Overcoming Genocide Denial

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Overcoming Genocide Denial
Public Event · By Leitner Center for International Law and Justice

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:
DATE: Tuesday, December 4, 2012

6:30 - 8:00 pm: Panel Discussion

8:00 - 9:00 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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