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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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5/01/08
Women changing Rwanda’s future
 Interview: 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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Filed under: Genocide, Human Rights, Interview, Rwanda
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4/17/08
5.4 million and counting
 Interview: Bob Kitchen discusses the series of mortality studies that his organization, the International Rescue Committee, has conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The most recent study found that 5.4 million people have died in DRC since 1998.
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Filed under: Congo, Genocide, Human Rights, Interview
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4/03/08
Darfur in Sudanese and regional contexts
 Interview: Alex de Waal discusses recent upsurge in fighting in Darfur, how it connects to events in Chad, and what to watch for in southern Sudan.
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Filed under: Darfur, Genocide, Human Rights, Interview, South Sudan
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3/06/08
The impact of the Rwandan genocide on Congo
 Interview: Alison des Forges, senior advisor to the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, was one of the few people drawing attention to the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Here she discusses the impact that event continues to have on its neighboring country, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Filed under: Congo, Genocide, Human Rights, Interview, Post, Rwanda
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2/07/08
Violence in the Northern Caucasus
 Interview: Greogory Shvedov of the Caucasian Knot and International Memorial discusses the current situation in Chechnya and how violence is spreading throughout the Northern Caucasus.
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Filed under: Chechnya, Genocide, Human Rights, Interview
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1/31/08
A Fond Farewell
 Interview: As he prepares to take on his new role as Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition, Jerry Fowler, former Voices on Genocide Prevention host and Committee on Conscience Staff Director, reflects on his time at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Filed under: Darfur, Genocide, Holocaust, Interview
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1/17/08
Rattling the Big Cage
 Interview: China has recently appeared rattled by efforts to link the upcoming Beijing Olympics to China's strong support for Sudan's genocidal government. Dream for Darfur's Jill Savitt explains why.
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Jerry Fowler Jan 17, 2008 - 08:00 AM | (0) Comments | Tell-a-Friend | Permalink
Filed under: China, Darfur, Genocide, Interview, Olympics
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1/03/08
What’s in Your Portfolio?
 Interview: Adam Sterling, director of Genocide Intervention Network's Sudan Divestment Task Force, discusses the growing divestment movement, which received a boost with passage of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA).
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Filed under: Darfur, Genocide, Interview
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12/27/07
Lemkin’s Legacy
 Interview: Michael Ignatieff on Raphael Lemkin and the word "genocide."
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12/13/07
Tending the Youth Movement in Serbia
 Interview: Dragan Popovic, program coordinator with the Serbian non-governmental organization, Youth Initiative for Human Rights, discusses youth involvement in human rights issues and the impending final status decision for Kosovo.
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Filed under: Genocide, Human Rights, Interview, Kosovo
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12/07/07
The Impossible Mandate?
 Interview: Victoria Holt is senior associate at the Henry L. Stimson Center and one of the five Expert Group leads for the Genocide Prevention Task Force, jointly convened by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the United States Institute of Peace and the American Academy of Diplomacy. In this interview, she discusses the challenges that peacekeeping forces have faced in genocidal situations, and what that implies for the hybrid UN-AU force in Darfur and for the future.
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11/29/07
Narrating Atrocities
 Interview: James Dawes is a professor of English at Macalester College and the author of That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity. He discusses with guest host Bridget Conley-Zilkic the role of storytelling in making atrocities known to the world.
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11/22/07
Memory and Ethics
 Interview: Having spent the majority of his career teaching about the Holocaust and genocide, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Philosophy, John Roth, shares his thoughts on the ethical responsibility that memory imposes upon human beings. As discussed in "The Holocaust and the Common Good," an essay in his book, "Ethics During and After the Holocaust: In the Shadow of Birkenau," John discusses how memory shapes our values and our choices.
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11/08/07
Tents of Hope
 Interview: Darfur activist Tim Nonn discusses his latest national campaign, "Tents of Hope," and the challenge of maintaining hope and bearing witness in the face of genocide.
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Filed under: Chad, Darfur, Genocide, Interview
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10/25/07
Due Process and Denial
 Interview: Do war crimes trials help create a shared historical understanding? Historian Donald Bloxham, this year’s J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Senior Scholar-in-Residence at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the effect of the Nuremberg trials of top Nazis on attitudes of the German public and of post-World War I trials of top Ottoman officials on attitudes of the Turkish public.
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