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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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Independence for Kosovo
April 5, 2007

Ambassador Morton Abramowitz, Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation and a former president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, speaks with Jerry Folwer about the current situation in Kosovo and the United Nations’ Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari's, drafted plan to resolve the region’s so called final status. Ambassador Abramowitz recently had an article in Newsweek International arguing that it is time to decide about Kosovo.

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

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Justice in the Courts
March 29, 2007

Diane Orentlicher, professor of International Law at Washington College of Law at American University, discusses recent decisions related to impunity made in the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court and how these decisions will play out over the next few months.

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Tags: Bosnia, Justice

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Genocide Prevention Roadblocks
March 15, 2007

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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Tags: Bosnia, History and Concept, Justice, Prevention, Responses, Rwanda, Sudan

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Our Walls Bear Witness
November 16, 2006

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will project wall-sized images of the genocide in Darfur onto its facade every night during Thanksgiving week, marking the first time the national memorial's exterior will be used to highlight contemporary genocide. The photographs are drawn from the work of some of the world's premier photojournalists, including VoGP guest Ron Haviv. Ron discusses the challenges he faces as a crisis photographer, what brought him to Darfur and his work in the Balkans.

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Tags: Bosnia, Responses, Sudan

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Can there be justice in Bosnia or Iraq ?
September 28, 2006

Michael Scharf, Professor of Law and Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western University Law School in Cleveland, discusses the possiblity for justice in the recent verdict in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for the case of Momčilo Krajišnik. Having just returned from the Netherlands where he was advising on how to handle a defendant such as Saddam Hussein, he also speaks about Saddam's second trial that is currently taking place in Baghdad.

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Tags: Bosnia, Justice, Sudan

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Final Solutions: The Relationship Between Mass Killings and Political Elites
June 15, 2006

Ben Valentino, a Political Scientist at Dartmouth University discusses his book, "Final Solutions: Mass Killings and Genocide in the 20th Century" with Jerry Fowler. He explains the concept behind the word "mass killing" which he uses in his book to encompass the intentional killing of 50,000 or more civilians over the course of five or fewer years. Instead of concentrating solely on the common causes of genocide, namely social factors, Mr. Valentino examines mass killings--a wider and more comprehensive field--focusing on the political elites in power, their goals and how they came to power.

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Tags: Bosnia, History and Concept, Prevention, Rwanda

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The Failed States Index: A Discussion with Pauline Baker
June 1, 2006

Pauline Baker, the President of the Fund for Peace, discusses the recent publication of the Failed States Index, in partnership with Foreign Policy Magazine. She explains the meaning of "failed state," highlights key indicators of these states, and explains the significance behind worldwide trends of failing states. Ms. Baker also points out that although the United States is considered stable, it has pockets of failure.

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Tags: Bosnia, Guatemala, Human Rights, Prevention, Responses

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Special Episode: Bosnian President Sulejman Tihic on the Challenges Facing Bosnia Today
May 24, 2006

On a recent visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Bosnian President Sulejman Tihic spoke with Jerry Fowler in the Darfur Display of the Wexner Learning Center about the major challenges facing Bosnia today, dealing with the truth of Bosnia's history, accountability for war crimes, and returning displaced persons to their homes. They also discuss Bosnia's responsibility in soliciting an international response to the crisis in Darfur.

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Tags: Bosnia, Human Rights, Justice, Legacies

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What is Justice?
April 20, 2006

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum historian, Edna Friedberg, and Case Western Reserve University law professor Michael Scharf discuss the meaning of justice in the context of Nuremberg, the international tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and the International Criminal Court with regard to Darfur. Edna created the Museum's exhibition, "The Nuremberg Trials: What is Justice," and she speaks about the limits of justice and the limits of the law. Michael discusses the deterrant effect of the existence of a permanent International Criminal Court.

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Tags: Armenia, Bosnia, History and Concept, Holocaust, Justice, Legacies, Prevention, Rwanda

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