Congolese Leader Jacques Bahati Reports on the Importance of the SEC Rules for Congolese Miners
Congolese leader Jacques Bahati of the Africa Faith and Justice Network recently returned from a visit to mining communities in eastern Congo and published an interesting report on his findings. The visit concluded that while the SEC continues to delay its decision on the Dodd Frank section 1502 for conflict mineral reform, people in Congo are left hanging in a state of ambiguity ...
New Senate Bill Demands Humanitarian Access to South Kordofan and Blue Nile
Following last Wednesday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing at which George Clooney and John Prendergast testified about their recent trip to the Nuba Mountains, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a resolution calling on the Sudanese government and the SPLM-North to cease hostilities and find a political solution to the conflict ongoing since June 2011 ...
Congress to Consider Expansion of Rewards for Justice Program
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade is now considering legislation that would expand the Rewards for Justice Program to bolster efforts to arrest the most wanted international criminals, including longtime leader of Lord’s Resistance Army Joseph Kony ...
George Clooney, Leading Rights Activists, Congressmen Arrested at Protest Demanding End to Government-led Violence in Sudan
“Al-Bashir to the ICC! Al-Bashir to the ICC!” The call-and-response rang out this morning as hundreds of people marched towards the Sudanese embassy to stand in solidarity with the people of Sudan and demand that its government abandon their weapons of mass starvation. In the culminating event for the national day of action for Sudan, actor and activist George Clooney was joined by his father, Nick Clooney, Enough Project Co-founder John Prendergast, and an inspiring line-up of U.S. Congressmen, human rights activists, and faith leaders ...
Intel Publicly Sets Goal to Make Conflict-Free Chip by 2013
In a new video, Intel took a significant step beyond the commitments of other electronics companies by publicly stating its intent “to manufacture the world’s first verified, conflict-free microprocessor by 2013.” No other company from the electronics, jewelry, or automotive sectors have made a similar commitment, so this goal represents a serious step forward ...
So You’ve Watched Kony 2012? Now Take the Next Step
If the hearing words “Kony 2012” doesn’t automatically ignite a spark of recognition, you are probably the last of a dwindling set of people who have not yet encountered this viral campaign taking the world by storm over the past week. As partners in the Kony 2012 campaign, Enough and Resolve have developed complementary actions that build off the massive success of the campaign and encourage new activists to go beyond awareness raising to take other meaningful steps ...
Congressmen and Human Rights Champions Jim McGovern and Frank Wolf Introduce New Sudan Bill
Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) introduced legislation that calls for a comprehensive approach to end serious human rights abuses and promote democratic transformation in Sudan ...
U.N. Report Singles Out Worst Offenders of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
A recent U.N. report has for the first time explicitly named a number of armed groups and military forces around the world suspected to be the worst perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence. The annual report, which was released in January, identifies extreme cases of sexual violence, provides examples of how sexual violence has threatened security and impeded peacebuilding in post-conflict situations, and makes strategic recommendations on how to prevent such offenses in the future ...
NGOs Call for Accountability for Abuses of Sri Lankan Civilians
In a recent statement to the United Nations, the Enough Project in conjunction with a coalition of other NGOs is urging the U.N. Human Rights Council to examine the severe atrocities committed by Sri Lankan security forces and rebels during the final months of the country’s 26-year civil war. The statement backs an initiative by United States to press the council to address impunity in Sri Lanka during the HRC’s upcoming session in March ...
Change the Story, Change the Reality: How Reframing the Discourse on Congo Can Shape its Future
Faced with a constant slate of storyboards pitching “us versus them” versions of the world, filmmaker and social activist Mike Ramsdell asks the question, “What if we decided to tell each other stories that unite? That empower? That engage?” Instead of taking the common, distant approach towards telling the story of Congo, Ramsdell, in his recent TEDx talk, offers what he hopes will be a more effective strategy for galvanizing action ...
