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The paper presents a chronological description of the events in Darfur and considers the factors that prevented post-genocide interventions and actions. The paper also explores whether the local government can be held responsible in terms of the Genocide Convention. The paper shows how while there has been worldwide outrage and condemnation, very little has been done in concrete terms to hold perpetrators accountable. The paper addresses the question of whether something can be done to change the current tendency to ignore genocide when it occurs.

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"The Darfur genocide has a history of significant length that begins with several separate conflicts. The first of these is the conflict between the national government based in Khartoum and two rebel groups in Darfur, known as the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement. At the basis of this conflict was what the rebels saw as political and economic marginalization. After a major rebel attack on a Khartoum military airfield, Khartoum's intention was to eradicate the rebels. Instead citizens were in the way and mass violence followed (Straus: 125)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Human Rights Watch. "Darfur Drawn: The Conflict in Darfur Through Children's Eyes". 2005. http://hrw.org/photos/2005/darfur/drawings/4.htm
• -- Publications: "Entrenching Impunity: Governmetn Responsibility for International Crimes in Darfur. December 2005 Volume 17, No. 17(A). http://hrw.org/reports/2005/darfur1205/index.htm
• International Commission on Intervention and State Soverignty. "The Responsibility to Protect". Dec. 2001. http://www.iciss.ca/report-en.asp
• Prevent Genocide International. "Convetion on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide." U.N.T.S. (United Nations Treaty Series), No. 1021, vol. 78 (1951), p. 277. Available online: http://www.preventgenocide.org/law/convention/text.htm#VIII
• Straus, Scott. "Darfur and the Genocide Debate". Foreign Affairs, Vol. 84, No. 1. Jan/Feb 2005.

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