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[11 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]
Click Here to Watch the New Mini-Documentary on Humanitarian NGOs and the International Criminal Court

This six-minute micro-documentary explores the tensions between humanitarian NGOs and advocates for international justice. The president of Save the Children describes his organization’s explusion from Sudan by President Bashir after the ICC charged Bashir with crimes against humanity in March 2009. The ICC Prosecutor argues that President Bashir expelled these groups, not because of any real cooperation between the NGOs and his office, but to pressure the international community. The president of Human Rights Watch calls for a “parallel partnership” between humanitarian NGOs and the ICC to prevent…

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[13 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
From Idi Amin to Al-Bashir: A Critical Moment for International Criminal Justice

An estimated 300,000 to 500,000 people died under his brutal reign of terror. Justice was never served. 80,000 of the country’s minority, named “bloodsuckers” by the tyrant, were expelled with 90 days to flee their property and possessions. Justice was never served. No, this is not al-Bashir’s Sudan. This is Uganda, and at the helm of hell was military dictator and President Idi Amin, who died in exile on Saudi Arabian soil in 2003. Following his 8 years as ruler of Uganda in the 1970s, Idi Amin spent 24 years unpunished, living seaside in the Kingdom. The rivers of justice ran dry as the former President soaked up the sun for more than two decades.