Don’t Blame Human Rights Activists for Crimes Against Humanity
Don’t Blame Human Rights Activists for Crimes Against Humanity ...
Seeking Justice for Zimbabwe: A Case for Accountability Against Robert Mugabe and Others, 1981-2008
For almost three decades Robert Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe. Under his regime Zimbabwe has declined into a state of anarchy. Recent political unrest around the elections for President has resulted in death, destruction of property, persecution of political opponents, and the flight of Zimbabweans out of the country ...
The Merits of Justice
In a welcome step, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court requested an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Darfur. This move is not only based on sound evidence, but can be a step forward in the path to secure peace ...
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir: The Record Speaks for Itself
With the International Criminal Court's move to charge Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for genocide in Darfur, we here at the ENOUGH project though you might like to be reminded of some of his past comments and behavior ...
Memorandum to Djibril Bassolé: Building blocks for peace in Darfur
We congratulate you and welcome your appointment as mediator for the Darfur peace process. Your work is as vital as it will be challenging, and we believe that with leadership,and credible support from the international community, peace is within reach for Darfur. Equally clear without an effective peace process, Darfur’s violence will continue, and Sudan’s ultimate fragmentation will only become more likely ...
Testimony of Gayle E. Smith before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law
Testimony of Gayle E. Smith: "From Nuremberg to Darfur: Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity" Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund Co-Founder, the ENOUGH Project Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law ...
Briefing by John Prendergast before the United Nations Security Council
With its latest invasion-by-proxy in Chad, the Sudanese government is taking its defiance of the United Nations Security Council to a new level. As we speak, Khartoum is sponsoring and supporting an open and transparent effort to overthrow a neighboring government. A month ago, the regime burned the strategic town of Abyei to the ground, leaving the North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) at extreme risk. This comes against the backdrop of a government offensive in Darfur and ongoing support to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), whose actions threaten the children of four countries ...
Keeping Our Word: Fulfilling the Mandate to Protect Civilians in Darfur
Almost a year has passed since the United Nations Security Council approved a civilian protection force for Darfur. But the United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur, known as UNAMID, is stunted ...
Past Due: Remove the FDLR from Eastern Congo (Strategy Paper)
The world has had 14 years to take action against the perpetrators of the genocide and those who now terrorize eastern Congo in their name, but the international response remains sorely inadequate. Absent an international action plan to finally remove this scourge, eastern Congo will continue to suffer ...
Abyei Aflame: An Update From the Field (Strategy Paper)
Five weeks after Enough issued its report “Sounding the Alarm on Abyei” the town of Abyei has ceased to exist. Brigade 31 of the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, has displaced the entire civilian population and burned Abyei’s market and homes to the ground. These events were predicted, and absent effective word and action, they became inevitable. Somehow, the United States government missed all the signals—again. There is still time to prevent a return to full-scale war throughout Sudan, but the Bush administration must step up and make sure the international community is doing all it can to bring peace ...
