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Raphael Lemkin Seminar No. 2, October 26–November 1, 2009

This seven-day workshop provided an intensive focus on the history and prevention of genocide, employing interactive learning modalities, including lectures, seminars, facilitated discussion groups, and sharing of personal experiences from the field.

Organizers

Raphael Lemkin Center for the Prevention of Genocide

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America

Supporters

Humanity United

Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America

United States Department of State

German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Jagiellonian University

Goals

To build a heightened degree of awareness and sensitivity to previous genocides;

To teach the lessons regarding the failure of our capacity to act;

To foster an understanding of the responsibility of states to prevent;

To empower the special role of participants to act;

To encourage participants to create a network of professionals within each state upon return home; and

To form a working group team that will follow up and remain in contact.

Capacity-building and Professional Development

Allowing a self-reflection mode that strengthens participating states' understanding of their capacity to prevent;

Building a working-team model within each region to facilitate the exchange of critical knowledge through interaction with others;

Equipping participants with insights into their individual areas of expertise in genocide prevention.

Participants

Lemkin Seminars bring together policymakers and NGO activists—identified through their ambassador to the United Nations or their government's executive branch—who demonstrate the following characteristics:

intellectual capacity;

leadership skills;

passion for the subjects of human rights and rule of law.

The second Lemkin Seminar featured 24 participants from 15 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chile, Congo DRC, Niger, Panama, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, and the United States.

1. Radzhabmo Badridinova, Tajikistan

2. Abduqodir Ismatov, Tajikistan

3. Mark Eldad Mulwambo, Tanzania

4. Aruni Wijewardane, Sri Lanka

5. Emmanuelli Kahaya, Congo DRC

6. Memunatu Pratt, Sierra Leone

7. Abdou Adamou, Niger

8. Heather Samuelson, US

9. Ileka Atoki, Congo DRC

10. Isabela Varela, Cape Verde

11. Sarah Mwaipopo, Tanzania

12. Sopheak Loeung, Cambodia

13. Laura Toker, Argentina

14. Manah Kpukumu, Sierra Leone

15. Maitê de Souza Schmitz, Brazil

16. Teresa Amélia Arruda Barroso, Brazil

17. Javier Paez de la Torre, Argentina

18. Aureo Jose Antonio Savio, Timor-Leste

19. Antonio Martinho da Costa Lopes, Timor-Leste

20. Armonía Chang, Panama

21. Giancarlos Candanedo, Panama

22. Beatriz Contreras, Chile

23. Alvaro Guzman, Chile

24. Moné Dye, South Africa

Instructors (in order of presentation)

James Waller, professor of psychology; Carl Wilkins Fellow, Genocide Intervention Network: "The Definition of Genocide; Psychology of Genocide"

Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, professor of history, University of Pennsylvania: "History of Genocide"

Wolf Kaiser, deputy director, House of the Wannsee Conference: "The Role of Government Officials and German Army Leaders in the Holocaust"

Piotr Setkiewicz, historian, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum: "KL Auschwitz in the Nazi Program of the Mass Murder of European Jews"

Tibi Galis, managing director, Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation: "Social Science Models for Genocide Prevention; Transitional Justice"

Max Kelly, research assistant, Future of Peace Operations Program, Henry L. Stimson Center: "Military Mechanisms for Genocide Prevention"

Sheri Rosenberg, director, Human Rights and Genocide Clinic; director, Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies; Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University: "Foreseeing, Preventing, and Responding to Genocide: The Legal Framework"

Norul Mohamed Rashid, Office of the United Nations Secretary General's Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention: "Genocide Prevention and Early Warning in the UN System"

Simona Cruciani, Office of the United Nations Secretary General's Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention: "Genocide Prevention and Early Warning in the UN System"

Stephan Sonnenberg, lecturer on law, Harvard Law School; clinical fellow, Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinic: "Negotiating Genocide? Exploring the Limits of Dialogue"

Kyle Glover, Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation: "Negotiating Genocide? Exploring the Limits of Dialogue"

Andrew Stroehlein, communications director, International Crisis Group: "Media, Mass Communication, and Genocide Prevention"

Program: Raphael Lemkin Seminar on Genocide Prevention No. 2, October 26–November 1, 2009
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