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Severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rape

Effect
Adopted
Result
575 for · 7 against · 35 abstained roll call
Date
13 March 2025, 12:08–12:09
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Text
Motion B-10-2025-0190
Dossier
2025/2595(RSP)
Source
Motion for a resolution
Topics
Foreign affairs Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
12 votes · 4 roll calls · 2 amendments
Requested by
The Left (1 roll call) · Renew (1 roll call) · ECR (1 roll call, 1 split vote) · ESN (1 roll call)
Sitting
Thursday 13 March 2025
Final vote
173001
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 575 for, 7 against, 35 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 2 amendments (2 rejected) and 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 adopted). 7 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 41Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 49Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 120Against 0Abst. 0No vote 16 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 66Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 155Against 1Abst. 0No vote 32 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 58Against 1Abst. 6No vote 15 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.84
PatriotsFor 49Against 0Abst. 20No vote 17 of 86Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.57
ESNFor 19Against 0Abst. 5No vote 2 of 26Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.69
No groupFor 18Against 5Abst. 4No vote 2 of 29Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 33

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria120530.56
Belgium150340.75
Bulgaria120140.88
Cyprus5100—
Czechia200011.00
Germany7353150.85
Denmark130200.80
Estonia5011—
Spain511080.97
Finland150001.00
France6800131.00
Greece160230.83
Croatia110011.00
Hungary70113—
Ireland130011.00
Italy6200141.00
Lithuania100011.00
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia8010—
Malta5001—
Netherlands240610.70
Poland480320.91
Portugal150150.91
Romania250081.00
Sweden150330.75
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia120300.70

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Martin HOJSÍK SlovakiaRenewSpeeches113 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Roberts ZĪLE LatviaECRSpeeches212 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Lukas MANDL AustriaEPPSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Hannes HEIDE AustriaS&DSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Barry ANDREWS IrelandRenewSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Marta TEMIDO PortugalS&DSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
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Debate speakers, continued
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Nikos PAPANDREOU GreeceS&DSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Murielle LAURENT FranceS&DSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Chloé RIDEL FranceS&DSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Rima HASSAN FranceThe LeftSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Lukas SIEPER changed group GermanyRenewSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Leire PAJÍN SpainS&DSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Sandra GÓMEZ LÓPEZ SpainS&DSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Catarina VIEIRA NetherlandsGreensSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For
Marit MAIJ NetherlandsS&DSpeeches112 Mar 2025 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group For

All votes on this decision, 12

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Separate vote on paragraph 3 Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: ECR
2Paragraph 3 — part 2 RC-B10-0175/2025 – § 3/2 Part voted on: “those words”Roll call499 for, 88 against, 27 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: ECR; split: ECR
3Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 7 RC-B10-0175/2025 – After § 7 – Am 1 Roll call177 for, 400 against, 41 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Paragraph 3 — part 2 RC-B10-0175/2025 – § 3/2 Part voted on: “those words”Roll call499 for, 88 against, 27 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: ECR; split: ECR
3Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 7 RC-B10-0175/2025 – After § 7 – Am 1 Roll call177 for, 400 against, 41 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: The Left
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 8 RC-B10-0175/2025 – After § 8 – Am 2 Roll call113 for, 443 against, 61 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ESN
5Final vote — text as a whole RC-B10-0175/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call575 for, 7 against, 35 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Renew
6Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0175/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
7Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0185/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
8Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0186/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
9Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0187/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
10Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0188/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
11Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0189/2025 Show of hands Lapsed
12Alternative motion for a resolution B10-0190/2025 Show of hands Lapsed

Roll calls requested by The Left, Renew, ECR, ESN · split votes by ECR.

Text

The text voted on.

Motion B-10-2025-0190

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Parliament adopted a resolution on the severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, focusing on sexual violence and child rape.

It strongly condemns the systematic rapes, particularly of children, and calls for international mechanisms to investigate and document sexual violence, ensuring accountability for perpetrators.

MEPs also call for an immediate cessation of violence, the establishment of safe zones for refugees and survivors, and an international response to end the crisis.

The resolution will be forwarded to the Council, the Commission, the African Union and other bodies.

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This resolution condemns systematic rapes in Sudan, especially against children, and calls for international mechanisms to investigate and document sexual violence, ensuring accountability for perpetrators from both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2595(RSP) · Resolution on a topical subject

Severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular sexual violence and child rape

Parliament adopted the text on 13 March 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 3 steps of the dossier
  1. Tabled for plenary (done)
  2. Plenary vote · Adopted 13 March 2025 (done)
  3. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 9 connections: Running issue: Sudan war · Running issue: Humanitarian crises

Running issue: Sudan war

Running issue: Humanitarian crises

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-03-13/3
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “Severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rape”. Decision, 13 March 2025. votingId 173001, document B-10-2025-0190, reference 2025/2595(RSP). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-03-13/3 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 13 March 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-13-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 13 March 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-13-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-03-13, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-03-13/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-03-13-3,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rape}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-13},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-03-13/3}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-03-13/3},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 173001, document B-10-2025-0190, reference 2025/2595(RSP). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-13-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-03-13-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-03-13 (CC BY 4.0)}
}