Stopping Mass Atrocities: An International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect

I wish I could attend this conference but unfortunately I will be attending another conference, Community 2.0, in Las Vegas on March 13 and 14. Hopefully they'll record the presentations.

From www.hrcberkeley.org:

How can state governments be encouraged to stop genocide and other mass atrocities? Join an international assembly of policymakers, legislators, philanthropists, religious leaders, scholars and activists to discuss the "responsibility to protect" and move the concept from principle to practice.

March 13, 2007, 7 PM to 8:30 PM
Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire, "The Failure of Humanity in Preventing Genocides"
International House, Chevron Auditorium
Free admission, tickets required. Click here to order tickets.

General Dallaire led the United Nations peacekeeping mission to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. He will open the conference with a discussion of the tragedy and its personal and professional aftermath.

March 14, 2007, 9 AM to 5 PM
Lipman Room, Barrows Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Free and open to the public, registration requested

Keynote address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group. Panelists include representatives of the World Federalist Movement, Human Rights Watch, the Council on Foreign Relations, and more.

For more information, email r2pconference@berkeley.edu or call 510-642-0965.

Hosted by Human Rights Center

In cooperation with Genocide Intervention Network, Human Rights Watch

Conference partners include: Amnesty International, Center for American Progress, International Crisis Group, World Affairs Council San Francisco, World Federalist Movement

UC Berkeley co-sponsors: Center for African Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Ethnic Studies Department, Graduate School of Journalism, Institute of International Studies, International and Area Studies, International Human Rights Law Clinic, International Legal Studies Program, Peace and Conflict Studies, Religion, Politics, and Globalization Program

Supported by Humanity United