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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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3/22/07
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Former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights from 1993 – 1998, and the United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 1998 – 2000, John Shattuck now heads the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston. In this interview, he discusses the politics of responding to genocide and the roadblocks encountered and caused by government agencies, the syndromes of past interventions gone bad, the public opinion stalemate, and the conflict resolution paradox. Mr. Shattuck concludes with ideas for bursting through these roadblocks and responding to low level conflicts before they turn into genocide.
This interview is the second of three that Voices on Genocide Prevention is producing in conjunction with Facing History and Ourselves. John Shattuck will participate in an online discussion on March 19th and 20th which you can join by registering here.
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3/08/07
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A pattern of cross-border attacks continues to threaten civilians on the border of Eastern Chad and Darfur, reports David Buchbinder, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, after three trips to the region. Noting the bureaucratic impasses associated with deploying a United Nations force to the region and the lack of security for humanitarian operations, David believes that the prospects for peace and security are far off.
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News anchor for NBC's Today Show, Ann Curry, recently returned from her second trip to the Chad-Sudan border. She speaks with Jerry Fowler about her trip to the region, the deteriorating situation and the brave women she met there. Ann also highlights the importance of public response, noting that the more emails and feedback a story receives and the more the public cares about a story such as Darfur, the more likely the outlet is to continue covering the region.
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11/29/06
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Kofi Annan is not quite ready yet to give up on the UN Human Rights Council, but he realizes there's a serious problem. In what for him are very pointed remarks, he told the Council today that Darfur is "a glaring case" that needs scrutiny. Explicitly acknowledging the utter disaster of the Council's first five months of existence, he concluded: A new atmosphere is vitally needed. . . . It is not too late to make this new beginning worthy of the hopes that humanity has placed in it. Some critics have rushed to a premature judgement. Now is the time, for those members from all regions of the world who are truly dedicated to a strong and effective Council, to prove them wrong. Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, also addressed the Council regarding a number of issues, including human rights in the Middle East, Haiti, Nepal, Iraq, Sri Lanka and Darfur. On Darfur, she didn't mention yesterday's farce of a resolution, but did explicitly articulate the severity of the situation and assess responsibility: [T]he Government of the Sudan and militias aligned with them, and some still actively supported by them, continue to be responsible for the most serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. The crisis in Darfur has also spilled over into Chad and the Central African Republic. Attacks similar to those carried out by armed groups in Darfur have resulted in the death of scores of civilians, and massive displacement in eastern Chad.
Attacks on villages, killing of civilians, rape and the forced displacement of tens of thousands of civilians go on unabated, and have now reached in Darfur the horrific levels of early 2004. Violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law are also being committed by rebel groups. On 22 November the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator, Jan Egeland, reported that 4 million people are now in need of emergency assistance. The number of internally displaced persons has risen to an unprecedented 2 million. The situation, he stressed, is worse than in 2004. The ongoing atrocities must stop.
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