Why is it an Area of Concern?

High numbers of violent civilian fatalities in Darfur and South Sudan and the combination of indirect violence due to mass displacement, limitations on humanitarian aid and widespread gender based violence, align with Genocide Intervention Network’s taxonomy and scale of violence against civilians.

Quick Facts

5.6 million
Internally Displaced Persons within Sudan, 2.7 million displaced by the Darfur Crisis.

More than 200,000
Minimum international UN estimates of conflict-related fatalities in Darfur since 2003.

At least 2,500
Killed by Inter-tribal violence in South Sudan in 2009.

Four
Warrants issued by the ICC for crimes committed in Darfur.