REPORT on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024

Tabled by Tomasz Froelich

Added: 29a. Is deeply concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); notes that an estimated 7 million Congolese people are now displaced within the country, and that child military recruitment, abductions, killings and sexual violence are rising; is deeply concerned about the dire humanitarian situation in Sudan, which has been plunged into the world’s largest internal displacement crisis, with over 11 million people displaced; notes that in Sudan acute food insecurity is affecting over 25 million people and that violence has targeted, in particular, women and girls, non-Muslim Africans in Darfur and the Nuba people; is appalled by the lack of political and media attention and interest across the EU for these ‘forgotten conflicts’ and criticises the selective outrage; emphasises that the EU’s stance in the conflict between the DRC and Rwanda is hypocritical, undermining the credibility of the EU’s human rights policy;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE769.723v01-00