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Book/Printed Material "Men with no mercy" : Rapid Support Forces attacks against civilians in Darfur, Sudan. Rapid Support Forces attacks against civilians in Darfur, Sudan / Sudan, "men with no mercy"

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Title

  • "Men with no mercy" : Rapid Support Forces attacks against civilians in Darfur, Sudan.

Other Title

  • Rapid Support Forces attacks against civilians in Darfur, Sudan
  • Sudan, "men with no mercy"

Summary

  • "Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a government force under the command of the National Intelligence and Security Services, have led two counterinsurgency campaigns in the long-embattled region of Darfur in 2014 and 2015. The RSF and other Sudanese government forces have committed numerous serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law against civilians, including torture, extrajudicial killings and mass rapes. [This report] is based on research conducted between October 2014 and July 2015. ... Human Rights Watch calls on the United Nations Security Council, the African Union Peace and Security Council, and the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darafur, UN-AMID, to take concrete steps to protect civilians in Darfur from further abuse."--Page [4] of cover.

Names

  • Loeb, Jonathan, [author]
  • Human Rights Watch (Organization), issuing body.

Created / Published

  • [New York] : Human Rights Watch, [2015]
  • ©2015

Contents

  • Map of Darfur -- Summary and recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background -- II. Rapid Support Forces attacks on civilians since 2014 -- III. Accounts of defectors from Sudanese military forces -- IV. Applicable legal standards -- Acknowledgements -- Annex. Human Rights Watch letter to Sudanese authorities regarding Rapid Support Forces abuses in Darfur.

Headings

  • -  Crimes against humanity--Sudan--Darfur
  • -  Sudan--History--Darfur Conflict, 2003
  • -  Civil war--Protection of civilians--Sudan--Darfur
  • -  Paramilitary forces--Sudan--Darfur
  • -  State-sponsored terrorism--Sudan--Darfur
  • -  Sudan--History--2011

Notes

  • -  "September 2015"--Table of contents page.
  • -  "This report was written and researched by Jonathan Loeb..."--Page 83.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Also available online via the World Wide Web.

Medium

  • i, 88 pages : color maps ; 26 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DT159.6.D27 L64 2015

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016303167

OCLC Number

  • n931800644

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Chicago citation style:

Loeb, Jonathan, Author, and Issuing Body Human Rights Watch. "Men with no mercy": Rapid Support Forces attacks against civilians in Darfur, Sudan. [New York: Human Rights Watch, ©, 2015] Web.. https://lccn.loc.gov/2016303167.

APA citation style:

Loeb, J. & Human Rights Watch, I. B. (2015) "Men with no mercy": Rapid Support Forces attacks against civilians in Darfur, Sudan. [New York: Human Rights Watch, ©] [Web.] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://lccn.loc.gov/2016303167.

MLA citation style:

Loeb, Jonathan, Author, and Issuing Body Human Rights Watch. "Men with no mercy": Rapid Support Forces attacks against civilians in Darfur, Sudan. [New York: Human Rights Watch, ©, 2015] Web.. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <lccn.loc.gov/2016303167>.