Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 56323

Sudan: Offences against Children

Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

Anneliese Dodds

Labour (Co-op)Oxford East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in Sudan on children.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan has reported that the use of rape and gang rape is widespread and according to the UN more than 12 million people are now at risk of sexual and gender-based violence across Sudan with women and ...

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