Yearly Archives: 2010
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Sudan: Reports on the Elections
The Carter Center issued an assessment of the electoral process in Sudan today, concluding that the elections are generally proceeding well, but there are shortcomings in ... -
Sudan: The North-South Elections Dichotomy
There are just four weeks to go before polling stations are set to open across Sudan, giving voters a choice of political parties for the first ... -
In Memoriam: Abdel Salam Hassan
Abdel Salam Hassan Abdel Salam, who died in London this weekend, was a guiding light of Sudan’s human rights movement. He was one of a remarkable ... -
Perceptions, Perspectives, and Representations: The Advocacy Debate
Quote from an Enough Project blog post: “So until Sudanese people no longer fear that their village may be attacked by government-sponsored militias, that their mothers ... -
What the ICC Review Conference Can’t Fix
At a meeting with Africanist scholars in London in 2007, Luis Moreno-Ocampo faced tough questioning over why the ICC had decided to pursue only the Lord’s ... -
A Note on State Policy and Crimes Against Humanity
On 18 February 2010, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber II issued a Decision Requesting Clarification and Additional Information in the Situation in the Republic ... -
Will The ICC Give Ocampo the Benefit of the Doubt in Kenya? – Inside the Minds of the Judges
On 26 November 2009, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, requested permission from Pre-Trial Chamber II to conduct formal investigations in Kenya, the first ... -
The Limits of Prosecutions
There exists in Africa a general agreement about the need for accountability, but a divergence exists as to how this could be pursued. Some countries use ... -
Understanding Africa’s Position on the International Criminal Court
Introduction Much of the debate around the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) relationship with Africa has tended to focus on the case of Sudan’s Darfur region and ... -
The Contribution African States Can Make to the ICC Review Conference
In the short life of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Review Conference of the Rome Statute scheduled to take place in Kampala from 31 May ...