Author: Alex de Waal
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Jan Pronk’s Wisdom
Before his final departure from Sudan in December 2006, Jan Pronk addressed the UN staff in Khartoum and Juba. In his address he presented fifteen guidelines ... -
Darfur: Don’t Do Anything – Stop and Think for a Moment
At a moment like this, in which the ICC and the P3 have massively increased their threat against the Government of Sudan, which has retaliated in ... -
What Should Obama Do About Darfur?
Today, The New Republic opens an online debate including Richard Just (the editor), Alan Wolfe, Eric Reeves, Elizabeth Rubin, and myself, on the question of what ... -
Sudanese Uncharted Waters
The die is cast. Sudan has entered uncharted waters as a result of the ICC arrest warrant against President Omar al Bashir. And indeed it is ... -
Deaths in Darfur – Data
There has been much controversy over the numbers of people killed in Darfur. It is increasingly possible to move beyond extrapolation to an actual count of ... -
Sudan: A Ceasefire in Prospect?
After the Sudan Government and JEM signed a ‘Declaration of Intent’ in Doha earlier this week, hopes have been raised that a ceasefire might be in ... -
ICC vs. Bashir: Debating the Interests of Justice
Sadia al Imam writes The allocation of responsibility for issues of justice, peace and democracy between the OTP and the UN Security Council is an important ... -
The ICC vs. Bashir: Debating Genocidal Intent
Daniel Agundo writes: Genocide may generally be a crime committed as an outcome of a political ideology or plan for violent societal transformation, requiring a socio-political ... -
The ICC vs. Bashir: Debating the Mode of Liability
I have had a number of interesting questions and challenges to different aspects of my critique of the Bashir application. I am bunching them together thematically ... -
Genocide: Where Law and Sociology Meet
Starting today, we open a debate on John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond’s Darfur and the Crime of Genocide. Over the coming days, a number of commentators ...