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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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Memory: A Vibrant Message to the World
June 26, 2008

A boy of seven when the Nazi German army captured his home town of Bialystok, Poland, Leo Melamed fled with his parents, eventually coming to the U.S. Among the incredible successes in his life, Melamed also devoted his time to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, serving on the Museum's Council from 1991 - 2005. He played a leadership role in the creation of the Museum's Committee on Conscience, which addresses on-going threats of genocide and related crimes against humanity. He speaks about why he, as a survivor, feels the COC is a critical part of the Museum's mandate.

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Tags: Holocaust, Legacies, Refugees, Responses

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Women changing Rwanda’s future
May 1, 2008

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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Tags: Gender-Based Violence, Legacies, Responses, Rwanda

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The impact of the Rwandan genocide on Congo
March 6, 2008

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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Tags: DR Congo, Gender-Based Violence, Legacies, Rwanda

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Mobutu’s Legacy and Congo Today
February 21, 2008

Congolese journalist and writer, Mvemba Dizolele, joins us again to discuss the legacy of long-time ruler of then Zaire (now Congo) Mobutu Sese Seko.

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Tags: DR Congo, Human Rights, Humanitarian Update, Legacies

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Violence in the Northern Caucasus
February 7, 2008

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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Tags: Chechnya, Human Rights, Humanitarian Update, Legacies

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A Fond Farewell
January 31, 2008

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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Tags: History and Concept, Holocaust, Legacies, Prevention, Responses, Sudan

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Lemkin’s Legacy
December 27, 2007

Michael Ignatieff on Raphael Lemkin and the word "genocide."

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Tags: History and Concept, Holocaust, Legacies

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Tending the Youth Movement in Serbia
December 13, 2007

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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Tags: Kosovo, Legacies, Responses

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Memory and Ethics
November 22, 2007

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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Tags: History and Concept, Holocaust, Human Rights, Legacies

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Due Process and Denial
October 25, 2007

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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Tags: History and Concept, Holocaust, Justice, Legacies, Rwanda

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