As the Darfur genocide enters its fifth year, and two years after UN Security Council Resolution 1593 (March 2005) referred violations of international law in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the ICC has ...
Archives for February 2007
Khartoum Accommodated: US “Lowers the Bar” for Regime’s Gnocidaires
During a recent interview on PBS's "NewsHour" (February 16, 2007), US special envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios gave clear evidence of a Bush administration strategy to back away from meaningful efforts to pressure Khartoum over ...
Is Khartoum Interested in Darfur Peace Talks? The Case of Suleiman Jamous
Although the name "Suleiman Jamous" is hardly familiar, even within the world of Darfur advocacy, he is one of the true heroes to emerge from the desperate conflict of the past four years. Jamous, chief humanitarian ...
On China and the 2008 Olympic Games
The full-scale launch of a large, organized campaign to highlight China's complicity in the Darfur genocide appears likely to begin soon. But it's past time to start thinking about how to tap the creative power of students ...
Understanding Chinese President Hu’s Business Trip to Khartoum
To understand just how little was accomplished in halting ongoing genocidal destruction in Darfur during Chinese President Hu Jintao's much-touted business trip to Khartoum, we need to understand the larger context in which ...