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Politics, Human Rights, and Military and Foreign Policy

• Amnesty International on Sudan--Profile and Updates (New York and Washington, DC)
  
  
• Center for Strategic and International Studies: Africa Reports and Projects---Sudan (Washington, DC)
  Search website for Sudan reports.
  
  
• Civil War in Sudan: the Impact of Ecological Degradation, 1994 (Mohamed Suliman, Centre for Security Studies & Conflict Research, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; via University of Pennyslvania)
  
  
• Communist Party of Sudan (via SudanHosting.Com, Peoria, Arizona)
  
  
• Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005) (via UN Mission in The Sudan below)
  
  
• Conciliation Resources: Peace by Piece: Addressing Sudan's Conflict (2006) by Mark Simmons and Peter Dixon. Accord: an international review of peace initiatives. (Online) (London, UK)
  
  
• Constitution of the Republic of Sudan (1998) (via Constitution Finder, John Paul Jones et al., T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia)
  
  
• Darfur Crisis
  • Africa Action Campaign to Stop Genocide in Darfur: Resources & Analysis (Washington, DC)
    
    
  • African Union Mission in the Sudan, 2004-2007 (Abuja, Nigeria; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
    • News and documents on Darfur; plus links.
      
      
    • Darfur Peace Agreement, May 2006
      
      
    • Old site: African Union -- The Situation in the Darfur Region of The Sudan, 2004-2005
      
    • See also: UNAMID: United Nations--African Union Mission in Darfur (2007--) below.
    
    
  • BBC News In-Depth on Darfur and The Sudan: "Sudan elections put back to 2010" (April 2, 2009) -- "Warning of Darfur Arab rebellion" (November 26, 2007) -- "Civilians killed in Darfur attack" (December 10, 2006)...plus previous stories, background reports since 2004, and maps of conflict zones. (London, UK)
    
    
  • Columbia University: Exhibition of Children's Drawings from the Darfur Crisis (Columbia University Libraries and Human Rights Watch, New York)
    See also: Selected Readings on Darfur, plus Children & War.
    
    
  • Conference on "Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan," Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 21-22, 2008. Co-sponsored by Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center and the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University.
    
    
  • Darfur Consortium -- An African and International Civil Society Action for Darfur (Kampala, Uganda)
    This website includes action statements from African NGOs and links to documents, press releases, and other websites. "[The consortium] is a coalition of more than thirty Africa-based and Africa-focused NGOs dedicated to the working together to promote a just, peaceful and sustainable end to the ongoing humanitarian and human rights crisis in Darfur."
    
    
  • Darfur-Darfur Dialogue & Consultation (DDDC)
    Still under construction: The site offers general information about the DDDC, reports, and news on Darfur peace process and related issues. "The Darfur Peace Agreement, established the DDDC, an autonomous and non-politicized process, mandated to enable Darfurians to voice their opinions and views to achieve sustainable peace and reconciliation in Darfur."
    
    
  • Darfur Information Center (1989-2005) (Dr. Ali Dinar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
    The site offers background history, summaries, reports, editorials, and interviews up to 2005, as well as links to current news and humanitarian web sites on the situation in the Darfur region of the Sudan.
    
    
  • Darfur Peace Agreement, May 2006 (via African Union Mission in Sudan, Abuja, Nigeria and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
    
    
  • Darfur People's Association of New York (Brooklyn, New York)
    
    
  • Enough: The project to end genocide and crimes against humanity (Center for American Progress, Washington, DC)
    -- See especially: Darfur and Southern Sudan
    
    
  • Foreign Policy in Focus: "The Crisis in Darfur: This Wolf is Real & Nobody's Listening." By Salih Booker (September 21, 2004). (Washington, DC)
    --See also: "When Intervention is Necessary, Who Can You Call?" By Salih Booker (August 5, 2004)
    -- FPIF Global Commentary 2004 (General)
    -- Foreign Policy in Focus Home Page
    
    
  • Human Rights First on China, The Sudan & Darfur (see below)
    
    
  • Human Rights Watch: Failing Darfur: Five Years On (2008) (New York)
    The site includes an archive of HR reports and a campaign video. See also: Darfur Drawn: The Conflict in Darfur Through Children's Eyes (2005)
    
    
  • Institute for Security Studies: Darfur Conflict -- Key Documentation (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    
    
  • International Center for Transitional Justice: Reparation and the Darfur Peace Process: Ensuring Victims' Rights. (November 2007) By Suliman Baldo and Lisa Magarrell. (Reparative justice series)
    -- [New York]: ICTJ, 2007. 53 pages in PDF format
    
    
  • International Crisis Group: Crisis in Darfur (July 2008) (Washington, DC ; Brussels, Belgium)
    -- See also: Darfur's New Security Reality (November 2007)
    
    
  • International Criminal Court on Darfur (The Hague, The Netherlands)
    
    
  • London Review of Books. (Online): "The Politics of Naming: Genocide, Civil War, Insurgency" by Mahmood Mamdani (March 8, 2007). Vol. 29, no. 5.
    -- Letters from Gérard Prunier and others in response (April 5, 2007) Vol. 29, no. 7.
    -- Mahmood Mamdani responds (April 26, 2007) Vol. 29, no. 8.
    -- "I will not sign: Alex de Waal writes about the Darfur peace negotiations" (November 30, 2006)
    Vol. 28, no. 23.
    
    
  • Save Darfur Coalition (Washington, DC)
    "[The coalition is] an alliance of over 100 faith-based, humanitarian and human rights organizations [in the United States]. Our mission is to raise public awareness and to mobilize an effective unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of two million people in the Darfur region."
    
    
  • Sidney Morning Herald. (Online): Drawings from the Killing Fields of Darfur. A multimedia exhibit in FLASH, featuring childrens artwork. (Sidney, Australia)
    
    
  • Social Science Research Council Blog: Making Sense of Darfur by Alex de Waal et al. (New York)
    
    
  • UNAMID: United Nations--African Union Mission in Darfur, 2007- (See below)
    
    
  • United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Darfur Humanitarian Needs Profile. Part of UNOCHA Sudan (Khartoum, Sudan; Geneva, Switzerland)
    
    
  • University of California: Understanding the Human Catastrophe in Darfur (2008) Understanding Sudan, A Teaching and Learning Resource (Berkeley, California)
  
  
• The Republic of Sudan -- Ministries (Khartoum, The Sudan)
  
  
• GOSS: The Government of Southern Sudan -- Mission to the United States (Washington, DC)
  
  
• Human Rights First: Investing in tragedy: China's money, arms, and politics in Sudan (March 2008) PDF format (New York)
  See also: Made in China: Stop Arms Sales to Sudan (2008) --and-- "Sudan: The Human Rights Emergency in Darfur" (2003-2006)
  
  
• Human Rights Watch on The Sudan (New York & Washington, DC)
  • Latest news, press releases, etc. on Sudan from HRW
    
    
  • "Crackdown on Khartoum: mass arrests, torture, and disappearances since the May 10 attack" (June 2008) Human Rights Watch report. (33 pages in PDF format)
    
    
  • "'They shot at us as we fled': government attacks on civilians in West Darfur in February 2008" (May 2008) Human Rights Watch report. (40 pages in PDF format)
    
    
  • "Targeting the Fur: mass killings in Darfur" (January 24, 2005). HRW briefing paper.
  • "Darfur destroyed: ethnic cleansing by government and militia forces in western Sudan." (May 2004)
  • Sudan, 2002. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2003. (Online).
  • Sudan, 2001. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2002. (Online).
  • "Human rights causes of the famine in Sudan" (1998-2001)
    March 2001 analysis report, plus links to earlier reports.
  • Sudan, 2000. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2001. (Online).
  • Sudan, 1999. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2000. (Online).
  • Famine in Sudan, 1998: the human rights causes. (Online) -- United States : Human Rights Watch, 1999.
  • Sudan 1998-99. In Human Rights Watch World Report 1999. (Online).
  • Sudan, 1997-98. In Human Rights Watch World Report 1998. (Online).
  
  
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre: Sudan Norwegian Refugee Council (Geneva, Switzerland)
  For each country in the IDP survey, the document collection includes an overall summary, population figures, social indicators, and some analyses.
  
  
• International Crisis Group: Sudan, 2002-- (Crisisweb, ICG, Brussels, Belgium)
  --See especially: Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement: Beyond the Crisis (March 2008) PDF format
  
  
• Justice Africa (London, UK)
  • Sudan briefing. (Online) -- London: Justice Africa, 2002-2006
  • See also: JA's programme on Sudan.
  
  
• Sudan Justice and Equality Movement
  
  
• KAIROS--Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives: Sudan (Toronto, Canada)
  The website features reports on conflict resolution and peace initiatives by Canadian Christian missionary organizations in Sudan...including Darfur. "KAIROS works through the New Sudan Council of Churches in the areas of human rights, peace building, and community development."
  
  
• "Machakos Protocol" on the Sudan, July 22, 2002
  (via United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC)
  See SPLM Today below for May 2004 protocols.
  
  
• National Democratic Institute for International Affairs: A Place to Call Their Own: Southern Sudanese Comment on the Hard Work & Struggles of Self-Governance (September 2007) By Traci D. Cook. -- Washington, DC: NDI, 2007. 56 pages in PDF format
  
  
• National Information Centre -- E-Guide Sudanese Website (Khartoum, Sudan)
  An extensive, Arabic-language directory of links to Sudan websites in both English and Arabic, sponsored by the Sudanese government.
  
  
• Oxfam International on The Sudan (Oxfam International, London)
  • Oxfam Community Aid Abroad on Sudan
  • Oxfam "What We Do": Sudan (includes policy papers & publications)
  
  
• Reporters sans frontières -- News and Reports on Sudan (English version) (Paris, France)
  
  
• The Republic of Sudan -- Ministries (Khartoum)
  • Republic of Sudan--Council of Ministers
    An official website of the Sudanese government in Arabic and in English, with basic information about the system of government and the country.
    
    
  • Sudan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs In Arabic, with some documents in English translation.
    • This official web site: includes current news (SUNA Daily Bulletin) and documents.
    • Recent agreements in Arabic
    • See also: Highlights of Peace Accord, January 9, 2005, below under United Nations Agencies.
  
  
• Rift Valley Institute (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • "...an independent association based in Kenya and the United Kingdom. The Institute was established in 2001 to support research, publishing and educational initiatives in the African Rift Valley region. Fellows of the Institute include academic specialists from Africa, Europe and the Americas and local and international practitioners in the fields of aid, development, environmental conservation and human rights."
  • Sudan Abduction & Slavery Project, 1983-2003
  • See also: Sudan Open Archive below
  
  
• Social Science Research Council -- Crisis in the Horn of Africa (SSRC Africa Program, New York)
  SSRC news analysis forum on Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan.
  -- See also: Making Sense of Darfur
  
  
• Sudan Human Rights Organization - Cairo Branch (Egypt)
  • "SHRO-Cairo disseminates human rights and democracy information that aims to insure the recognition, realization, and enjoyment of human rights norms and principles as enshrined in regional and international human rights instruments and covenants as an integral part of the Constitution, State, and Civil Society of Sudan."
  • Sudanese human rights quarterly, The. (Online) -- Cairo, Egypt: SHRO-Cairo, 2002-
  
  
• Sudan Justice and Equality Movement
  The site features publications by the movement which stands in opposition to the current government in Khartoum and links to news reports.
  
  
• Sudan-L Discussion Forum (via Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia)
  A searchable archive of listserv messages from Sudanese and others mostly on politics in The Sudan since 2002 and related matters.
  
  
• Sudan Open Archive (Rift Valley Institute, London, UK & Nairobi, Kenya)
  "The first phase of the Archive involved the digitisation of technical reports on aid and development from Operation Lifeline Sudan (1989-2005). A library of contemporary and historical literature on environmental issues was added in 2006; a collection of reports on local peace processes in 2007. They will be followed by further ethnographic writing, grammars and dictionaries of Sudanese languages, and collections of documents in Arabic."
  -- Includes an archive of e-books & documents and an extensive list of web sites
  
  
• SPLM Today -- Official Website of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement/Army (Nairobi, Kenya?)
  • The website includes news, documents, and related links.
  • SPLM Documents, 1994-2005
  Including: Agreements and Protocols between the Government of Sudan and the SPLM in 2004-2005
  
  
  
• "Sudan: Recasting U.S. Policy," by Dan Connell (November 2000) Foreign policy in focus. (Online) Vol. 5, no. 40. (Silver City and Albuquerque, New Mexico: Interhemispheric Resource Center ; Washington, DC: Institute for Policy Studies.)
  
  
• Sudan Tribune: Documents and Reports on the Sudan (SudanTribune.com, Ltd., via Agence des Médias Numérique, Paris, France)
  
  
• The Umma Party Sudan Web Site (Cairo, Egypt; Washington, DC)
  The home page of the opposition party in exile.
  
  
• United Nations Agencies on The Sudan
  • UN System in the Sudan, Sudan Information Gateway
    
    
  • Report of the Secretary-General on The Sudan, April 22, 2008 (S/2008/267)
    -- See also: Special Envoy for Darfur, December 2006 to present
    
    
  • UNAMID: United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur, 2007-
    News, reports, and related links on the UN and the AU in Darfur since July 31, 2007.
    
    
  • UNMIS--UN Mission in the Sudan (Home Page)
    The site includes the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA); and news updates.
    
    
  • UN Mission in the Sudan--UNMIS, 2005-2007 (UN Department of Peacekeeping, New York and Khartoum)
    "...on 24 March 2005, [the Security Council] decided to establish the [UNMIS] to support implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed by the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army on 9 January 2005; and to perform certain functions relating to humanitarian assistance, and protection and promotion of human rights."
    
    
  • ReliefWeb: Highlights of Peace Accord, January 9, 2005 (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Report of the UN Secretary General...on Darfur, The Sudan, 30 August 2004 (S/2004/703)
    
    
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on The Sudan (Geneva, Switzerland)
    See Research/Evaluation...Country and Legal Information Search.
  
  
• United States. Department of State: Sudan Country Report on Human Rights Practices: 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
  
  
• United States Embassy in Khartoum, The Sudan (U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC)
  
  
• United States. Institute of Peace: The Sudan:
  • Peace agreements, 2002-2005
  • Special report: Sudan: Ending the war, moving talks forward, 1994
  
  
• University of California: Understanding Sudan: A Teaching and Learning Resource (Berkeley, California)
  An extensive list of links and fact sheets for teacher and classroom use. "This portal will be developed over three years (2005-2008), and will portray the variety of Sudanese experiences, showcase not only empirical facts of the country's history, political economy, ecology, societies and cultures, but also its literatures in indigenous and colonial languages, arts and music, and scholarly work."