By Tsveta Dobreva, Emergency Response Network Intern Our previous post examined Darfur’s environmental issues as an alternative root cause for the region’s ongoing conflict. In this piece we will look at the refugee crisis which has resulted from the prolonged tensions. About 1.4 million internally displaced Darfurians reside at camps stricken with diseases and insecurity. [...]
Ignoring its international legal obligations under the Rome Treaty yet again, Chad has welcomed another alleged war criminal from Darfur to its territory. Yesterday, Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed traveled to Chad for the fourth intergovernmental conference regarding the Sudanese-Chadian border. This is Hussein’s first visit to Chad since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued [...]
By Yasmeen Aslami, Communications Through our work at the IJP, we try to share with you the human interest stories of the people with which we work. These stories provide not only inspiration to continue the fight, but also deep insight into the effects of the conflict on the victims. Below is a second story [...]
“The Forgotten Genocide: Darfur” In one of the most remote regions of the African continent, a relatively unnoticed insurgency movement came to be defined as one of the greatest atrocities of the twenty-first century. Though the numbers are varied, it is estimated that the number of human casualties range upwards of several hundred thousand dead, [...]
By Kristin Rosella, Program Director, and Chané Jones, Social Media and Communications Since I have been at the IJP, Co-Founder Raymond M. Brown has said that “justice is a verb, not only a noun” when speaking about the Darfur situation and International Criminal Court (ICC) cases. But until recently, I had never heard “injustice” used [...]
For Immediate Release United to End Genocide: Erik Leaver, (240) 535-8725 Physician for Human Rights: Andrea Gittleman, (202) 728-5335 x303 International Justice Project: Kristin Rosella, (734) 649-9873 March 4, 2013 marked four years since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for his crimes in Darfur. Undeterred by [...]
By Yasmeen Aslami, Communications and Social Media Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s recent visit to Chad is an incredible source of concern for the international community, as he is the subject of two arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). As a perpetrator of genocide, crimes [...]
By Elina Shtrakhman, Advocacy & Policy During my first week at the International Justice Project (IJP), I was outraged to learn that while the locations of the four accused, Ali Kushayb, Ahmad Harun, President Omar al-Bashir, and Abdel Raheem Hussein, in the Darfur cases at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague are known, [...]
HEALTH & REPARATIONS PROJECT (HARP) LAUNCH & IJP POLICY ADVISORY MEETING On October 23-24, 2012, representatives of the International Justice Project (IJP), IJP Co-Founders Wanda M. Akin, Esq. and Raymond M. Brown, Esq., and their Darfurian allies traveled to Boston, Massachusetts to launch IJP’s newest program—the Darfurian Community Health and Reparation Project (HARP)—in partnership with [...]
By Geoff Blackwell, Law & Policy, IJP Humanity has a longstanding love-hate relationship with intractable conflicts—the more multifaceted, the better. Initially, the media covers the conflict from every angle, reporting whenever any aspect changes and fearing that the latest story will be missed. We listen to opinions from various players and those affected by the [...]
