United Arab Emirates

Sudan has filed a genocide claim against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Photo: Soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces in a combat vehicle are greeted by Sudanese in Khartoum.

Sudan vs UAE: just trying to get attention?

21 March 2025 by Janet H. Anderson

Sudan has filed a genocide claim against the United Arab Emirates before the International Court of Justice. But legal experts agree that the case has very little chance of proceeding, so why have they bothered?

General Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi speaks at a microphone

France: Interpol president suspected of torture

19 May 2022 by Lena Bjurström

Elected last November to the presidency of Interpol, Emirati General Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi is the target in Europe of several judicial complaints for "torture". Already under a first investigation in France, where the internationa [...]