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Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast

A monthly 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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Divesting from Darfur
September 21, 2006

Jason Miller is the national policy director for the Sudan Divestment Taskforce which is involved in nearly 100 divestment campaigns around the country, and he is also pursuing a dual MD/PHD degree at University of California, San Francisco. Jason discusses the various types of divestment campaigns the taskforce handles, the challenges and obstacles the group faces, and the impact of divestment on the fight to end genocide in Darfur.

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Tags: Responses, Sudan

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In Darfur, A Political Solution Must Come First
September 14, 2006

As a consultant to the African Union, Alex de Waal, senior fellow at Harvard’s Global Equity Initiative and author of “Darfur: Short History of a Long War,” helped broker the Darfur Peace Agreement. In an interview with Jerry Fowler, he explains that the agreement is deteriorating because a solution was rushed, not enough parties signed onto the deal, and Darfur is still missing a political solution. Taking a different stance than most, Alex asserts that before protection can be provided to the people of Darfur, a political settlement must be reached.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Responses, Sudan

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The Genocide Intervention Network’s Power to Protect
August 31, 2006

In 2004, as a student at Swarthmore College and as the grandson of Holocaust Survivors, Mark Hanis could not remain idle as genocide raged in Darfur, and founded a student group to raise funds for the African Union. Mark transformed that young organization into a well-known NGO, the Genocide Intervention Network, leading the fight against the genocide emergency in Darfur. He discusses GI-Net's newest initiative, Darfur Scores, and explains the upcoming Power to Protect campaign they are launching with STAND.

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Tags: Prevention, Responses, Sudan

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Defending Human Rights and Rebuilding with Dignity
August 17, 2006

Jane Alao, a psychosocial counselor at the Amel Centre for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in Nyala, South Darfur discusses the objectives of the Centre--to provide treatment, rehabilitation, direct assistance, awareness and legal aid to victims of torture and rape. She focuses on the story of three cousins who were raped on their way to school in Nyala and the legal proceedings of their case.

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Tags: Gender-Based Violence, Human Rights, Justice, Sudan

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Chilling Permanency
August 10, 2006

Award winning actress and UNICEF ambassador, Mia Farrow, and her son and UNICEF youth spokesperson, Ronan Farrow, speak about their first hand accounts of the Darfur refugee camps. They describe the ceaseless struggle of the refugees that they met on their trips to Darfur in November 2004 and this past June, and they express fear of refugee settlements becoming permanent.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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Voice from the Field
July 27, 2006

Ken Bacon, the President of Refugees International, speaks with Jerry Fowler from Khartoum after having spent eleven days in North and South Darfur. He explains what must be done to salvage the fragile Darfur Peace Agreement and emphasizes the need for security. President Bush met with SLA leader, Minni Minawi this past Tuesday, and Ken sent Bush a letter asking him to address these issues in his meeting with the only rebel leader to sign the peace agreement.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Responses, Sudan

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Update on the Humanitarian Situation in Darfur
July 20, 2006

Sarah Margon, Conflict Policy Advisor at Oxfam America, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Darfur.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Responses, Sudan

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A Report from Eastern Chad
July 13, 2006

John Prendergast, Special Advisor to the President of the International Crisis Group, returns to the program to talk about his recent trip to Eastern Chad and parts of Darfur. He discusses the spillover of violence into Chad, the opposition to the Darfur Peace Agreement and the consequences of this resistance, the attempts to overthrow Chad's President, and the possibility of forced recruitment by the rebels in the refugee camps.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Refugees, Responses, Sudan

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A Closer Look at the Darfur Peace Agreement
July 6, 2006

Alfred Taban, the Publisher and Chairman of the Khartoum Monitor, Sudan's only independent English-language daily newspaper, recently received an award from the National Endowment for Democracy and met with President Bush. During his trip to the United States, he sat down with Jerry Fowler to talk about the Darfur Peace Agreement, comparing it to South Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement. They also discussed the situation in the South and the challenges Taban faces as the Publisher of the Khartoum Monitor.

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Tags: Responses, Sudan

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Peacekeeping in Darfur: A Briefing from the United Nations
May 25, 2006

Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations, unpacks the process of the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping mission to Darfur. She addresses what an assessment mission entails, how assets are acquired for the operation, why most contributions come from developing nations, what type of mandate the Darfur mission will have, and why the timeframe for deployment is so long.

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Tags: Humanitarian Update, Responses, Sudan

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