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A Crisis Looms Large in Darfur
Yesterday the United Nations and the Government of Sudan released a joint assessment that begins to calculate the enormous humanitarian implications that expelling thirteen aid groups from Sudan will have on civilians in Sudan, particularly in the Darfur region. The estimates are grim: more than a million people will go without food rations by May and water could run out in some camps for ... Read More
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China breaking UN embargo in Sudan: BBC report
AFP - 7/14/2008
Court seeks arrest of Sudan's Beshir for 'genocide'
AFP - 7/14/2008
ICC to Charge President of Sudan for Crimes Against Humanity
L.A Times - 7/11/2008
G-8 Summit Darfur Statement
Government of Japan - 7/9/2008
UN Peace Keepers Attacked in North Darfur
AFP - 7/9/2008
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HRF Analysis Finds That Countries Supporting Sudan, With Arms Sales or Other Assistance, Risk Legal Liability for Failure to Prevent Genocide
The International Criminal Court Prosecutor's recent decision to seek genocide charges against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir puts countries on notice that genocide may be occurring in Darfur. This triggers their international legal obligations under the Genocide Convention, which requires that when faced with a serious risk of genocide, countries take all measures within their power to prevent the atrocities. Countries that continue to deliver arms to the Sudanese government, and to provide other forms of support, risk legal liability for failure to prevent genocide and are at serious risk of being found complicit in genocide themselves. Those countries must suspend their arms transfers immediately in order to comply with the Genocide Convention
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