View a recording from our recent webinar, “COVID-19’s impact on the survivors we serve” [maxbutton id=”54″] All of us at Jewish World Watch want you to know that we are concerned for you, your families and your communities as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis continues. These are clearly extraordinary times for us all. At the same time,…
Just under a month ago, in our last JWW blogpost on Sudan, the country’s transitional government was making steady progress, including by expressing its openness to finally prioritizing justice for the genocide in Darfur. Earlier today, March 9, the prime minister of Sudan’s transitional government, Abdalla Hamdok, survived an assassination attempt when his convoy was…
On February 11, the transitional government announced that several suspects indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes perpetrated in the Darfur region of Sudan should stand trial in The Hague. Although the authorities have not yet formally announced final details, it is presumed that the statement that those “who had arrest warrants issued…
On January 31, the Trump Administration added six countries to its three-year-old travel ban. Once colloquially known as the “Muslim Ban,” the parameters of exclusion seem to have broadened with this new wave of restrictions. While Jewish World Watch (JWW) does not usually comment on immigration policy, since our focus is on protecting civilians from…
The horrors of the Syrian war are unending. If anything, they are mercilessly ramping up, as civilians continue to be wiped out, in blatant contravention of international law. In October, the Turkish offensive into Kurdish controlled northeast Syria made headlines, in large part for the Trump administration’s role in countenancing ethnic cleansing — the forced…
Today, January 23, marks a momentous day in the Rohingya cause, as the International Court of Justice in The Hague ordered the government of Myanmar to take immediate steps to prevent genocide. The highest United Nations court unanimously adopted four legally binding provisional measures that require Myanmar to (1) prevent future genocidal acts, (2) ensure…
Earlier today, on December 20, 2019, President Donald Trump signed into law the bipartisan Global Fragility Act ushering in a new era of prevention-focused foreign policy to tackle the alarming and ever-increasing levels of violence around the world. This landmark legislation was passed as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, approved by the…
Hundreds of thousands of civilians are in grave danger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) eastern Beni Territory in the wake of deadly violence and mass protests that have cut off humanitarian access to the troubled region. As fighting between government forces and armed groups mounts, armed groups are attacking schools and health…
Late on Tuesday evening, December 3, the House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act in a landslide vote of 407 to 1, with 23 not voting. Added to a similar bill that passed the Senate unanimously in September, this amounts to a momentous victory for the persecuted Uyghur population of East Turkestan…
The wheels of justice are finally turning for the Rohingya ethnic minority of Myanmar — survivors of the world’s most recent genocide. It has been a whirlwind week for international justice, as multiple pathways to holding the Myanmar military and government accountable have been activated. Myanmar has denied the genocide and related crimes, so we…