The Sudan Genocide

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The Sudan Genocide
Social Justice Project

• BY. Ryan Woo, Jillian Flannery, Kerry Watson,
  Colby kuvara, and Alex Ohanessian

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Ethical Questions
How do we determine when to intervene in the
affairs of other countries? How do we decide when
to take action on an humanitarian issue? How do
we decide when educating ourselves is no longer
enough? How do we decide what actions to take?
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Sudan
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Sudans Background Economy

• Largest country in North Africa (Size of Western
  Europe)
• Economy based on agriculture
• Accounts for 80 of the work force
• Total population of 35,000,000 people
• One of the most ethnically diverse populations in
  the world.
• Over 400 hundred different ethnic groups
• With own languages
• Because of famine and war, almost 3,000,000
  southerners live in the north
• Two Major ethnic groups, Arab (mostly Muslim) in
  the North, and darker skinned (Christian,
  Animist) people in the South

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Sudans Background Politics

• Authoritarian Government
• President Omar Hassan al-Bashir holds all
  political power
• His party has controlled the government since
  June 30 1989 after taking it by military force.

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Conflict Darfur
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Genocide in Sudan

• There have been decades of tension in Darfur
  between the black Africans, and the Arabs.
• Competed over land, water, and other resources.
• In early 2003 two groups of black Africans
  rebelled against the Sudanese Government.
• To suppress the rebellion the Sudanese trained
  and armed Arab militias (The Janjaweed)
• In the past two years, 300,000 people have been
  killed and 2,000,000 have been displaced from
  their homes.

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Viewpoint Sudan

• The Sudanese government has denied that what has
  taken place in Darfur is genocide.
• Officials have said the findings are consistent
  with reports from human rights groups that have
  visited the region.
• The government of Sudan and the Janjaweed bear
  responsibility
• The government failed to halt the onslaught
  "despite having been put on notice multiple
  times."
• The U.N.'s Genocide Convention, unlike other
  human rights treaties, does not establish a
  specific monitoring body or expert committee to
  respond to genocide.

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View Point U.S.

• Colin Powell and the U.S. recognize the conflict
  as a genocide
• However not enough supplies and man-power being
  sent to the area
• Despite negotiations of a cease-fire in November
  of 2004 and a promised end to attacks on towns in
  Darfur by the Janjaweed, outside forces continue
  to terrorize the country
• African Union along with the U.N. stand on the
  same side of the U.S, but aside from sending
  peacekeeping forces, have not created a complete
  halt in these actions.

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Cycle of Poverty
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Cycle of Violence
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Catholic Social Teaching
The teaching of the Catholic Church promotes the
ten principles. All of the teachings encourage
people to stand against any violation of human
rights, especially genocide. The following
principles directly advocate for followers of the
Christian faith to work against the type of
actions that have been taken in Sudan. The
Principle of Human Dignity, the Principle of
Respect for Human Life, the Principle of
Preferential Protection for the Poor and
Vulnerable, the Principle of Human Equality, and
the Principle of the Common Good.
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Ethical Question
How do we determine when to intervene in the
affairs of other countries? Is it enough to just
educate about the situation? Or do we have a
responsibility to take action? How? When?