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Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast

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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An international justice skeptic
March 19, 2009

Adam Smith, who comes from a family of Holocaust survivors and trained as an international lawyer, discusses his book After Genocide: Bringing the Devil to Justice. The book is critical of the current system of international justice.

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Tags: Bosnia, Justice, Responses, Rwanda

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Gender-based violence and genocide
February 5, 2009

Kelly Askin discusses the increasing attention paid to gender-based violence in genocidal situations. Askin is the Senior legal officer with the International Justice program at Open Society Justice Initiative.

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Tags: Bosnia, DR Congo, Gender-Based Violence, Justice, Rwanda

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Uncovering the evidence
January 8, 2009

Forensic anthropologist Jose Pablo Baraybar has exhumed mass graves in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Kosovo. He discusses this work and his current mission, to find and identify the 15,000 missing in his native Peru.

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Tags: Bosnia, Human Rights, Kosovo, Legacies, Rwanda

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A place where tears are dried
December 25, 2008

Adapting an Israeli model for helping orphans, Anne Heyman is leading efforts to create a youth village for Rwandan orphans. She discusses the inspiration for the project and how she has managed to make it a reality.

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Tags: Gender-Based Violence, Holocaust, Legacies, Responses, Rwanda

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A blueprint for improving U.S. government response to threats of genocide and mass atrocities
December 11, 2008

The Museum’s John Heffernan and U.S. Institute of Peace’s Lawrence Woocher discuss the newly released report of the Genocide Prevention Task Force. The Task Force was convened by the Museum, USIP and the American Academy of Diplomacy.

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Tags: Holocaust, Human Rights, Justice, Responses, Rwanda, Sudan

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The courage to forgive and to bring hope
November 27, 2008

In 1998, Rose Mapendo was swept up in the ethnic battles inside Democratic Republic of Congo and sent to what she describes as a death camp. Despite enormous suffering and loss, she found the courage to forgive her jailors and became the inspiration for a new organization, Mapendo International, that provides emergency help to refugees.

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Tags: Burundi, DR Congo, Refugees, Responses, Rwanda

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Ripples of Genocide: An Update on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Part Two
October 2, 2008

In a special two–part podcast, Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic of the Enough Project update the issues in the Museum's online exhibit, Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo (2003). Part one focuses on the situation on the ground, and Part Two explores regional and international responses.

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Tags: DR Congo, Gender-Based Violence, Humanitarian Update, Responses, Rwanda

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Ripples of Genocide: An Update on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Part One
September 18, 2008

In the first episode of a special two–part podcast, Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic of the Enough Project update the issues in the Museum's online exhibit, Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo (2003). Part one focuses on the situation on the ground, and Part Two explores regional and international responses.

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Tags: DR Congo, Gender-Based Violence, Humanitarian Update, Responses, Rwanda

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Arresting a President?
July 24, 2008

International law expert William Schabas discusses the decision of the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court to request an arrest warrant for President Bashir of Sudan. The Sudanese president is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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Tags: Bosnia, DR Congo, Holocaust, Justice, Rwanda, Sudan

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Women changing Rwanda’s future
May 1, 2008

Elizabeth Powley with the Initiative for Inclusive Security discusses how women are playing leadership roles and changing the political landscape in Rwanda.

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Tags: Gender-Based Violence, Legacies, Responses, Rwanda

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