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Fighting for Darfur Rebecca Hamilton

Fighting for Darfur By Rebecca Hamilton

Fighting for Darfur by Rebecca Hamilton


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Author Rebecca Hamilton was a key player in the international human rights movement. Drawing on her conversations with the likes of Colin Powell, Michael Gerson, Kofin Annan and Robert Zoellick, this is an inspirational story of how regular citizens can affect foreign policy, and reignite our leaders with a sense of passion and morality.

Fighting for Darfur Summary

Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide by Rebecca Hamilton

Around the world, millions of people have added their voices to protest marches and demonstrations because they believe that, together, they can make a difference. When we failed to stop the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, we promised to never let such a thing happen again. But nine years later, as news began to trickle out of killings in western Sudan, an area known as Darfur, the international community again faced the problem of how the United Nations and the United States government could respond to mass atrocity. Rebecca Hamilton passionately narrates the six-year grassroots campaign to draw global attention to the plight of Darfur's people. From college students who galvanized entire university campuses in the belief that their outcry could save millions of Darfuris still at risk, to celebrities such as Mia Farrow, who spurred politicians to act, to Steven Spielberg, who boycotted the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Hamilton details how advocacy for Darfur was an exuberant, multi-billion dollar effort. She then does what no one has done to date: she takes us into the corridors of power and the camps of Darfur, and reveals the impact of ordinary people's fierce determination to uphold the mantra of 'never again.' Fighting for Darfur weaves a gripping story that both dramatizes our moral dilemma and shows the promise and perils of citizen engagement in a new era of global compassion.

Fighting for Darfur Reviews

'My deepest conviction is that we have both a responsibility to remember and a responsibility to protect. Genocide is not inevitable or unstoppable - unless we choose to let it happen.' - Mia Farrow, from the Foreword 'Rebecca Hamilton is the model of an 'upstander,' one who raises her voice and acts when people - whether near or far, Western or African - are most in need of help.' - LGen. the Honourable Romeo A. Dallaire, author of Shake Hands with the Devil 'A masterful feat of original research and reporting, Fighting for Darfur is an authoritative account of the impact of the first sustained citizens' movement against genocide. With Hamilton's fierce determination to get beyond self-congratulatory slogans and taken-for-granted assumptions about what is required to save lives at risk, she provides insights that will be invaluable for concerned citizens, human rights advocates and policymakers alike for years and years to come. Essential reading for anyone who wants to help build a better world.' -Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines

About Rebecca Hamilton

Rebecca Hamilton is a special correspondent for The Washington Post in Sudan with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and a fellow at the New America Foundation. In 2007 she was selected as a Global Young Leader on Genocide Prevention for spearheading the campaign for Harvard University to divest from companies doing business with Sudan and working with internally displaced populations in Sudan. She worked for the prosecution at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, including on their historic Darfur cases. Currently a resident of New York, Hamilton is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as a former Open Society fellow.

Table of Contents

Preface by Mia Farrow Introduction Part I: Before the Outcry Chapter 1. An Ungovernable Land Chapter 2. The Stage Is Set for Genocide Chapter 3. Darfur Attracts Attention Part II: Building the Outcry Rwanda Never Had Chapter 4. Citizens Heed the Call Chapter 5. Who Will Deliver Justice? Chapter 6. Who Will Provide Protection? Chapter 7. Who Will Push for Peace? Chapter 8. The Limits of the Rwanda Model Part III: Revisiting Assumptions Chapter 9. Searching for a New Way Forward Chapter 10. Moving ChinaChapter 11. The ICC in Action Part IV: Darfur and Beyond Chapter 12. While We Were Watching Darfur Chapter 13. Elections and Expectations Chapter 14. Conclusions Acknowledgments

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GOR008763460
9780230100220
0230100228
Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide by Rebecca Hamilton
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
20110310
272
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