The Children’s Drawings are evidence of the dignity and agency of children who have endured unspeakable horrors, from Darfur’s genocide starting in 2003, to the near total destruction of Sudan in the war which started April 2023.
These resilient, resourceful artists made it clear to us that they were survivors, not victims.
We have sought to honour their legacy through the drawings’ regular use in museum exhibitions, by lawyers, educators, researchers, and media professionals. The children’s drawings were accepted as contextual evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur at the International Criminal Court (ICC) when former President Omar Al-Bashir and three other high-level accomplices were indicted by the Court. Originals of the drawings now reside on permanent loan at The Wiener Holocaust Library.
In April 2024 we launched a book featuring the children’s voices.