The conflict that erupted in Sudan’s Darfur region a decade ago was at first largely ignored. Then it was the subject of intense media coverage and an unprecedented campaign of grassroots citizen activism. Then it was ignored again. The only constant? The suffering of the people of Darfur. Please join us and a panel of […]
Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism
Sponsored by McGill University Center for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism, Human Rights Working Group, & Montreal Holocaust Memorial Center Panel discussion moderated by McGill law professor Payam Akhavan For reservations contact Louis-Philippe Jannard: louis-philippe.jannard_at_mhmc.ca
Canadian International Council
Mass mobilization for human rights Sponsored by Canadian International Council & Montreal Institute for Genocide & Human Rights Studies For reservations email Alexandra Buskie: abuskie@alor.concordia.ca
Third Annual Achebe Colloquium on Africa
The third annual Achebe Colloquium on Africa will be held at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA from 3-4 December, 2011. The themes of the conference will include: The Arab Spring: Challenges to Democratization and Nation Building; Darfur: Toward sustainable peace; and Southern Sudan: Obstacles facing the world’s newest nation. On Day two the conference […]
Clinton School of Public Service
Hosted by: Clinton School of Public Service, University of Arkansas “Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide“
Carnegie New Leaders (New York)
Hosted by: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs “Beyond Good Intentions: The promise and peril of citizen engagement in foreign policy” Starting in 2005, thousands of ordinary Americans made the plight of people in Darfur their cause and tried to build political will within the foreign policy system to respond to Darfur. Believing the […]
UC-Berkeley
Hosted by: Graduate School of Journalism and Human Rights Center
McGill University (Montreal, Canada)
Hosted by: McGill Faculty of Law and Echenberg Human Rights Fellows
Eastern Connecticut State University (Willimantic, CT)
Hosted by: Eastern Connecticut State University