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Armen Sarkissian • Adama Dieng • Henry Theriault • Fernand De Varennes • Mô Bleeker • Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni • GENOCIDE PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION 9-11 DECEMBER 2018 YEREVAN • ARMENIA ORGANIZERS Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia WITH SUPPORT OF IN COOPERATION WITH UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON GENOCIDE PREVENTION AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT TABLE of CONTENTS 9 Message from the Organizers 12 PROGRAM 9-11 December 2018 16 HIGH LEVEL SEGMENT • Zohrab Mnatsakanyan • Armen Sarkissian • Adama Dieng • Henry Theriault • Fernand de Varennes • Mô Bleeker • Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni • 47 PLENARY Dunja SESSION: Mijatović 70th Anniversaries of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the Uni- versal Declaration of Human Rights. 69 PANEL ONE: Supporting Genocide Prevention through Perpetua- tion of Remembrance Days of Genocide Victims. 101 PANEL TWO: New Approaches to Education and Art about Geno- cide and its Prevention. 123 PANEL THREE: Combating Genocide Denial and Propaganda of Xenophobia. 161 PANEL FOUR: The Role of Education and Awareness Raising in the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide. 190 PREVENTION 194 SIDE EVENTS 200 AFTERWORD 10 MESSAGE FROM THE ORGANIZERS he 3rd Global Forum against the Crime of Genocide was held in 2018 and was dedicated to the issues of genocide preven- T tion through education, culture and museums. It examined the challenges and opportunities, experiences and perspectives of the genocide education. This book encompasses presentations that address among other things the role of genocide museums, memorial sites and institutes for perpetuation of remembrance, as well as such complex issues as - tings in which reconciliation, memory, and empathy help to restore aworking modicum with of groups-in-conflicttrust and open communication; in non-traditional combatting educational genocide set denial and propaganda of xenophobia. It also offers deliberations which might be helpful for enhanced understanding of ‘what we want to prevent in our present and for our future, and how to do it’, Ias appreciate well as the the essence continued of fight support for Fairness of the and board Justice. of editors of this book and convey my sincere gratitude to the team of organizers for their dedicated efforts and expertise. Amb. Ashot Hovakimian 11 CONCEPT NOTE the Humanity faces. In this regard the education on genocide prevention is an essen- tialEducation pillar of has prevention pivotal significance efforts. The in 2015 effectively UN Human countering Rights the Council gravest Resolution challenges 28/34 that on genocide prevention highlights the importance of education and appeals to the gov- ernments of the member states to support raising awareness on genocide prevention, through promotion of relevant educational programs. The role of genocide education and remembrance has been underlined by regional security organizations as well, particu- larly the OSCE, the structures of which have been tasked to implement the commitments undertaken by participating states in this regard. Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect and in close cooperation with the InternationalThe 2018 Global Association Forum was of organizedGenocide Scholars.with the supportIt commenced of the United on December Nations 9,Office on the on 70th Anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The December 9th was declared as an International Day of Commemoration and Digni- ty of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime through the Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/69/323 initiated by Armenia. It was based on a resolution on genocide prevention that was again initiated by Armenia and adopted by consensus in 2015 by the UN Human Rights Council. 12 THIRD GLOBAL FORUM AGAINST THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE INSTITUTE OF ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS • MATENADARAN YEREVAN, 9-11 DECEMBER, 2018 GENOCIDE PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAM 13 rd GLOBAL FORUM AGAINST THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE 3 GENOCIDE PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION DAY ONE • 09 DEC 2018 Concert by the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Armenian National Academic Choir, Dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Preven- tion of this Crime, followed by a Reception, Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall (Sponsored by Armenian General Benevolent Union, AGBU) DAY TWO • 10 DEC 2018 Opening of the Forum. High-level Segment • Zohrab Mnatsakanyan Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia • Adama Dieng UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide • Henry Theriault President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars • Fernand de Varennes UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues • Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni Rapporteur of the General Committee on Democracy • Mô Bleeker Chair of the Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes • (video address) Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović Plenary Session: 70th Anniversaries of the Convention on the Prevention and Punish- ment of the Crime of Genocide and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights • Sarah Leah Whitson (moderator) Executive Director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch • William A. Schabas Professor of International Law at Middlesex University • • Andrea Bartoli Dean of School of Diplomacy & International Relations at Seton Hall University John Young President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Museum of Human Rights • Irene Victoria Massimino Rapporteur in the High Criminal Court of Buenos Aires, Argentina • Melanie O’Brien Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Western Australia Panel One: Museums and Genocide. Supporting Genocide Prevention through Perpetu- ation of Remembrance Days of Genocide Victims • Ophelia Leon (moderator) Chair of the International Committee of Memorial Museums in Remembrance of the Victims of Public Crimes • Piotr M. A. Cywinski Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum • Founding Trustee of the Liberation War Museum of Bangladesh Mofidul Hoque 14 • Harutyun Marutyan Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute • Director of the House of the Wannsee Conference Educational and Memorial Site Hans-Christian Jasch • Cameron Hudson Senior Strategy Advisor at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC • Assumpta Mugiraneza Director of the Iriba Centre in Kigali, Rwanda Panel Two: New Approaches to Education & Art about Genocide and its Prevention • (moderator) Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University Elisa von Joeden-Forgey • Alexander Hinton Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention at Rutgers University • Tali Nates Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast • Rachel KilleanExecutive Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre • Björn Krondorfer Director of Martin-Springer Institute and Endowed Professor of Religious Studies at Northern Arizona University • Sara Elise Brown USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education DAY THREE • 11 DEC 2018 Panel Three: Combatting Genocide Denial and Propaganda of Xenophobia • Henry Theriault (moderator) President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Worcester State University • Omer Bartov of European History at Brown University John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor • • Tetsushi Ogata Soka University of America Jermaine McCalpin Chair of the Afro-American Studies at New Jersey City University Head of the Stakeholders Department, Canadian Museum for Human Rights • Clint Curle Visiting Assistant Professor of Peace & Conflict Studies, • Benjamin Abtan President of the European Grassroots Antiracist Movement (EGAM) Panel Four: The Role of Education and Awareness Raising in the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide • Suren Manukyan (moderator) Chair of Department of Genocide Studies at Yerevan State University, Visiting Lecturer at the American University of Armenia • Executive Director of Never Again Rwanda • Stephan Dorgerloh Former Minister of Education and Culture of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Joseph Nkurunziza • Lena Casiez Senior Researcher, Camp des Milles Foundation, UNESCO Chair “Citizenship Education, Human Sciences and Convergence of Memories” • Ilya Altman Director of the International Centre for Holocaust and Genocides Studies at Russian State University for Humanities • Associate Professor of History, Cornell University John Hubbel Weiss 15 16 THIRD GLOBAL FORUM AGAINST THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE INSTITUTE OF ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS • MATENADARAN YEREVAN, 9-11 DECEMBER, 2018 GENOCIDE PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE 17 Zohrab Mnatsakanyan MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA Since May 12, 2018, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia. In 1990, he graduated from the Department of International Economic Relations of the Moscow State Institute of Interna- tional Relations. In 1991, he received a Master of Arts degree in Western European Politics from the Department of Politics, Economic and Social Studies of the Victoria University of Manchester. Zohrab Mnatsakanyan has been working in various positions in the Ministry of For- eign Affairs of Armenia since 1991. In 1993-1997 he served at the Embassies of the Republic of Armenia in the United Kingdom and Holy See. In 2002-2008 he was the other International
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