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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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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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The courage to forgive and to bring hope
November 27, 2008

In 1998, Rose Mapendo was swept up in the ethnic battles inside Democratic Republic of Congo and sent to what she describes as a death camp. Despite enormous suffering and loss, she found the courage to forgive her jailors and became the inspiration for a new organization, Mapendo International, that provides emergency help to refugees.

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Tags: Burundi, DR Congo, Refugees, Responses, Rwanda

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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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A school in the crosshairs
October 16, 2008

The Museum’s Michael Graham tells us about a Congolese school he visited in June that was right on the front lines between rebel and government forces, protected by a few peacekeepers. With new rounds of fighting beginning in August, these civilians, and hundreds of thousands of others are at risk today.

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Tags: DR Congo, Humanitarian Update

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Ripples of Genocide: An Update on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Part Two
October 2, 2008

In a special two–part podcast, Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic of the Enough Project update the issues in the Museum's online exhibit, Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo (2003). Part one focuses on the situation on the ground, and Part Two explores regional and international responses.

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Tags: DR Congo, Gender-Based Violence, Humanitarian Update, Responses, Rwanda

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Ripples of Genocide: An Update on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Part One
September 18, 2008

In the first episode of a special two–part podcast, Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic of the Enough Project update the issues in the Museum's online exhibit, Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo (2003). Part one focuses on the situation on the ground, and Part Two explores regional and international responses.

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Tags: DR Congo, Gender-Based Violence, Humanitarian Update, Responses, Rwanda

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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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The arrest of Karadzic: a Srebrenica survivor’s perspective
August 7, 2008

Hasan Nuhanovic’s family was killed by Bosnian Serb forces when they overran the UN declared safe haven of Srebrenica in July 1995. He speaks today about the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb wartime leader.

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Tags: Bosnia, Legacies, Responses

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