UN Charter pledged us to save generations from scourge of war, defend human rights and justice.
Amid horror of El Fasher we must return to those words as rebuke for international failure, and challenge that world can do better.
My remarks: bit.ly/47n75Ck
#R2P remains a vital call to prevent atrocities. Yesterday we were honored to join 🇬🇹🇱🇺🇲🇦🇦🇺🇸🇱 in convening global leaders to discuss #R2P20 @ #UNGA80: incl. political will for atrocity prevention, elevating regional systems & centering CSOs in protection efforts.
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According to the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, a Sudanese NGO, there have been 227 attacks by the RSF on #ElFasher since the start of the war in #Sudan.
Around 250k people still remain in the city despite famine, cholera, and shelling.
www.acjps.org/publications...
📖 🌎 On Friday the UNGA concluded its plenary meeting on #R2P.
This year’s debate marked 20 years since R2P’s adoption - a key moment to reflect on progress and ongoing gaps in implementation, political will and prevention.
Read our full summary of state participation and key themes here 👇
Brief assessment of new round of EU sanctions on #Sudan:
- Kaikal is a militia leader responsible for atrocities in Al-Jazeera, associated with both SAF and RSF
- Barsham is linked to atrocities in West Kordofan.
Sanctions thus target violence across Sudan 1/
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Today, 18 July, the EU imposed sanctions on those responsible for grave human rights violations and threats to peace in Sudan. Measures include asset freezes, funding restrictions, and EU travel bans.
The people of Sudan have a right to freedom, peace and justice.
Read more: europa.eu/!whWfDw
The humanitarian crisis in #Sudan undoubtedly deserves urgent attention and international response. But we must not lose sight of the fact that it is an entirely man-made crisis - driven by conflict, violence and atrocities.
Accountability is essential and action is long overdue. #R2P 2/2
Too often, the focus on #Sudan centers only on the humanitarian situation - while grave human rights violations & #atrocities go overlooked.
But as @monarishmawi.bsky.social of the UN’s Fact-Finding Mission emphasized: Sudan “is not only a humanitarian crisis, but a crisis of humanity itself.“ 1/2
Sudan is facing brutal conflict, and indifference from the world.
Where is the funding?
Where is the accountability?
We call on all with influence to step up.
My statement: bit.ly/4jH3xyZ
#UNSC members have finally agreed on the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of its subsidiary bodies, setting a record for the longest duration without agreement (by months!), and in contravention to Note 507 @scprocedure.bsky.social @screport.bsky.social
The 5 false assumptions embodied in the R2P project are:
➡ underestimating the complexity of mass atrocity prevention
➡ overestimating constraints to R2P
➡ believing there would be a consensus over existing crimes
➡ believing states would reconstruct national interests
➡ misjudging regional action
The 4 developments urging us to question whether R2P is ‘dead’ are:
➡ changing world order & implications for all human rights norms
➡ language shift away from R2P
➡ resistance to R2P within the UN
➡ lack of R2P leadership
⚖ The R2P norm death narrative is problematic for both critics and defenders of the norm. Critics create an overly high benchmark against which to measure the norm, allowing defenders to dismiss its death with relative ease.
🤔 How do we know when a norm is dead? Much of the existing literature discusses how norms are made as opposed to ‘norm death.’
Gallagher addresses this gap by analysing R2P from a norm death perspective.
In the wake of mass atrocities in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, and Myanmar, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm faces renewed charges that it is in fact dead.
In this 🧵, @adriangallagher.bsky.social helps us understand the crisis of the R2P 👇
Check out this 🆕 issue of #R2P in Focus, covering all the updates on #R2P20 from the Global Centre this month.
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R2P was born as the world watched the genocide in #Darfur unfold. 20 yrs later, it’s happening again.
Int'l engagement in #Sudan, shaped by deals with those committing #atrocities, is reinforcing the very violence R2P was meant to prevent.
20 years of #R2P and the unfulfilled promise in Darfur
Youth-driven and neighborhood-based mutual aid groups in #Sudan are creating support networks that directly address their communities’ needs, while challenging traditional power structures.
It’s important to highlight how these grassroots efforts are reshaping how humanitarian aid can be delivered.
From running soup kitchens to launching education hubs in conflict zones, Sudan’s mutual aid groups are stepping in where international aid groups can’t – or won’t.
This roundup highlights the scale of their work and the many challenges they face. ⬇️
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#BREAKING Clashes in Sudanese city El-Fasher killed at least 57 civilians: medical source, aid group
In this week's issue of #AtrocityAlert:
🔺 Hundreds of civilians killed during coordinated attacks in #Darfur
🔺 Palestinians in #Gaza endure Israeli-made humanitarian catastrophe amid atrocities
🔺 Rates of sexual violence against children are rising in eastern #DRC
Full issue: bit.ly/4igKw61
Clear language from the UN Acting Special Adviser on the Prevention of #Genocide:
“We have warned before & keep warning: the risk of genocide & other atrocity crimes remains a stark reality in #Sudan, especially in the conflict in the #Darfur region”
“Further #atrocities can & must be prevented”
The unfolding tragedy in #Darfur cannot be met with silence and inaction.
As we mark the 2nd anniversary of the conflict in #Sudan, the warning signs are unmistakable, and the responsibility to respond is urgent.
The international community must not allow this crisis to escalate unchecked. #R2P
In commemoration of Genocide Prevention & Awareness Month & #R2P20, GCR2P's International Advisory Board co-Chairs, Hon. Gareth Evans & Dr. Jennifer Welsh, wrote a statement reflecting on progress made & the work that still lies ahead.
Read the full statement ⬇️
www.globalr2p.org/publications...
Screenshot of an X post by the Sudanese American physicians association. “Zamzam is now under RSF control” - 13:45 Sudan Time, last communication from our team.
On day 3 of the onslaught, Zamzam IDP Camp is now under RSF control.
Mass exodus of civilians from the camp, and mass killings of those trying to escape.
The screenshot below is from the Sudanese American Physicians Association, the last message from their team on the ground.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Already in February, @gcr2p.bsky.social raised alarm over the risk to civilians in #Zamzam camp after the #RSF’s first ground attacks.
Since then violence has only continued, totally unchecked and unpunished. The world cannot afford silence. #NorthDarfur #Sudan
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. @nonviolentpeaceforce.org also raised the alarm on an imminent risk of #genocide amid ongoing violence in and around #ElFasher and Zamzam Camp.
“Civilians are effectively trapped, with few options to keep themselves and others safe from targeted attacks.”
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UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, condemned these attacks in the strongest possible terms and said “this represents yet another deadly and unacceptable escalation in a series of brutal attacks on displaced people and aid workers.” #Sudan
reliefweb.int/report/sudan...
‼️ Zamzam IDP camp in #NorthDarfur is being attacked from multiple directions by the #RSF.
Hundreds of civilians, including at least 20 children, are feared dead.
1.5 million civilians are now at imminent risk of ethnically motivated violence and #atrocities
#Sudan
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
As civilians struggle through two years of war and violence in #Sudan, Nonviolent Peaceforce is raising the alarm on an imminent risk of genocide amid ongoing violence in and around El Fasher and Zamzam Camp in North #Darfur.
nonviolentpeaceforce.org/to-avert-cat...
