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Compassion BenchmarkDaily BriefingMonday, June 8, 2026No. 55

United Arab Emirates 23.4 → 18.4 — ACTIVE-COMPLICITY-IN-MASS-ATROCITY-BY-PROXY: Band Crossing Developing → Critical Proposed

1,160 reviewed20 assessed1 score change12 forward watches

Today's numberCRITICALpriority signalUnited Arab Emirates
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The UAE's published Developing-band score did not price its documented, ongoing arming of the RSF in Sudan's genocide — a new ACTIVE-COMPLICITY-IN-MASS-ATROCITY-BY-PROXY ruling pulls INT, ACC, SYS, and EMP dimensions down, crossing UAE from Developing to Critical (23.4 → 18.4, −5.0); the first band crossing in several cycles. Sudan's absolute floor is reinforced, not supplanted: external sponsorship scored once under the sponsor, never double-counted against the in-territory perpetrator.

Independent daily scoring of how 1,286 institutions recognize, respond to, and reduce suffering — 0–100 composite, 8 dimensions.

1,160 scanned20 assessed1 moved

Today's 20 assessments by band
Today's 10 signals by severity
4critical6high

Band crossing detected on lead signal — the entity moved into a different performance band.

12 forward triggers tracked.

The full finding & its evidence

Today's analysis

The most significant editorial findings in the Jun 8 briefing.

Editorial insight

One scored proposal this cycle — the first band crossing in several cycles. The UAE's published 23.4 priced it as an ordinary mid-band autocracy with constrained civic space and migrant-labor inequity.

Today's question
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external-state-complicitymethodology-boundaryadjudication-magnitude-cap

The proposed UAE 18.4 rests on the ICJ case being unadjudicated — adjudication finding liability could either lift the cap or confirm the structural distinction between external sponsor and in-territory perpetrator.

“If Sudan's ICJ case finds UAE liable for complicity in the RSF genocide, does the adjudicated finding remove the magnitude cap currently holding the proposed composite at 18.4 — or does the ACTIVE-COMPLICITY-IN-MASS-ATROCITY-BY-PROXY ruling hold a structural floor above 0.0 for external sponsors who lack in-territory perpetration?”
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Compassion contrast — united-arab-emirates
Responsible action

Treat the band crossing as the published reading of record. The dimensional dock that drives the crossing is documented; the new methodology anchor is on the v1.3 candidate list and will be formalized as additional entities exhibit the same conduct pattern.

1 downgrade

12 assessed · 1 down · 11 holds · largest: United Arab Emirates -5

Today's movement: 0 upgrades, 11 holds; largest move United Arab Emirates -5.−50+5United Arab Emirates-5Sudan0Russia0Israel0Iran0Bolivia0United States0India0Democratic Republic…0Microsoft0Alphabet/Google0Oracle Corporation0
Lead signalcriticalBand crossing

United Arab Emirates 23.4 → 18.4 — ACTIVE-COMPLICITY-IN-MASS-ATROCITY-BY-PROXY: Band Crossing Developing → Critical Proposed

What the evidence shows
They formed part of a planned and organised operation that bears the defining characteristics of genocide.
Al Jazeera (citing UN Fact-Finding Mission chair Mohamed Chande Othman)2026-02-19Journalism
Sources (3)
They formed part of a planned and organised operation that bears the defining characteristics of genocide.
Al Jazeera (citing UN Fact-Finding Mission chair Mohamed Chande Othman)2026-02-19Journalism
evidence has been found of the UAE providing arms to the RSF, smuggling weapons and drones to them via Chad
The Guardian (republished by Genocide Watch)2026-05-13Cross-referenced
The presence of recently manufactured Chinese bombs in North Darfur is a clear violation of the arms embargo by the UAE.
Amnesty International (Brian Castner, Head of Crisis Research)2025-05-08NGO
What we found

The UAE's published 23.4 composite priced it as an ordinary mid-band autocracy with constrained civic space, migrant-labor inequity, and weak accountability institutions. It did not price the documented, ongoing UAE financing, arming, and mercenary-supply of the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan — a force the UN Fact-Finding Mission (Feb 19, 2026) found bears the hallmarks of genocide.

Why it matters

New evidence this cycle: the Conflict Insights Group (June 2026) confirms UAE weapons and mercenaries enabled the El Fasher mass atrocities of October 2025; Amnesty documents UAE re-exporting Chinese weaponry to the RSF in breach of the UN arms embargo via Libya, Chad, and Uganda; UK-origin equipment is documented reaching the RSF via UAE-connected supply chains; Sudan's ICJ application (March 2025) alleges UAE complicity in genocide through extensive financial, political, and military RSF support. The ACTIVE-COMPLICITY-IN-MASS-ATROCITY-BY-PROXY ruling (new this cycle) pulls the integrity-of-care dimensions: INT 1.5 → 1.2, ACC 1.5 → 1.2, SYS 2.0 → 1.5, EMP 2.0 → 1.5.

CountriesAl Jazeera (citing UN Fact-Finding Mission chair Mohamed Chande Othman)Journalism
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Score trajectory — united-arab-emirates
united-arab-emirates score trajectory: stable from 18.4 (2026-06-08) to 18.4 (2026-06-10)
Forward watch12 upcoming triggers
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Trigger timeline — next 60 days
Forward-trigger timeline from 2026-06-08 over 60 days. 5 dated triggers: EU Returns Regulation (India context) in 4 days (high), Oracle Corporation in 7 days (critical), Democratic Republic of Congo in 53 days (high), 3M Company in 53 days (critical), All AI Labs in 55 days (high). 7 undated triggers: United Arab Emirates, Bolivia, United States, Microsoft, UnitedHealth Group, Anthropic, India.TodayAug 7EU Returns Regulation (India context) · 4dOracle Corporation · 7dDemocratic Republic of Congo · 53d3M Company · 53dAll AI Labs · 55d
Undated triggers (TBD)
  • United Arab EmiratesTBD
  • BoliviaTBD
  • United StatesTBD
  • MicrosoftTBD
  • UnitedHealth GroupTBD
  • AnthropicTBD
  • IndiaTBD
  • 4 days
    EU Returns Regulation (India context)HIGH2026-06-12

    EU Returns Regulation enters force. Documented EU-facilitated return without individual assessment where a third-country national faces persecution constitutes a scored signal. India at 15.6 is the…

  • 7 days
    Oracle CorporationCRITICAL2026-06-15

    WARN Act last-working-day sign-or-forfeit window closes for approximately 30,000 affected workers. Any adjudicated or corroborated finding on the remote-reclassification-as-WARN-avoidance theory in…

  • 53 days
    Democratic Republic of CongoHIGH2026-07-31

    Ebola Bundibugyo peak window through July with 17-health-zone spread and no approved vaccine. Documented deliberate state obstruction of WHO response breaks the NATURAL-DISASTER-OVERLAY hold at the…

  • 53 days
    3M CompanyCRITICAL2026-07-31

    Phase-2 MDL deadline. Merits adjudication or settlement of the Australia $1.43B PFAS claim or the Minnesota MPCA PFOS suit. A modeled downgrade of −2.3 would cross from 0.3 points above Critical in…

  • 55 days
    All AI LabsHIGH2026-08-02

    EU AI Act GPAI transparency and systematic-risk documentation obligations take full effect. Fines up to 35 million euros or 7% of global annual turnover. No assessed AI lab has published compliance…

  • TBD
    United Arab EmiratesCRITICAL

    ICJ ruling in Sudan v. UAE (filed March 2025 alleging UAE complicity in genocide). Verified cessation of RSF arms transfers is the primary reversal signal for the proposed 18.4 Critical composite. …

  • TBD
    BoliviaCRITICAL

    Judicial annulment or legislative repeal of the June 8 presumption-of-legality military-force law is the primary reversal signal. Further military deployments with documented casualties under the s…

  • TBD
    United StatesCRITICAL

    Appellate review of Murphy (D. Mass.) and Cobb (D.D.C.) deportation injunctions. Reinstatement of the rescinded June 4 ICE post-release death-reporting requirement is the first upward-direction sig…

  • TBD
    MicrosoftHIGH

    Verified Human Rights Review Board execution that demonstrably blocks or exits a harmful national-security contract — conversion trigger from the current positive-watch to a scorable upgrade within…

  • TBD
    UnitedHealth GroupCRITICAL

    Merits adjudication or settlement of any of the four converging sovereign enforcement actions — DOJ MA-billing criminal probe, AZ AG eight-insurer cartel suit, Lifepoint federal complaint, or DOJ A…

  • TBD
    AnthropicCRITICAL

    DC Circuit ruling on Anthropic v. Hegseth. Favorable ruling triggers Functional/Established boundary crossing from 59.1; adverse ruling produces downward movement. Enacted Great American AI Act com…

  • TBD
    IndiaHIGH

    Confirmation of 145+ state-attributable enforced disappearances among deportees at scale — a new harm category independently scorable beyond the priced 15.6 baseline. Judicial findings on wrongful …

How to read this briefing
Schema guide
The 5 performance bands
critical0–20
developing20–40
functional40–60
established60–80
exemplary80–100
Two scales

Each of the 8 dimensions is scored 1.0–5.0; these combine into a 0–100 composite score, mapped to the 5 bands above.

Key terms
Band crossing
A score change large enough to move an entity from one performance band into an adjacent one — the most structurally significant finding in a given cycle.
Boundary watch
An entity whose current score is within 3 points of a band threshold, flagged for priority reassessment in the next cycle.
Carry-forward
A dimensional credit retained from a prior assessment when new evidence is insufficient to revise a specific dimension; disclosed explicitly.
First baseline
An entity's inaugural composite score — no published score exists to compare against, so delta is not shown.
Floor designation
The most serious finding: all 8 dimensions resolve at the lowest behavioral anchor (1.0/5.0) across multiple cycles, yielding a composite of 0.
Forward trigger
A scheduled future reassessment event (e.g., a policy implementation date or legislative deadline) that may materially change an entity's score.

Signal stack

17 signals
Countriescritical

Sudan 0.0 — Floor Reinforced by UAE External-State-Sponsorship Documentation; El Fasher Evidence Chain Completed

The June 8 evidence cycle completes the external-state-sponsorship chain for Sudan's active-perpetration floor: UAE weapons, mercenaries, and financing to the RSF — now confirmed by Conflict Insights Group, Amnesty, and the Sudan ICJ filing — constitute the external-enablement dimension of Sudan's 0.0 designation.

Where this sits
sudan score: 0.0 — in the Critical band (0–20). 20 points to the Developing band.0.020 pts to Developing
Read the full signal

The floor cannot move lower, but the significance is evidentiary: a state actor is documented as actively enabling a force the UN has confirmed committed acts bearing the hallmarks of genocide. Sudan's 0.0 encodes an estimated 400,000 dead, 13.6 million displaced, and 19.1 million food-insecure across the ongoing RSF conflict. External-state-sponsorship evidence scored under UAE; Sudan floor carries forward as in-territory perpetration.

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Fortune 500high

Microsoft 65.3 — COMPELLED-REMEDY-NOT-SELF-CORRECTION Confirmed; June 8 Azure-Israel Publication Is the Priced Remediation

Microsoft published the findings of its Azure-Israel internal investigation on June 8: Unit 8200 used Azure to collect, replay, and analyse content of millions of Palestinian phone calls daily (a ToS violation); that access was terminated and a Human Rights Review Board announced.

Where this sits
microsoft score: 65.3 — in the Established band (60–80). 14.7 points to the Exemplary band.65.314.7 pts to Exemplary
Read the full signal

The head of Microsoft Israel resigned May 31. This publication is the compelled remediation assessed June 7 — triggered directly by the August 2025 Guardian/+972/Local Call exposé, with the Covington review scope-limited by design (never examined the military data) and the board a prospective commitment with no observable outputs yet. Under COMPELLED-REMEDY-NOT-SELF-CORRECTION, this maps to AB2 anchor 3 (course correction under pressure), not anchor 4–5 self-initiation. Maximum defensible move ACC 3.8 → 4.0 / INT 3.0 → 3.1 = +1.3 (66.6), sub-threshold. AB5 reparation to surveilled Palestinians absent. Confirmed at 65.3 Established with positive-watch active.

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Countriescritical

Russia 0.0 — 2026's Largest Bombardment Confirmed; 656 Drones and 73 Missiles, 22 Civilians Killed

The June 1–2 Russian bombardment of Ukraine — 656 drones and 73 missiles, the largest single combined attack of 2026 — killed 22 civilians including children. Putin rejected ceasefire talks June 6. UN-verified civilian casualties since February 2022 now exceed 60,659.

Where this sits
russia score: 0.0 — in the Critical band (0–20). 20 points to the Developing band.0.020 pts to Developing
Read the full signal

Russia's 0.0 active-perpetration floor holds; the June 8 bombardment pattern reinforces without creating further scoring movement. Confirmed at 0.0.

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Countriescritical

Israel 0.0 — 970+ Killed Since October 2025 Ceasefire; June 6 Tent-Camp Strike; OHCHR Ethnic-Cleansing Concerns

Post-ceasefire (October 2025): 970+ Palestinians killed, 3,076+ ceasefire violations, aid inflow at 36% of allocation, and 37+ aid groups banned from operating. A June 6 strike on a tent camp was documented.

Where this sits
israel score: 0.0 — in the Critical band (0–20). 20 points to the Developing band.0.020 pts to Developing
Read the full signal

OHCHR has raised ethnic-cleansing concerns regarding West Bank operations, with 36,000+ forcibly displaced. ICC warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant remain active. The Microsoft Azure/Unit-8200 remediation is scored under Microsoft, not as a modification to this sovereign floor. Israel confirmed at 0.0.

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Countrieshigh

Iran 2.5 — 784 Executions YTD; 126th Week of Prison Execution Protests

Iran's 'No to Executions Tuesdays' campaign entered its 126th consecutive week across 56 facilities.

Where this sits
iran score: 2.5 — in the Critical band (0–20). 17.5 points to the Developing band.2.517.5 pts to Developing
Read the full signal

The 784 executions recorded through June 8, 2026 — including political prisoners and capital sentences for drug offenses below the international threshold — represent the highest annual pace in decades. Secret political executions were documented June 1. The single-dominant-extremity hold at near-floor 2.5 is maintained: the multi-category absolute-0.0 threshold is not met absent a second dominant harm category. Confirmed at 2.5.

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Countrieshigh

Democratic Republic of Congo 2.3 — Ebola PHEIC at 515 Cases / 91 Deaths; No Approved Vaccine for Bundibugyo Strain

The DRC Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak stands at 515 confirmed cases and 91 deaths under an active WHO PHEIC, with no approved vaccine for the Bundibugyo variant. Contact tracing covers an estimated 20% of known transmission chains across 17 of 36 Ituri health zones.

Where this sits
democratic-republic-of-c score: 2.3 — in the Critical band (0–20). 17.7 points to the Developing band.2.317.7 pts to Developing
Read the full signal

The concurrent humanitarian burden includes 26.5 million food-insecure and the ongoing M23/AFC armed conflict in eastern DRC. The outbreak is an exogenous epidemiological shock revealing already-priced state-response incapacity; documented deliberate state obstruction of the WHO response is the conversion trigger from the current near-floor 2.3 hold. Confirmed at 2.3.

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17 signals shown

Risk signals

Developments that may affect future scores. Watch items from the Jun 8 briefing.

Risk

UAE continues to accumulate documented complicity evidence in Sudan's RSF genocide; the ICJ case (filed March 2025) is the next adjudication milestone, with four independent source chains now corroborating the pattern.

Risk

Oracle's WARN Act sign-or-forfeit window closes June 15 — the most proximate hard trigger date across all assessed entities; adverse adjudication on the remote-reclassification avoidance theory would cross from 0.6 points above Critical into Critical.

Risk

EU AI Act GPAI transparency and systematic-risk documentation obligations take full effect August 2 — 55 days from this cycle — with no assessed AI lab having published compliance documentation.

Risk

Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in DRC continues to accelerate; the absence of an approved vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain and contact-tracing at 20% of known chains represent an unresolved systemic gap for the near-floor 2.3 composite.

Risk

ACTIVE-COMPLICITY-IN-MASS-ATROCITY-BY-PROXY (new ruling, first application to UAE) creates a precedent for other external-state sponsors of documented atrocity — the methodology now has a scored category between the ordinary-autocracy baseline and the in-territory active-perpetration floor.

Risk

AZ AG cartel suit naming eight health insurers and MultiPlan carries sector-wide ACC and EQU exposure; if the cartel designation is adjudicated, multiple Fortune 500 health insurers face simultaneous scoring events.

Risk

Fortune 500 DEI disclosure decline (65% year-over-year) continues to weaken the EQU and EMP transparency environment; EEOC Title VII warning on DEI-elimination programs introduces a new enforcement-density signal.

Score movements

Entities with score changes this cycle, followed by confirmed positions.

20 assessed
Changes— 1 score moved
Confirmed— 19 positions unchanged
Countries
Russia

June 1–2 largest 2026 bombardment: 656 drones and 73 missiles, 22 civilians killed.

00BND 0.00
npr.org
Countries
Israel

970+ Palestinians killed since October 2025 ceasefire; June 6 tent-camp strike; OHCHR ethnic-cleansing concerns.

00BND 0.00
hrw.org
2.5 above Critical
Countries
Iran

784 executions YTD; 126th consecutive week of prison execution protests; secret political executions June 1.

2.52.5BND 0.00
iranhumanrights.org
1.6 above Critical
Countries
Bolivia

June 8 impunity law signing and 10 killed/365 arrested encode the same pattern priced in the applied 06-06 proposal.

18.418.4ACC 0.00
2.5 above Critical
Countries
United States

June 4 ICE death-reporting rescission and 18 in-custody deaths YTD reinforce the ACC 1.4/INT 1.5 floor.

17.517.5ACC 0.00
newsweek.com
Countries
India

~5,000 Bengali-Muslim deportations without due process deepen the EQU 1.3/EMP 1.4/ACC 1.4 profile set days earlier.

15.615.6EQU 0.00

Next signal: — EU Returns Regulation enters force; confirmed state-attributable enforced disappearances at scale independently scorable beyond 15.6

2.3 above Critical
Countries
Democratic Republic of Congo

Ebola PHEIC 515 cases / 91 deaths; no approved Bundibugyo vaccine; exogenous shock on priced incapacity.

2.32.3SYS 0.00
cdc.gov

Next signal: — Ebola peak window through July; documented deliberate state obstruction of WHO response breaks the natural-disaster-overlay hold

Fortune 500
Microsoft

June 8 Azure-Israel inquiry is the compelled remediation already scored June 7; board prospective, scope-limited.

65.365.3ACC 0.00
the-decoder.com
0.0 below Functional
Fortune 500
Alphabet/Google

No entity-specific evidence in lookback; sits at exact Developing/Functional 40/41 boundary.

4040ACC 0.00
Boundary
0.6 above Critical
Fortune 500
Oracle Corporation

WARN Act June 15 sign-or-forfeit window seven days out; WA class action and MO investigation active.

20.620.6EMP 0.00
Boundarytechtimes.com

Next signal: — WARN Act sign-or-forfeit window closes; NJ state proceedings and Washington class action on remote-reclassification avoidance theory

Fortune 500
UnitedHealth Group

DOJ grand-jury subpoena added to MA-fraud probe; AZ AG cartel suit; Lifepoint federal complaint.

10.210.2ACC 0.00
Ai Labs
OpenAI

Great American AI Act at procedural stage; Florida child-safety suit filed but unadjudicated.

27.527.5ACC 0.00

Next signal: — EU AI Act GPAI obligations take full effect; Great American AI Act compliance documentation would be independently scorable

Ai Labs
Anthropic

Great American AI Act proposed not enacted; Trump voluntary EO; DC Circuit Pentagon appeal ongoing; net-neutral.

59.159.1INT 0.00
Countries
Luxembourg

Rotation confirm at 81.3 Exemplary; no acute event; known top-band cohort baseline anomaly noted.

81.381.3SYS 0.00
Countries
Liechtenstein

Rotation confirm at 83.0 Exemplary; high-capacity micro-state; EQU 3.5 residual gap noted.

8383SYS 0.00
Us Cities
San Jose

Rotation confirm at 48.4 Functional; ACT/SYS 3.5 offset by affordability and homelessness-response gaps.

48.448.4EQU 0.00
Us Cities
Pittsburgh

Rotation confirm at 45.3 Functional; persistent racial-equity gaps at EQU 2.5.

45.345.3EQU 0.00
Robotics Labs
Unitree Robotics

Rotation confirm at 35.9 Developing; substituted for AgiBot (not in published index); dual-use exposure noted.

35.935.9EQU 0.00
Boundary watch7 entities near a band threshold

Entities approaching band boundaries

Fortune 500
Alphabet/Google
40
0.0 pts to Functional
Alphabet/Google score: 40.0 — in the Developing band (20–40). 0 points to the Functional band.40.0At Functional threshold
▲Developing → Functionalcycle 2
Trigger to watch

Verified executed governance reform on military-cloud human rights review that produces observable outcomes — a documented decision blocking or exiting a harmful contract — constitutes a scorable upward signal from the exact band boundary. New entity-specific adverse evidence on Project Nimbus would be an immediate downward trigger.

boundary-watch
Fortune 500
3M Company
20.3
0.3 pts to Critical
3M Company score: 20.3 — in the Developing band (20–40). 19.7 points to the Functional band.20.319.7 pts to Functional
▼Developing → Criticalcycle 5
Trigger to watch

Adverse adjudication or settlement of the Australia $1.43B PFAS claim or the Minnesota MPCA PFOS suit; Phase-2 MDL July 31 deadline is the next structural trigger. Military-contractor federal immunity defense ruling also operative.

boundary-watch
Fortune 500
Oracle Corporation
20.6
0.6 pts to Critical
Oracle Corporation score: 20.6 — in the Developing band (20–40). 19.4 points to the Functional band.20.619.4 pts to Functional
▼Developing → Criticalcycle 12
Trigger to watch

WARN Act last-working-day window closes June 15. Washington class action and Missouri state investigation on the remote-reclassification-as-WARN-avoidance theory are the active adjudication channels. Any adjudicated or corroborated finding on the avoidance theory constitutes an immediate scoring trigger.

boundary-watch
Countries
Bolivia
18.4
1.6 pts to Critical
Bolivia score: 18.4 — in the Critical band (0–20). 1.6 points to the Developing band.18.41.6 pts to Developing
▼Developing → Criticalcycle 5
Trigger to watch

Judicial annulment or legislative repeal of the June 8 presumption-of-legality military-force law is the primary reversal signal. Further military deployments with documented casualties under the signed law reinforce the pending 18.4 Critical composite.

band-crossing-proposed
Countries
Nigeria
21.9
1.9 pts to Critical
Nigeria score: 21.9 — in the Developing band (20–40). 18.1 points to the Functional band.21.918.1 pts to Functional
▼Developing → Criticalcycle 5
Trigger to watch

Documented deliberate state obstruction of humanitarian access, a state-attributable mass-casualty event, or IPC Phase 5 famine-area confirmation converts the carry-forward to a scorable downgrade.

boundary-watch
Countries
United States
17.5
2.5 pts to Critical
United States score: 17.5 — in the Critical band (0–20). 2.5 points to the Developing band.17.52.5 pts to Developing
▼Developing → Criticalcycle 5
Trigger to watch

Appellate review of the Murphy (D. Mass.) and Cobb (D.D.C.) deportation injunctions is the primary reassessment signal. Reinstatement of the rescinded June 4 ICE post-release death-reporting requirement would be the first upward-direction indicator within the applied 17.5 Critical baseline.

band-crossing-proposed
Countries
United Arab Emirates
23.4
3.4 pts to Critical
United Arab Emirates score: 23.4 — in the Developing band (20–40). 16.6 points to the Functional band.23.416.6 pts to Functional
▼Developing → Criticalcycle 1
Trigger to watch

ICJ ruling in Sudan's case alleging UAE complicity in genocide (filed March 2025); verified cessation of RSF arms transfers constitutes the primary reversal signal. Documented direct UAE-force participation in Sudan would move toward a floor assessment.

band-crossing-proposed

Evidence ledger

Primary sources reviewed in this briefing cycle. 3 sources linked.

united-arab-emiratesTier 4 · Journalism2026-02-19
They formed part of a planned and organised operation that bears the defining characteristics of genocide.
Al Jazeera (citing UN Fact-Finding Mission chair Mohamed Chande Othman)2026-02-19Journalism

The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan found the RSF's late-October 2025 assault on el-Fasher bears the hallmarks of genocide.

united-arab-emiratesTier 2 · UN/IO2026-05-13
evidence has been found of the UAE providing arms to the RSF, smuggling weapons and drones to them via Chad
The Guardian (republished by Genocide Watch)2026-05-13Cross-referenced

The UAE has supplied weapons, drones, and Colombian mercenaries to the RSF in Sudan.

united-arab-emiratesTier 3 · NGO2025-05-08
The presence of recently manufactured Chinese bombs in North Darfur is a clear violation of the arms embargo by the UAE.
Amnesty International (Brian Castner, Head of Crisis Research)2025-05-08NGO

Amnesty International identified UAE-provided Chinese-manufactured weapons in use by the RSF in breach of the UN arms embargo.

Floor designations

·8 entities at composite 0 with documented evidence pattern

Composite scores resolving at zero — methodology disclosure

These entities consistently score the worst result across all 8 dimensions of compassionate conduct — the benchmark's most serious classification.

What “floor” means: every one of the 8 dimensions (Recognition, Response, Reduction, and 5 others) resolves at the lowest behavioral anchor (1.0/5.0) across multiple assessment cycles, yielding a composite score of 0. Full methodology.

Ai Labs

Character AI

Floor
BoundariesAccountabilityEmpathyIntegrity

Ai Labs

Palantir AI

Floor
AwarenessEmpathyAccountabilityEquityIntegrity

Ai Labs

xAI/Grok

Floor
AwarenessEmpathyAccountabilityIntegrity

Countries

Israel

Floor
AwarenessEmpathyEquityBoundariesAccountabilityIntegrity

Countries

Myanmar

Floor
AwarenessEmpathyEquityBoundariesAccountabilityIntegrity

Countries

South Sudan

Floor
AwarenessActionEquityAccountabilitySystemic ThinkingIntegrity

Countries

Sudan

Floor
AwarenessActionEquityBoundariesAccountabilityIntegrity

Robotics Labs

Ghost Robotics

Floor
BoundariesAccountabilityIntegrity

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