Darfur: Eyewitnesses on film implicate Sudanese Minister in war crimes ahead of ICC report to UN

In a 17-minute film released today by the Aegis Trust with the support of Open Society Justice Initiative and Human Rights First, and circulated to UN diplomats on the eve of the ICC’s six-monthly report to the UN Security Council, survivors from villages attacked by Sudanese Government forces and Janjaweed militia in West Darfur directly implicate the two men indicted by the ICC on 51 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur: Ali Kushayb, a leader of the Janjaweed, and Ahmad Harun, Sudan’s current Humanitarian Affairs Minister.

By Aegis Trust, UK.

Humanitarian Intervention Policy Resource.

Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children's and Young People's Services

NFER is one of the four core partners in the consortium selected as the preferred bidder to run the new Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children's and Young People's Services. Commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), the Centre is due to be launched in July. Other consortium members are the National Children's Bureau (lead partner), Research in Practice and the Social Care Institute for Excellence.

By NFER, UK.

Education Policy Resource.

The value of social care professionals working in extended schools

This research, funded through NFER’s Research Development Fund, explores the impact of social care professionals working within the multi-disciplinary environment of an extended school. It identifies a range of different models of multi-agency activity between social care professionals and extended schools, as well as a number of key issues for consideration (including challenges, key factors for success and benefits) when adopting such a collaborative approach.

By NFER, UK.

Education Policy Resource.

Electing local leaders

The idea of having more elected mayors in England seems to have pushed its way back up the political agenda. Even before the ‘Boris and Ken show’, there were signs that momentum was emerging in all the main parties behind the idea of introducing more mayors into England’s cities. The government’s forthcoming white paper will be watched with interest by supporters and detractors of elected mayors alike. Will they seize the initiative and give more people the right to elect their local leader?

By IPPR, UK.

Governance Policy Resource.