VOICES ON GENOCIDE PREVENTION

A bi-weekly audio series and podcast service, hosted by Committee on Conscience Project Director Bridget Conley-Zilkic, that brings you the voices of human rights defenders, experts, advocates, and government officials. Vital voices addressing one of humanity's most vital issues. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.

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3/08/07

The Legacy of Raphael Lemkin

Interview: Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History at Brown University, details the legacy of Raphael Lemkin, the Jewish lawyer from Poland who coined the term genocide. He also discusses whether mass violence is different today than earlier in human existence as well as the significance of the codification since the Holocaust of international prohibitions against genocide.

This interview is the first of three that Voices on Genocide Prevention is producing in conjunction with Facing History and Ourselves. Professor Bartov will participate in an online discussion on March 12th and 13th which you can join by registering here.

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Filed under: Bosnia, Darfur, Genocide, Holocaust, Human Rights, ICC, Interview, Rwanda, United Nations

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VOICES ON GENOCIDE PREVENTION - AN INTERNET TALK SHOW FROM THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

Stay up-to-date on the crisis in Darfur as well as the continuing challenge of preventing and responding to genocide and related crimes against humanity around the world. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum presents a weekly interview program, hosted by Jerry Fowler, that brings you the voices you don’t always hear in mainstream media – from human rights defenders to experts to advocates to government officials. Vital voices addressing one of humanity’s most vital issues.

Subscribe and listen to the show as a weekly podcast, or listen to individual programs online, and post your comments about the interviews on the blog.

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