No posts with label We would like to invite you to a webinar with renowned international academics who will discuss Rafael Lemkin and the Genocide Convention in light of the recent Russian aggression in Ukraine. Lemkin was a Polish lawyer of Jewish faith who survived WWII. He is known as a father of the concept of “genocide” as a crime and a key person behind the UN Convention Against Genocide. He was a complex person with divided loyalties and life experiences that influenced his work. He is often portrayed as a lone ranger, but he was quite effective in gaining support for his ideas, especially among women groups who made the Convention possible. Lemkin had a complex relationship with Stalin, among others, which is largely forgotten. While modern applications of the Genocide Convention have been quite limited, Poland is one of the few countries where such prosecutions were successful and started early, and one of our speakers can elucidate how European countries were successful in using the Genocide Convention to prosecute crimes. Russian aggression against Ukraine has many indicia of “genocide,” and we will discuss potential uses of the Convention to prosecute the crime of “genocide” and “incitement to genocide” as it applies to crimes committed by the Russians. The first part of the webinar is on December 1st, and the second is the third week of January One can register right now. There is no charge. CLE credits are available. The poster for the event is attached above.. Show all posts
No posts with label We would like to invite you to a webinar with renowned international academics who will discuss Rafael Lemkin and the Genocide Convention in light of the recent Russian aggression in Ukraine. Lemkin was a Polish lawyer of Jewish faith who survived WWII. He is known as a father of the concept of “genocide” as a crime and a key person behind the UN Convention Against Genocide. He was a complex person with divided loyalties and life experiences that influenced his work. He is often portrayed as a lone ranger, but he was quite effective in gaining support for his ideas, especially among women groups who made the Convention possible. Lemkin had a complex relationship with Stalin, among others, which is largely forgotten. While modern applications of the Genocide Convention have been quite limited, Poland is one of the few countries where such prosecutions were successful and started early, and one of our speakers can elucidate how European countries were successful in using the Genocide Convention to prosecute crimes. Russian aggression against Ukraine has many indicia of “genocide,” and we will discuss potential uses of the Convention to prosecute the crime of “genocide” and “incitement to genocide” as it applies to crimes committed by the Russians. The first part of the webinar is on December 1st, and the second is the third week of January One can register right now. There is no charge. CLE credits are available. The poster for the event is attached above.. Show all posts
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