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That human rights had been violated, but that the conflict was not genocide
Note:This is a very expansive and complicated question with a complicated answer and cannot be covered adequately in a few short sentences.Please refer to the links on this page for a fuller understanding of the situation and current conditions. [Copy and paste into your browser to access]Wikipedia on Darfur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_DarfurAmnesty USA on Darfur http://www.amnestyusa.org/darfur/darfur-history/page.do?id=1351103
Currently, the president of Sudan (the capital of Darfur, as Darfur is only a region) is the brutal dictator, Omar Al Bashir. Bashir has been charged by the international criminal Court with crimes against humanity, as well as war crimes. Very soon there will be an election, whether this election is free and fair remains to be seen, but with the next election almost upon us, there has been an upswing in violence. We can only hope for the best.
Darfur is an example of the application of international criminal law. The International Criminal Court in the Hague (more precisely the prosecutor to the court) has indicted Al-Bashir and several others on numerous counts of crimes against humanity, warcrimes, and genocide. The case is an example of the application of international law. Although Darfur is not party to the Rome Statute creating the ICC, it was granted jurisdiction by the UN. The ICC thus offers an enforcement mechanism to punish especially severe crimes deemed to be directed 'against humanity'. The fact that most of those indicted have not been apprehended also shows the limits set to the enforceability of international law, which is very much dependent on sufficient international political backing.
The war in Darfur has been going on since early 2003 when rebels took up arms against the government for discriminating non-Arab population in Darfur.
The war in Darfur has been going on since early 2003 when rebels took up arms against the government for discriminating non-Arab population in Darfur.
It was Janjaweed militia supported by the Umar Al Bashar government of Sudan
The address of the Darfur Branch Library is: 200 Adrian St., Darfur, 56022 0191
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the darfur conflict began in 2003
nothing they were not in any way in the genocide of darfur nothing they were not in any way in the genocide of darfur
The people of Darfur are being raped, looted, shot, children thrown in fires, and dead remains thrown in wells poisoning the water for the Darfur refugees who escaped the Janjaweed attacks.