Judgment on Genocide :: Action Letter to Bush

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Dear President Bush: After four years of genocide, bold action is required to protect civilians in Darfur. A United Nations peacekeeping force must be immediately deployed to Darfur despite opposition by Sudan's genocidal regime. At the same time, the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation of genocide in Darfur must proceed unhindered by the Sudanese government. President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has directed systematic violence that has resulted in 400,000 deaths, displacement of millions of civilians and the use of rape as a weapon of war. Now he is threatening ICC investigators and witnesses with imprisonment, torture and murder. In 2005 a United Nations commission of inquiry collected evidence of the Sudanese government's war crimes, genocide, ethnic cleansing and other crimes against humanity. Based upon this evidence, ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo opened an investigation on the Darfur crisis. We admire the decision of the United States to support the ICC investigation, and we hope that President George W. Bush will demand full cooperation from the Sudanese government with the ICC investigation. We also are grateful to the Bush administration in pressing for a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur. Given the Sudanese government's foot-dragging on peace while it launches a new military offensive in northern Darfur, the time has come for a non-consensual deployment of UN peacekeepers. This force requires a strong mandate to protect both civilians and humanitarian aid organizations providing assistance to civilians from attacks by government forces, government-sponsored militias and rebel groups. Justice is a requirement of an enduring peace. Therefore, we call upon President George W. Bush to support the indictment, arrest and trial of individual perpetrators of genocide in Darfur as part of an overall international effort to bring forth peace in Sudan. Sincerely,
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The Secretary of State should be contacted as well, although she does not have an email address. You can contact Secretary Rice by calling 202-647-5291 or faxing your comments to 202-647-2283

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