human rights situation, most importantly for a fact-finding mission" and an "independent international mechanism to document and monitor abuses" in Sudan.

The UK uses its position as penholder at the UN Security Council and leader of the Core Group on Sudan at the UN Human Rights Council to keep a spotlight on, and take actions in response to, the human rights situation in Sudan. In October 2023, the Human Right Council adopted the UK-led Resolution to establish an international and independent Fact-Finding Mission to investigate evidence of human rights abuses and violations. Following publication of its first report in September, the UK co-led renewal on 9 October 2024 of the Fact-Finding Mission's mandate for a further year, with the Resolution passing by a higher vote margin this year.