Sudan’s Death Sentences Against RSF Leaders: Complementarity and Accountability Under International Law

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Samson Ristom Asfaha is a visiting lecturer and researcher in international law at the Department of Law of the College of Business and Social Sciences (Eritrea). He is a former Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Gash Barka region in Eritrea.

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Sudan’s Death Sentences Against RSF Leaders: Complementarity and Accountability Under International Law

August 11, 2026

Samson Ristom Asfaha

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On 12 July 2026, the Anti-Terrorism and Crimes Against the State Court in Port Sudan sentenced General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (‘Hemedti’), commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and fifteen others to death in absentia (See also here and here). The convictions relate to the killing of West Darfur Governor Khamis Abdallah Abakar in…