The Global Edition of the Lemkin Seminar, organized in partnership with the Auschwitz – Birkenau State Museum and the United Nation’s Joint Office of the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect, brings mid-level government officials from countries around the world to the site of the former German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, for one week of education in preventing genocide.
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February 28-April 10, 2022 (Virtual)
Event Program
March 22-May 2, 2021 (Virtual)
Event Program
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
- Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ)
Objectives
- To introduce participants to the concepts of genocide and other atrocity crimes, and the processes by which genocide occurs.
- To empower participants with the practical competencies (foundational knowledge and skills) necessary to prevent mass atrocities from ever taking place, prevent further atrocities once they have begun, and prevent future atrocities once a society has begun to rebuild after mass violence.
- To examine critically and reinforce the emergent norm of the Responsibility to Protect, recognizing that sovereignty is not a privilege, but a responsibility.
- To foster an open and respectful exchange between individuals with the aim of developing a deeper understanding of diverse perspectives and practices, with a particular focus on the role played by discrimination and “otherness” in fostering inequality.
- To develop a worldwide network of state officials who will act to prevent genocide and mass atrocities.
Attendees List
November 12-16, 2019 (Lemkin Alumni Meeting)
Event Program
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Stanley Center for Peace and Security
- George and Irina Shaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights, and Conflict Prevention, American University of Paris
Objectives
- To effectively integrate global, regional, national, and local approaches to preventing atrocities and building resilience.
- To effectively integrate state, civil society, and private sector processes for atrocity prevention
- To effectively integrate a gender lens that brings the voices of women and different LGBTI groups to the forefront of the atrocity prevention process
- To effectively integrate transitional justice opportunities into the array of tools for early prevention.
Attendees List
Photographs
November 11-18, 2018
Event Program
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- UN Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Supporter
- The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
Objectives
- To introduce participants to the concepts of genocide and other atrocity crimes, and the processes by which genocide occurs.
- To empower participants with the practical competencies (foundational knowledge and skills) necessary to prevent genocide from ever taking place, prevent further atrocities once genocide has begun, and prevent future atrocities once a society has begun to rebuild after genocide.
- To examine critically and reinforce the emergent norm of the Responsibility to Protect, recognizing that sovereignty is not a privilege but a responsibility.
- To develop a worldwide network of state officials who will take action to prevent genocide and other atrocity crimes.
Attendees List
November 12-19, 2017
Event Program
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- UN Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Supporters
- The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
- Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
- SNCF
- The Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation
Objectives
- To introduce participants to the concepts of genocide and other atrocity crimes, and the processes by which genocide occurs.
- To empower participants with the practical competencies (foundational knowledge and skills) necessary to prevent genocide from ever taking place, prevent further atrocities once genocide has begun, and prevent future atrocities once a society has begun to rebuild after genocide.
- To examine critically and reinforce the emergent norm of the Responsibility to Protect, recognizing that sovereignty is not a privilege but a responsibility.
- To develop a worldwide network of state officials who will take action to prevent genocide and other atrocity crimes.
Attendees List
Photographs
November 6-13, 2016
Event Program
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- UN Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Supporters
- The Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany
- Europe for Citizens Programme
Objectives
- To introduce participants to the concepts of genocide and other atrocity crimes, and the processes by which genocide occurs.
- To empower participants with the practical competencies (foundational knowledge and skills) necessary to prevent genocide from ever taking place, prevent further atrocities once genocide has begun, and prevent future atrocities once a society has begun to rebuild after genocide.
- To examine critically and reinforce the emergent norm of the Responsibility to Protect, recognizing that sovereignty is not a privilege but a responsibility.
- To develop a worldwide network of state officials who will take action to prevent genocide and other atrocity crimes.
Attendees List
EU Information Sheet
Photographs
June 22-25, 2016 (Lemkin Alumni Meeting)
Event Program
Goals
- For AIPR alumni to have space to share the work they have done – both the successes and failures – in efforts of prevention, including national, regional, and international cooperative mechanisms.
- For AIPR alumni to extend and continue the learning from their inaugural seminars in Poland with a particular focus on upstream prevention and the historical and contemporary role of forced concentrations in the persecution and destruction of civilian populations.
Attendees List
Photographs
November 8 – 15, 2015
Event Program
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Goals
- To familiarize participants with the concept of genocide, its relation to the broader category of atrocity crimes, and the processes by which genocide occurs.
- To empower participants with the practical competencies (knowledge and skills) necessary to develop the means to identify and deter the potential for genocide, limit genocide as it unfolds, and engage in the best practices of post-conflict peacebuilding that aim to prevent the future occurrence of mass atrocity in a postconflict society.
- To reinforce the international security and human rights norm of the responsibility to protect, with clear recognition of the idea that sovereignty is not a privilege, but a responsibility.
- To strengthen capacity-building by creating a worldwide communication network of genocide-sensitive policymakers, shapers of political will, who will become agents of genocide and atrocity crimes prevention with a heightened degree of awareness and sensitivity to the role of non-governmental actors in supporting their work in zones of conflict.
Attendees List
Photographs
November 16 – 23, 2014
Event Program
Lemkin Seminar, Global Government, November 16 – 23, 2014
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Supporters
- Claims Conference: The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
- Federal Foreign Office of Germany
- United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Goals
- To familiarize participants with the concept of genocide, its relation to the broader category of mass atrocity, and the processes by which genocide occurs.
- To empower participants with the practical competencies (knowledge and skills) necessary to develop the means to identify and deter the potential for genocide, limit genocide as it unfolds, and engage in the best practices of post-conflict peacebuilding that aim to prevent the future occurrence of mass atrocity in a post-conflict society.
- To reinforce the international security and human rights norm of the responsibility to protect, with clear recognition of the idea that sovereignty is not a privilege, but a responsibility.
- To strengthen capacity-building by creating a worldwide communication network of genocide-sensitive policymakers, shapers of political will, who will become agents of genocide and mass atrocity prevention with a heightened degree of awareness and sensitivity to the role of non-governmental actors in supporting their work in zones of conflict.
Attendees List
Photographs
Click here for Lemkin Seminar Photos, November 16 – 23, 2014
December 2 – 8, 2013
Event Program
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Supporters
- United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
- Polish-American Freedom Foundation
Goals
- To familiarize participants with the concept of genocide, its relation to the broader category of mass atrocity, and the processes by which genocide occurs.
- To empower participants with the practical competencies (knowledge and skills) necessary to develop the means to identify and deter the potential for genocide, limit genocide as it unfolds, and engage in the best practices of post-conflict peacebuilding that aim to prevent the future occurrence of mass atrocity in a post-conflict society.
- To reinforce the international security and human rights norm of the responsibility to protect, with clear recognition of the idea that sovereignty is not a privilege, but a responsibility.
- To strengthen capacity-building by creating a worldwide communication network of genocide-sensitive policymakers, shapers of political will, who will become agents of genocide and mass atrocity prevention with a heightened degree of awareness and sensitivity to the role of non-governmental actors in supporting their work in zones of conflict.
Attendees List
Photographs
May 27–28, 2013 (Lemkin Alumni Meeting)
Best Practices and New Opportunities in Genocide Prevention Agenda (alumni meeting for the Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar)
Final Report (includes Agenda, Participants and Photographs)
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- The Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs of the United Republic of Tanzania
- United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Supporters
- United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
- Federal Foreign Office of Germany
- The Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs of the United Republic of Tanzania
Goals
- To provide all former participants of the Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar Series with a forum in which to explore ways to strengthen their roles in their respective sectors of government to advance preventative action.
- To identify new policy tools to be applied in their work at the national level in the field of genocide and mass atrocity prevention.
- To identify common concrete elements of prevention and protection strategies in addition to challenges faced at the national and regional level.
- Mechanisms to be developed to monitor and strengthen the impact at the national and regional levels.
- To inform participants about the creation of the “Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC),” an international cooperation network under which the prevention of genocide and the Responsibility to Protect networks would cooperate to prevent the four crimes (war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and ethnic cleansing). A direct outcome the High-Level Working Meeting on the Prevention of Atrocities (PA) coorganized by the Tanzanian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took place in Dar es Salaam, from March 18-20, 2013.
- Making the existence of a joint sub-working group, operating under the umbrella of GAAMAC, tasked with the mandate of paving the way for the first GAAMAC international meeting of Focal Points in 2014.
November 11–18, 2012
Event Program
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Supporters
- United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
- Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research
- Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation
Goals
- To familiarize participants with the concept of genocide, its relation to the broader category of mass atrocity, and the processes by which genocide occurs.
- To empower participants with the practical competencies (knowledge and skills) necessary to develop the means to identify and deter the potential for genocide, limit genocide as it unfolds, and engage in the best practices of post-conflict peacebuilding that aim to prevent the future occurrence of mass atrocity in a post-conflict society.
- To reinforce the international security and human rights norm of the Responsibility to Protect, with clear recognition of the idea that sovereignty is not a privilege, but a responsibility.
- To strengthen capacity-building by creating a worldwide communication network of genocide-sensitive policymakers, shapers of political will, who will become agents of genocide and mass atrocity prevention with a heightened degree of awareness and sensitivity to the role of non-governmental actors in supporting their work in zones of conflict.
Instructors
- Alicija Bialecka, Educational Programs Director, International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust (ICEAH)
- Frank Chalk, Director, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, Concordia University
- Claudia Diaz, Human Rights Officer, United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
- Andrew Feinstein, Co-founder and Director, Corruption Watch UK
- Tibi Galis, Executive Director, Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Andrea Gualde, National Director of Legal Affairs, Secretariat of Human Rights, Ministry of Justice, Argentina
- Gillian Kitley, Senior Officer, United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
- Paul Levine, Associate Professor/Docent of Holocaust History, Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University
- Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies, Emory University
- Vahidin Omanovic, Co-founder and Co-Director, Center for Peacebuilding (Centar za Izgradnju Mira), Sanski Most, Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Onyinye Onwuka, Program Officer, Early Warning Directorate, ECOWAS Commission
- Sheri Rosenberg, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights and Genocide Clinic and Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- Piotr Setkiewicz, Head of Research Department, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- James Waller, Cohen Chair of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College; Academic Programs Director, Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Erin Weir, Protection and Advocacy Adviser, Norwegian Refugee Council
- Castro Wesamba, Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Participants
- Mariana Salazar Albornoz, Director for International Humanitarian Law, Legal Advisory, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
- Sylvia Ama Adusu, Principal State Attorney, Attorney General’s Office, Ghana
- Andrea Bonardo, Adviser, Department of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, Ministry of Defense, Argentina
- David Buffaloe, Military Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations; Director of Peacekeeping, Sanctions, and Counterterrorism, State Department/U.S. Army, United States
- Elizabeth C. Choge-Nyangoro, Expert on Regional Mechanisms, Department of Peace and Security, African Union Commission
- Longtong Gloria Dakwak, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria
- Masni Eriza, Foreign Service Officer, Deputy Director for Humanitarian Affairs, Directorate of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia
- Diego Falconi, Undersecretary of Democratic Guarantees, Ministry of Interior, Ecuador
- Amma Abuakwaa Gaisie, Solicitor General, Attorney General’s Office, Ghana
- Eugenia Gutiérrez-Ruiz, Human Rights and Human Security Coordinator, Department of Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica
- Sandra Romero Hernández, Deputy Director of Political Studies, Office for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights, Ministry of Interior, Mexico
- Karengera Ildephonse, Director of Memory and Prevention of Genocide, National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide, Rwanda
- Summanat Juaseekoon, Legal Officer, Ministry of Justice, Thailand
- Jamila Mohammed, Vice Chairperson, National Committee on the Prevention of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, and All Forms of Discrimination, Kenya
- Prosper Mwangamila, Deputy Chair, National Committee on the Prevention of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, and All Forms of Discrimination, Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Tanzania
- Todd Rowley, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Genocide War Crimes Unit, Department of Justice, United States
- Pamphile Sebahara, Head of Research, Training and Documentation Department, Levy Mwanawasa Regional Centre for Democracy, Good Governance, Human Rights and Civic Education, International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)
- Marina Shyika, Specialist, Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Social Legislation, Ministry of Justice, Ukraine
- Narong Silpathamtada, Second Secretary, Peace, Security and Disarmament Division, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
- Mario Silva, Incoming Chair, International Task Force for Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research, Canada
- Analucía Jácome Quelal, Chancellor, Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ecuador
May 27–June 3, 2012
Event Program
Lemkin Seminar, Global Government, May 27–June 3, 2012
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Supporters
- United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and Responsibility to Protect
- German Federal Foreign Office
- Polish-American Freedom Foundation
Goals
- To familiarize participants with the concept of genocide, its relation to the broader category of mass atrocity, and the processes by which genocide occurs.
- To empower participants with the practical competencies (knowledge and skills) necessary to develop the means to identify and deter the potential for genocide, limit genocide as it unfolds, and engage in the best practices of post-conflict peacebuilding that aim to prevent the future occurrence of mass atrocity in a post-conflict society.
- To reinforce the international security and human rights norm of the Responsibility to Protect, with clear recognition of the idea that sovereignty is not a privilege, but a responsibility.
- To strengthen capacity-building by creating a worldwide communication network of genocide-sensitive policymakers, shapers of political will, who will become agents of genocide and mass atrocity prevention with a heightened degree of awareness and sensitivity to the role of nongovernmental actors in supporting their work in zones of conflict.
Instructors
- Cliff Bernath, Former Senior Adviser to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Rule of Law and International Humanitarian Policy, U.S. Department of Defense
- Alicija Bialecka, Educational Programs Director, International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust
- Mario Buil-Merce, Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
- Stefanie Fischer, Center for Research on Anti-Semitism, Technical University of Berlin
- Tibi Galis, Executive Director, Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Konstanty Gebert, Director, Warsaw Office, European Council on Foreign Relations
- Andrea Gualde, National Director of Legal Affairs, Secretariat of Human Rights, Ministry of Justice, Security and Human Rights, Argentina
- Gillian Kitley, Senior Officer, United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
- Jean-Paul Marthoz, Senior Adviser, Committee to Protect Journalists
- Alexander Mayer-Rieckh, SSR expert, International Security Sector Advisory Team, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces; member, AfterConflict Group
- Piotr Setkiewicz, Head of Research Department, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- David Simon, Lecturer, Department of Political Science; Associate Director, Genocide Studies Program; Yale University
- Ekkehard Strauss, Independent Researcher and Consultant, Atrocity Prevention, Human Rights/Rule of Law and Peacebuilding
- James Waller, Lemkin Seminar Curriculum Developer, Cohen Chair of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College
- Erin Weir, Protection and Advocacy Adviser, Norwegian Refugee Council
Participants
- Duje Ancic, Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia
- Victoria Baikova, First Secretary, Division for the United Nations, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Georgia
- Silvia Cao, Deputy Director of Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Culture, Argentina
- Katia Espinoza Carrión, Third Secretary, Directorate General of Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peru
- Shea Dickinson, Europe/Balkans Analyst, Genocide and War Crimes Unit, FBI
- Rafendi Djamin, Indonesia Representative to ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia
- Adewale Iyanda, Legal Officer, Office of Legal Counsel, African Union Commission (Nigeria)
- Pavle Karanikic, Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Montenegro
- Sopio Kupradze, Counselor, Department of International Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Georgia
- Jacqueline Manisabwe, Human Rights Officer, Technical Assistant to Regional Human Rights Advisor, Executive Secretariat, International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (Burundi)
- Lydia Matapo, Chairperson, Democracy and Good Governance Cluster, International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (Zambia)
- Rohita Mishra, Under Secretary, United Nations Economic Social Division, Ministry of External Affairs, India
- Marc Emilian Morar, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania
- Tamara Mugosa, First Counsellor, Directorate General for Bilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Montenegro
- Onyinye Onwuka, Program Officer, Early Warning Department, ECOWAS (Nigeria)
- Julio Martín Orlando, Third Secretary, Directorate of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uruguay
- Matthew Parker-Lavine, Foreign Affairs Officer, Office of UN Political Affairs, State Department, United States
- Cataleya Phatoomros, First Secretary, Social Division, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
- María Josée Mazariegos Ramírez, Technical Adviser to Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Justice Department, Ministry of Interior, Guatemala
- Victor Rugatsira, State Attorney, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Uganda
- Kateryna Sharag, Head Specialist, Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Social Legislation, Ministry of Justice, Ukraine
- Esther Van Nes, First Secretary, Legal Affairs, Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in Geneva
November 13–20, 2011
Program
Lemkin Seminar, Global Government, November 13–20, 2011
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Supporters
- United Nations Joint Office on the Prevention of Genocide and Responsibility to Protect
- Stiftung EVZ (“Remembrance, Responsibility, Future”)
- German Federal Foreign Office
- Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research
- Polish-American Freedom Foundation
- Kolegium Europy Wschodniej Fundacja
Goals
- To familiarize participants with the concept of genocide, its relation to the broader category of mass atrocity, and the processes by which genocide occurs.
- To empower participants with the practical competencies (knowledge and skills) necessary to develop the means to identify and deter the potential for genocide, limit genocide as it unfolds, and engage in programs of transitional justice that aim to prevent the future occurrence of mass atrocity in a post-conflict society.
- To reinforce the international security and human rights norm of the Responsibility to Protect, with clear recognition of the idea that sovereignty is not a privilege, but a responsibility.
- To create a worldwide communication network of genocide-sensitive policymakers, with a heightened degree of awareness and sensitivity to the role of nongovernmental actors in supporting their work in zones of conflict.
Instructors
- Charles Anderton, Professor of Economics, College of the Holy Cross
- Alicija Bialecka, Educational Programs Director, International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust
- Simona Cruciani, United Nations Joint Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
- Stefanie Fischer, Center for Research on Anti-Semitism, Technical University of Berlin
- Tibi Galis, Executive Director, Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Konstanty Gebert, Director, Warsaw Office, European Council on Foreign Relations
- James Kearney, Peace and Security Programs Coordinator, United Nations Association of the United Kingdom
- Clara Ramírez-Barat, Senior Research Associate, International Center for Transitional Justice
- Norul Rashid, United Nations Joint Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
- Sheri Rosenberg, Director, Program in Holocaust and Human Rights, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- Piotr Setkiewicz, Chief Historian, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- Fabián Oddone, Chief of Section, Foreign Policy, Defense and Security Section, Embassy to Brazil, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina
- Taylor Seybolt, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
- Andrew Stroehlein, Communications Director, International Crisis Group (Brussels)
- James Waller, Cohen Endowed Chair of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College
- Erin Weir, Senior Advocate for Peacekeeping, Refugees International
Participants
- Abdou Adamou, Director of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Niger
- Teimuraz Antelava, Head of United Nations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Georgia
- Arsen Avagyan, Head of Turkish Desk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia
- Anna Cave, Special Advisor to Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues; War Crimes Specialist, Civilian Response Corps; Department of State, United States
- Emily Chweya, Acting Deputy Chief Legal Officer, Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, Kenya
- Enzo Le Fevre, Ad-Interim CEO, Budapest Centre for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, Hungary
- John Alhassan Gana, Minister, Third Committee, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations
- Marcos Glauser, Advisor on Anthropological Matters, General Office on Truth, Justice and Reparations, Paraguay
- Pascoal António Joaquim, National Chair, Committee on the Prevention of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes and All Forms of Discrimination; Ambassador, Ministry of External Relations, Angola
- Milena Kalezic, Second Secretary, Bilateral Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Montenegro
- Noél Kilomba, Head of Legislation and Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Justice; National Coordinator, Committee on the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities; Focal Point for ICGLR, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Cecilia Meirovich, Secretary of Embassy, Human Rights Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina
- Tamuna Mikaberidze, Deputy Director, International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Georgia
- Felistas Mushi, National Coordinator, Committee on the Prevention of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes and All Forms of Discrimination; Principal Legal Officer, Ministry of Constitutional Affairs and Justice, Tanzania
- Maryann Njau-Kimani, Acting Director, Legal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, Kenya
- Sebastian Rejak, First Secretary, Department of Africa and the Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
- Andjelka Rogac, Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Montenegro
- Ekkehard Strauss, Advisor, Budapest Centre for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, Hungary
- Rachel Sturm, Intelligence Analyst, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States
- Thamara Subasinghe, Research Officer, Ministry of External Affairs, Sri Lanka
- Mykhaylo Vydoynyk, First Secretary, Embassy of Ukraine to the Republic of Poland
- Luate Charles Wani, Human Rights Officer, South Sudan Human Rights Commission, South Sudan
October 26–November 1, 2009
Program
Lemkin Seminar, Global Government, October 26–November 1, 2009
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America
Supporters
- Stiftung EVZ (“Remembrance, Responsibility, Future”)
- Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America
- German Federal Foreign Office
- Humanity United
- Jagiellonian University
- United States Department of State
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.
Instructors
- (in order of presentation)
- James Waller,
Professor of Psychology, Whitworth University; Carl Wilkins Fellow, Genocide Intervention Network - Elisa von Joeden-Forgey,
Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania - Wolf Kaiser,
Deputy Director, House of the Wannsee Conference - Piotr Setkiewicz,
Chief Historian, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum - Tibi Galis,
managing director, Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation - Max Kelly,
Research Assistant, Future of Peace Operations Program, Henry L. Stimson Center - Sheri Rosenberg,
Director, Human Rights and Genocide Clinic, Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University - Norul Rashid,
Office of United Nations Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide - Simona Cruciani,
Office of United Nations Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide - Stephan Sonnenberg,
Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School; Clinical Fellow, Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinic - Kyle Glover,
Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation - Andrew Stroehlein,
Communications Director, International Crisis Group (Brussels)
Participants
- Radzhabmo Badridinova, Tajikistan
- Abduqodir Ismatov, Tajikistan
- Mark Eldad Mulwambo, Tanzania
- Aruni Wijewardane, Sri Lanka
- Memunatu Pratt, Sierra Leone
- Heather Samuelson, United States
- Ileka Atoki, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Isabel Varela, Cape Verde
- Sarah Mwaipopo, Tanzania
- Sopheak Loeung, Cambodia
- Laura Toker, Argentina
- Manah Kpukumu, Sierra Leone
- Maitê de Souza Schmitz, Brazil
- Teresa Amélia Arruda Barroso, Brazil
- Javier Paez de la Torre, Argentina
- Aureo Jose Antonio Savio, Timor-Leste
- Antonio Martinho da Costa Lopes, Timor-Leste
- Armonía Chang, Panama
- Giancarlos Candanedo, Panama
- Beatriz Contreras, Chile
- Alvaro Guzman, Chile
- Moné Dye, South Africa
May 12–20, 2008
Program
Lemkin Seminar, Global Government, May 12–20, 2008
Organizers
- Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Supporters
- Stiftung EVZ (“Remembrance, Responsibility, Future”)
- Ford Foundation
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.
Instructors
- (in order of presentation)
- Israel Charny, Former President, International Association of Genocide Scholars; Professor of Psychology and Family Therapy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Editor, Encyclopedia of Genocide
- Janice Kamenir-Reznik, Founding President, Jewish World Watch
- Barbara Harff, Professor of Political Science Emerita, US Naval Academy; Professor, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University
- William Froming, Professor of Psychology, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology
- Philip Zimbardo, Professor of Psychology, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology and Stanford University
- Joshua Smith, Research Analyst, Henry L. Stimson Center
- Ted Robert Gurr, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland
- Stephan Sonnenberg, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School; Clinical Fellow, Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program
- René Pfromm, Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation
- Ines Wu, Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation
- Piotr Setkiewicz, Chief Historian, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- Jutta Lindert, Professor of Public Health, University of Ludwigsburg; President, Public Mental Health Section, European Association of Public Health
- James Waller, Professor of Psychology, Whitworth University
- Paul Slovic, Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon; President, Decision Research Group
- Sheri Rosenberg, Director, Human Rights and Genocide Clinic; Director, Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
- Michael Surgalla Jr., Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Domestic Security Section
- Peter Patterson, Associate, White & Case
- Gregory Stanton, President, International Association of Genocide Scholars; Founder, Genocide Watch; James Farmer Professor in Human Rights, University of Mary Washington
Participants
- Joe Mellott, State Department, United States
- Sun Jin, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China
- Zhijun Liang, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China
- Natalia Luterstein, Ministry of Justice, Argentina
- Fabián Oddone, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina
- Heidi Jovanovic, State Department, United States
- Davis Daudzvardis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latvia
- Gregor Csorsz, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austria
- Meng-Try Ea, Documentation Center of Cambodia (NGO), Cambodia
- Simola Roosa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
- Alice Nzomukunda, Member of Parliament, Burundi
- David Schwake, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany
- Damir Arnaut, Office of the President, Bosnia
- Amela Tiric, Office of the President, Bosnia