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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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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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Update from a Darfurian human rights activist
November 13, 2008

Adeeb Yousif is from Darfur, Sudan and has worked to document the genocide there. He first spoke with us in 2006. Now he returns to tell us about Darfur's current most pressing issues.

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Tags: Human Rights, Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Sudan

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Changing the world, student to student
October 30, 2008

Listen to the amazing story of how a group of American students connected with a Sudanese student to build a better future.

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Tags: Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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In opposition: the work of Sudanese human rights lawyer, Salih Osman Mahmoud
September 4, 2008

Salih Osman Mahmoud has risked his life to improve the human rights situation in Sudan. A native of Darfur, he worked on human rights issues in that region before joining Parliament as a member of the opposition.

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Tags: Human Rights, Humanitarian Update, Justice, Sudan

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More than a sporting event
August 21, 2008

Olympic Gold winning speed skater Joey Cheek talks about why he believes the Olympic Games are more than a sporting event.

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Tags: Responses, Sudan

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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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Abyei Destroyed
June 12, 2008

In a series of reports published by the Enough Project, Sudan expert, Roger Winter, has been documenting threats to the town of Abyei, which is situated at the contested border of Northern and Southern Sudan. In this interview, he provides eyewitness testimony of the destruction of Abyei by Sudanese govenrment forces in mid-May of this year.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Responses, Sudan

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The Road to Omdurman
May 29, 2008

Julie Flint, co-author with Alex de Waal of Darfur: A Short History of a Long War, discusses some of the preliminary information coming out about the Darfur rebel attack on the Sudanese city of Omdurman.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Sudan

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The Road to N’Djamena
May 15, 2008

Human Rights Watch researcher David Buchbinder returns to Voices on Genocide Prevention to analyze the conflict in Chad and how it relates to violence across the border in Sudan.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Responses, Sudan

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Darfur in Sudanese and regional contexts
April 3, 2008

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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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Sudan

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