PODCAST: Remembering the Armenian Genocide with philanthropist and business leader Noubar Afeyan Mark Leon Goldberg March 5, 2018 Noubar Afeyan Credit: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Noubar Afeyan is a business leader, entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 2015, along with other decedents of survivors of the 1915 Armenian genocide, he co-founded the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative. ...
New Evidence Suggests that What’s Happening in Myanmar is no longer a “potential” genocide. It’s the real thing Kimberly Curtis October 17, 2017 A recent report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) details the brutal treatment of the Rohingya by the Myanmar military and armed gangs. More than half a million Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since clearance operation...
With a New Investigation in the Works, Can the ICC Improve its Reputation in Africa? Carol Jean Gallo October 10, 2016 The tiny west african country of Gabon is newest place the International Criminal Court may probe for serious human rights violations. Allegations of abuse stem from a disputed election last month which set off riots in the country, which has a population of l...
Greg Stanton has Spent a Career Fighting Genocide. The Psychological Toll is Heavy Mark Leon Goldberg August 15, 2016 Greg Stanton has spent a career researching and fighting genocide. He speaks candidly about the psychological toll of this line of work and managing the PTSD which he confronts to this day. Stanton is a descendent of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and as you'll...
VIDEO: This Yazidi Teen Escaped ISIS and is Sharing Her Story with the World Mark Leon Goldberg June 17, 2016 Yesterday, a United Nations panel found evidence that ISIS is perpetrating an ongoing genocide against the Yazidi religious community in Iraq and Syria. Their findings are based on scores of interviews, documentary evidence reviews, intelligence and satellite ...
Could France Soon Face a Public Reckoning Over its Role in the Rwandan Genocide? Penelope Chester April 8, 2015 On April 7, the International Day of Reflection on the Rwandan Genocide, France announced it was going to declassify a trove of documents from that era to help shed light on the events that unfolded over two decades ago. This is a significant announcement f...
Lessons of the Rwandan Genocide for the International Community Penelope Chester April 7, 2014 What humanity can learn
It’s the Tenth Anniversary of When the Media Declared “Genocide” in Darfur Mark Leon Goldberg February 25, 2014 How the Times and Post framed our understanding of Darfur
Has the International Community Gotten Better At Stopping Genocide? Mark Leon Goldberg January 17, 2014 20 years after Rwanda, the UN is facing serious tests.
