Posts Tagged ‘darfur’
Posted on July 21, 2008 - by Frank
Understanding Humanitarian Problems Through Games
Allow us to introduce you to two great games.
Most sites aimed at helping people to understand different humanitarian problems are very heavily geared towards readers (including this one). They present information that needs to be read. Not all people learn in this way though. For that reason, there are various online games you can now play to understand such situations better.
Jonathan Read from Filmguide alerted The Humanitarian Chronicle to one geared at helping people better understand the Darfur situation - Darfur is Dying. Check it out.
Posted on July 17, 2008 - by Frank
Rape as a Method of Warfare
Often in war times, woman, children and the elderly are abused and mistreated. Seen as the weakest in society, they make easy targets and the crimes committed against them amount to crimes against humanity.
Sexual violence against females, both young and old, is a dark and often unspoken method used in many current war situations. Darfur has helped to highlight this situation, being the biggest case of rape being used as a systematic weapon of warfare, ever.
Posted on July 15, 2008 - by Frank
The ICC Seeks the Arrest of the Sudanese President
Three years ago, the UN Security Council requested that International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, investigate the situation in Darfur. He has undertaken that request thoroughly and based on his research he has just brought the evidence for genocide and crimes against humanity to the judges of Pre-Trial Chamber 1.
The case clearly points to Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir being the mastermind behind the genocide. The statements are strong:
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Posted on July 15, 2008 - by Frank
Darfur: A Call to Action - Video
This is a challenge to faith groups, to act in the Darfur crisis.
Posted on July 13, 2008 - by Frank
Darfur and the ICC
This in from the International Criminal Court:
On Monday 14 July, Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will submit to the Judges of Pre-Trial Chamber I his evidence on crimes committed in the whole of Darfur over the last five years. The filing will be public and a summary there of will be made available. After submitting the filing to the Judges the Prosecutor will brief the press together with Deputy Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda.
This case has been building for some time and Reliefweb reports that this update could include the release of an arrest warrant for the Sudanese President, Omar Hassan al-Bashir with charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Humanitarian organisations are being cautioned because of possible outbreaks of violence should this occur.
Posted on July 12, 2008 - by Frank
Darfur - A Summary
The crisis in Darfur is a problem many have heard of but have failed to grasp. This article is designed to be a quick summary rather than an exhaustive explanation. It is designed to give people a quick understanding of the crisis.
To see a visual/video summary, go to the end of the post.
To understand the history that feeds into the situation and to see the most organised current humanitarian efforts see the Wikipedia article on the situation and visit www.savedarfur.org, an alliance of over 100 faith based, humanitarian and human rights organisations.
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