I should have posted yesterday, but I've not been well. I won't dwell on it.

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide was signed yesterday... 60 years ago. 60 years of genocide have followed it.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was singed today... 60 years ago. It's clearky had a similar result.

Amnesty ( Read more... )

Food aid reaches Congo rebel town

The World Food Programme delivered a tonne of high-energy biscuits for children and said it hoped to send more convoys to the area on Friday ( Read more... )

Thousands flee DR Congo violence

Tens of thousands of residents, refugees and government troops have fled the town of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, despite rebel forces declaring a ceasefire to prevent panic ( Read more... )

I've posted before about the DRC, and it's back in the news ( Read more... )

Not entirely on topic, but it's been a while.
It's busy here.

North Korea clamps down on mobile phones to stop news of food crisis

North Korea is clamping down on mobile phones and long distance telephone calls to prevent the spread of news about a worsening food crisis, according to the United Nations investigator on human rights for the ( Read more... )

UN classifies rape a 'war tactic'

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously in favour of a resolution classifying rape as a weapon of war ( Read more... )

Darfur: Millions of Vulnerable Civilians Sliding Closer to Starvation The international community fails to heed the warning signs or hold Khartoum accountable ( Read more... )

“China’s Genocide Games,” The Boston Globe, March 22, 2008 ( Read more... )