Monthly Archives: March 2009
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Did NGOs Pass Information to the ICC?
Alex, I just posted a piece on whether NGOs passed information to the ICC, which is on this link. In a recent piece in the Christian ... -
Are Coups d’Etat Making a Comeback?
Last Tuesday 12 March, in Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, an elected President resigned under pressure from the opposition with the support of the armed forces, and a ... -
How Can Elections be Held in Darfur?
The US Institute of Peace has just published an important briefing on the question of how elections can be held in Darfur under the current circumstances. ... -
What is the Way Out for Sudan?
Since 4 March 2009, when the ICC announced its decision to indict President El Bashir, the ICC issue has become the only issue in Sudan. The ... -
Darfur: The Stakes of the Label ‘Genocide’
Darfur and the Crime of Genocide is an ambitious and in places interesting book that makes some important contributions. The core contributions concern the detailed analysis ... -
Rectifying the Neglect of Sudan’s Judiciary
Manichaean Delirium: Decolonizing the Judiciary and Islamic Renewal in Sudan, 1898-1985 by Abdullahi Ibrahim. Few have written in detail about the key institution of the Sudan ... -
Darfur: Local Understandings of the Violence
Darfur and the Crime of Genocide is a terrific book, one that deserves praise for doing at least three important things. First, the authors, John Hagan ... -
Darfur: Appealing the Genocide Decision?
I was surprised to learn that the Prosecutor of the ICC is seeking leave to appeal against the Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision to not to charge President ... -
On the Significance of Determining whether Darfur is Genocide
In his latest contribution to the debate “what should Obama do about Darfur?” in The New Republic, Alan Wolfe poses the question, why does it matter ... -
Darfur: Atrocity Statistics
John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond’s Darfur and the Crime of Genocide constitutes an important, if not always entirely compelling, contribution to the study of genocide. The ...