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Civilian devastation : abuses by all parties in the war in southern Sudan.

Title
Civilian devastation : abuses by all parties in the war in southern Sudan.
Author
Rone, Jemera.
Publication
New York : Human Rights Watch, c1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Prendergast, John.
  • Prendergast, John, 1963-
  • Sorenson, Karen.
  • Human Rights Watch (Organization)
  • Human Rights Watch/Africa
Description
xiv, 279 p. : maps; 23 xm.
Summary
Since 1983, the civil war in southern Sudan has claimed the lives of some 1.3 million civilians as a result of targeted killings, indiscriminate fire, or starvation and disease. Both government and rebel forces are culpable as they wage war in total disregard for the welfare of civilians, violating almost every rule of war applicable in an internal armed conflict. Government forces have engaged in indiscriminate aerial bombardments, scorched each tactics, torture, disapperance and summary executions. The two factions of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army have engaged in indiscriminate attacks, destruction of property, looting, and long-term sieges that starve civilians. The cumulative effect has been to turn Sudan's southern region into a permanent emergency situation where war, flood, drought, and disease have torn apart ordinary survival strategies and made millions dependent in whole or in part on international assistance.
Alternative Title
Sudan, Civilian devastation.
Subject
  • Since 1985
  • Human rights > Southern Region
  • War victims > Southern Region
  • War > Protection of civilians
  • Human rights > Sudan
  • South Sudan > Politics and government
  • Sudan > Politics and government > 1985-
  • Sudan > Social conditions
Note
  • Spine title: Sudan, civilian devastation.
  • "Written by Jemera Rone with the help of John Prendergast"--P. xi.
  • "Human Rights Watch/Africa (formerly Africa Watch)."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Background -- Violations of the rules of war by government forces -- SPLA violations of the rules of war -- Recommendations.
ISBN
1564321290
LCCN
^^^94075427^
OCLC
  • 31029671
  • SCSB-10495801
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library