leitner center events, Overcoming Genocide Denial

Overcoming Genocide Denial
December 4, 2012 6:30PM - 8:00 PM
Location: McNally Amphitheater, Fordham Law School, 140 W. 62nd St. New York, NY 10023
Contact: Rita Astoor | rastoor1@law.fordham.edu

*This event is free and open to the public with RSVP: genocidedenial.eventbrite.com*

Event poster_Overcoming Genocide Denial_Dec 4 at 6:30 pm, Fordham Law School

Attendance at this event counts towards the 10 required Leitner events to apply for summer funding.

What are the ways to overcome genocide denial, commonly understood to be the last stage of genocide?  By providing a comparative examination of the Holocaust and the Armenian, Rwandan, and Sudanese Genocides, this panel aims to identify a best practices approach to overcoming denial by considering strategies that have been successful in the past, as well as those that have been controversial.

Schedule:

6:30 – 8 pm: Panel Discussion

8 – 9 pm: Reception

Moderator: 

             Professor Martin Flaherty
            
Leitner Family Professor of International Human Rights Law and Founding Co-Director, Fordham Law School

Speakers: 

              Professor Taner Akçam
              Kaloosdian/Mugar Professor, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University

              Dr. Gregory H. Stanton
              President, Genocide Watch; Research Professor in Genocide Studies and Prevention, George Mason University

              Professor Sheri Rosenberg
              Assistant Clinical Professor of Law;
              Director, Human Rights and Genocide Clinic & Program in Holocaust & Human Rights Studies, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

 

Sponsors:

Leitner Center for International Law and Justice

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights, Rutgers University

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