Sorry I've been out of the loop for a month or so -- I volunteered to lead a search committee for the head of a local organization and I'm just now catching my breath. (Note to self: Volunteering is really hard work and takes a ton of time...)So, I opened the New York...
Last weekend's signing of the truce between Omar al-Bashir's government and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels in Darfur is a good first step. The government will commute the death...
When Foreign Policy's Morning Brief hit my inbox today, the top story was the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for President Omar Bashir of the Sudan.FP's header gets the...
Lots went on in international criminal justice this past week. A few thoughts about three big news stories and a smaller one are below the fold.1) Omar Bashir was indicted by the International...
From USA Today: “Darfur Benefit Party Brings Celebs Out in Force” While Forest Whitaker chatted with a refugee, his wife, Keisha, worked a table selling her line of lip gloss, with money going to the IRC. Her top seller: the shade she named Forest. Whitaker, who arrived directly from the Toronto set of Repossession Mambo, said issue-oriented films remain high on his agenda. In March, he'll shoot Hurricane Katrina-related The Patriots, to be directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four). Shopping for jeans and dresses, Heather Graham said she was disappointed "that our country isn't doing more for...
The international community's inadequate response to the ongoing genocide in Sudan (and yes, it is a genocide) brings shame upon us all. Recent polling suggests the American people agree, as majorities favor a stronger US commitment to the stop the crimes against humanity being committed by the Sudanese-backed Janjawid.Today, NATO pledged to provide airlift support to send additional African troops to the region:NATO defence ministers gave the green light on Thursday to an operation to airlift extra African troops to Sudan's troubled Darfur region, the alliance's first mission on the...