Three years ago, I sat in on a meeting with some of the negotiators at the 2005 World Summit. It was the morning after the Summit outcome document had been approved – something that had looked very unlikely even 36 hours before. All were exhausted.
“It’s not a bad result,” one said. “But we didn’t get [...]
The following was in yesterday’s New York Times. Interested to hear views on this debate.
July 17, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist [link]
Prosecuting Genocide
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Many aid workers and diplomats suffered a panic attack when the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court sought an arrest warrant this week for the president of Sudan, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, for [...]
Nicholas Kristof has used his column in the New York Times to note the G8’s collective shrug over Darfur and ask the rhetorical question, “Is genocide really that bad?”
The answer is yes, he concludes; genocide is the ultimate human crime. It is interesting to read some of the comments that readers posted on Kristof’s blog [...]
The Washington Post says the peacekeeping operation in Darfur is hobbled by inadequate numbers and equipment as well as bureaucratic hurdles:
Logistical and bureaucratic obstacles imposed by the Sudanese government, which has tried to block the force from the start, have prevented the full deployment of the new battalions. But Western nations that pushed for the [...]
Darfur - Waiting for Justice from Aegis Trust on Vimeo.
A 17-minute video from Aegis Trust, in which survivors from villages attacked by Sudanese Government forces and Janjaweed militia in West Darfur directly implicate two men already indicted by the ICC on 51 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur: Ali Kushayb, a [...]
More help is at hand for those strugging to understand the complex situation in Sudan: pithy analysis from the Council on Foreign Relations
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He’s nothing if not consistent. Alex De Waal continues to equate R2P with armed intervention, which he says would be counterproductive in Darfur.
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Becky Tinsley in The New Statesman: “In the four years I have been campaigning against the genocide in Darfur, I have realised that the rules of the schoolyard apply to international relations. Unless nations come together to call the bullies’ bluff, the thugs will continue to divide and rule, to terrorize, and to make the [...]
Following Steven Spielberg’s resignation as Artistic Director of the Beijing Olympics, a number of leading advocacy groups have released a joint statement calling on China ‘to use all the influence at its disposal to press the Sudanese government to a) permit the swift, full and effective deployment of UNAMID; b) implement the North-South peace deal [...]