Testimony of John Prendergast – Human Rights Violations in Sudan
Testimony of John Prendergast, Founding Director of the Enough Project, before the United States Congress Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing on “Human Rights Violations in Sudan,” given on March 4, 2015 ...
Testimony on The Troubling Case of Mariam Ibrahim
Ten years ago yesterday, the United States Congress determined that the violence that plagued the Darfur region of Sudan is a genocide perpetrated by the country’s own government ...
Testimony of John Prendergast – U.S. Policy Toward Sudan and South Sudan
Testimony of John Prendergast, Co-Founder of Enough Project, before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Human Rights, and International Organizations on U.S. policy on Sudan and South Sudan given on February 26, 2014 ...
Testimony of John Prendergast – The Situation in South Sudan
Testimony of John Prendergast, Co-Founder of Enough Project, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the situation in South Sudan given on January 9, 2014 ...
Testimony of John Prendergast Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee for State Foreign Operations
East and central Africa is battered by an arch of chronic conflict that stretches from Somalia to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo and Sudan alone account for nearly eight million deaths due to the legacy of war in the past two decades. Although the United States has provided billions of dollars in humanitarian aid, support for peacekeeping missions, and electoral assistance, this aid has not yet succeeded in altering the dynamics that have kept this region dangerously destabilized ...
Testimony of John Prendergast Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The precarious peace between northern and southern Sudan stands at a crucial crossroads. Intended by its architects as the cornerstone of peace in a country fractured by conflict, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, or CPA, has been hamstrung by the National Congress Party’s intransigence, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement’s growing pains, and the international community’s neglect ...
Testimony of John Prendergast Before the US Commission on International Religious Freedom
My testimony today will address threats to the agreement that ended that brutal war—Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). However, I want to focus my remarks on the significant opportunities available right now not just to implement that agreement, but to achieve a lasting peace for all of Sudan, including Darfur. The stakes could hardly be higher. If the CPA unravels, there will be no chance for peace in Darfur, and if Darfur continues to deteriorate, the likelihood increases dramatically of a return to what was—for 20 years—a far more destructive war in the South ...
Testimony of John Norris, Executive Director of the Enough Project Before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus
I would like to thank the caucus for holding this hearing today, and once again demonstrating much needed leadership in this arena. The Human Rights Caucus continues to be one of the great unsung heroes of the Congress, and a terrific example of the bipartisan commitment in the Congress to fundamental rights around the globe ...
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 ...
Congressional Human Rights Caucus Briefing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thank you very much for the opportunity to brief the Caucus on this important and too often neglected topic. Before I begin, I, along with all of my colleagues at ENOUGH, would like to extend our condolences to the family and friends of Congressman Tom Lantos. Congressman Lantos was a tireless advocate for human rights. His passing is a loss not only to those of us working on these issues, but to all of the disenfranchised and oppressed people in the world who have been touched by his leadership and vision ...
