Abbay Media - The Ethiopian Information Bank

The Genocide Case
Against Meles Zenawi
"We also believe that the Ethiopian people have been waiting long enough for genuine justice and relief from the harsh oppression and brutal tactics committed by a government that purports to be a partner in the War on Terror"
Dr. Gregory Stanton, President of Genocide Watch

Interview with Dr Gregory Stanton, President of Genocide Watch - Addis Dimts (English & Amharic)

Interview with the President of Genocide Watch, Dr Gregory Stanton on Meles' Case - VOA Radio

Interview with the President of Genocide Watch, Dr Gregory Stanton - D.Welle Radio

VOA News regarding the call of Genocide case against Meles - VOA Amharic, 1 April 2009

Letter to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court - Hagos (pdf)

Open Letter to Dr. Greg Stanton, President of Genocide Watch

Weyane Dismisses Calls for UN Investigation of Genocide - Listen to Butty interview with Asamnew

VOA

Genocide Watch calls on UN to initiate action against Meles - 31st March 2009

Open Letter from Genocide Watch to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - March 23, 2009

Dr. Greg Stanton, the Founder and President of Genocide Watch, and the President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, created the Eight Stages of Genocide to provide a methodical analysis to predict, and prevent genocides.
The Eight Stages of Genocide are: Classification, Symbolization, Dehumanization, Organization, Polarization, Preparation, Extermination, and Denial.

Ethiopia ratified the Genocide Convention on July 1, 1949, the first nation to ratify the Convention.

Ethiopia incorporated the crime of genocide into domestic penal law in 1957 as Article 281 of the Ethiopian Penal Code (see text)

Ethiopia ratified the Geneva Conventions of 1949 on October 2, 1969 and ratified the Additional Geneva Protocols of 1977 on April 8, 1994.

Ethiopia did not sign and has not yet become a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.