INTRODUCTION
Bringing together top experts from policy planning, media, human rights organizations, international organizations, and the military, this conference provides an overview of the major debates and issues of genocide prevention.
AGENDA
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1998
Conference Opening »
Professor Thomas Buergenthal
Chairman Committee on Conscience, United States Holocaust Memorial Council
Miles Lerman
Chairman, United States Holocaust Memorial Council
Keynote Address »
Mary Robinson
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Remarks
Sara J. Bloomfield
Director, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1998
Panel 1: Genocide and Crimes against Humanity: The Legal Regime »
Moderator:
Professor Thomas Buergenthal
Paper:
Professor Diane Orentlicher
Professor of Law, American University
Commentator:
Professor Theodor Meron
Charles L. Denison Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Reflections from the Hague »
Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
President, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Panel 2: The Lessons of Rwanda and Bosnia: the Political Reponse »
Moderator:
Professor Ruth B. Mandel
Vice Chair, United States Holocaust Memorial Council, and Director, Eagleton Insitute of Politics, Rutgers University
Paper:
Professor Tibor Varady
Professor of Law, Central European University and Former Minister of Justice, Yugoslavia (1992-1993)
Ambassador Theogene Rudasingwa
Ambassador to the United States, The Republic of Rwanda
Commentator:
The Hon. Cynthia McKinney (GA)
United States House of Representatives
Professor Alison Des Forges, Ph.D.
Consultant, Human Rights Watch
Felice D. Gaer
Executive Director, Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights, The American Jewish Committee
Panel 3: Genocide and Crimes against Humanity: the Military Response »
Moderator and Paper Presenter:
William L. Nash
(Major General, US Army, retired) Visiting Lecturer, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Panelists:
Lieutenant General John Sanderson
Former Chief of the Army, retired, Australia
Lieutenant General Daniel R. Schroeder
US Army, retired
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1998
Panel 4: Early Warning: the Role of the Media »
Moderator:
Tina Rosenberg
Editorial Board, The New York Times
Ed Vulliamy
Former War Correspondent, The Guardian Observer
Tom Gjelten
Diplomatic Correspondent, National Public Radio
Roy Gutman
International Security Reporter, Newsday
Elizabeth Neuffer
Edward R. Murrow Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
The United States: Measures to Prevent Genocide »
The Honorable David Scheffer
Ambassador at Large for War Crimes, United States Department of State
Panel 5: Early Warning and Prevention: The International Community »
Moderator:
Jerome Shestack
Immediate Past President, American Bar Association
Paper:
J. Brian Atwood
Administrator, United States Agency for International Development
Panelists:
Karen Konig AbuZayd
Regional Representative, Office in Washington, D.C. for the United States and the Caribbean, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Dr. Jamie F. Metzl
Director, Multi-Lateral and Humanitarian Affairs, National Security Council
Alvaro de Soto
Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, United Nations
Andre Pasquier
Head of Delegation for North America and Canada, International Committee of the Red Cross
Panel 6: Conclusions and Recommendations »
Moderator:
Father John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M., Ph.D.
Professor of Scoial Ethics, Catholic Theological Union, University of Chicago
Panelists:
Professor Thomas Keenan
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, SUNY Binghamton; and cofounder, International Justice Watch
Michael Posner
Executive Director, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Professor David Blumenthal
Jay and Leslie Cohen Professor of Judaic Studies, Emory University
