A partial list of those declaring Darfur to be the site of genocide:
The US Congress declared in July 2004—in a unanimous, bipartisan, bicameral vote—that genocide was occurring in Darfur;
The Parliament of the European Union passed a resolution in September 2004 declaring the realities of human destruction in Darfur were “tantamount to genocide”; the vote was 566 to 6;
Senior officials of the British, French and German governments;
Physicians for Human Rights, including the distinguished international jurist Richard Goldstone;
US Committee for Refugees;
American Jewish World Service;
Africa Action;
African Center for Justice and Peace Studies;
Justice Africa (UK);
Yad Vashem;
Enough Project, Washington DC;
Genocide Watch;
Bill Shultz, former head of Amnesty International/USA;
Rómeo Dallaire, force commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR), 1993 – 1994;
President George W. Bush;
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in testimony to the Congress (this on the basis of a comprehensive study undertaken by the Coalition for International Justice);
Senator, candidate, and President Barack Obama;
Samantha Power, Obama administration Ambassador to the UN and author of “A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide;
Obama administration Ambassador to the UN and subsequently National Security Adviser Susan Rice;
Former Senior NSC Africa Adviser in the Obama administration and current administrator of USAID Gayle Smith;
The Parliament of the European Union passed a resolution in September 2004—over a year ago—by a vote of 566 to 6, also declaring the realities of human destruction in Darfur are “tantamount to genocide”;
The Committee on Conscience of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum issued in 2004 an unprecedented genocide finding for Darfur;
Scores of prominent genocide and international law scholars;
Countless Sudanese academics, humanitarians, human rights activists, and leaders of internally displaced persons in Darfur.