Three lectures and colloquium on genocide and war crimes 26 February – 1 March 2013

Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe will be giving the following three lectures in Chicago and participating in a colloquium in
Washington:

Lecture 1 – Dominican University, Chicago

Topic: Genocide, the state in Africa, and the world

Date: Tuesday 26 February 2013

Time: 2.20pm-3.30pm

Venue:  Parmer 108

Lecture 2 – Dominican University, Chicago

Topic: Chinua Achebe’s There was a Country and contemporary Africa

Date: Tuesday 26 February 2013

Time: 7pm-9pm

Venue:  Parmer 108

(contact information for above lectures: Prof Nkuzi Nnam, office room: Fine Arts 321; phone [708]
5246952)

Lecture 3 – Chicago State University, Chicago

Topic: Chinua Achebe’s There was a Country and contemporary Africa

Date: Wednesday 27 February 2013

Time: 5.30pm

Venue:  College of Education Building Room 108

Colloquium on Genocide and War Crimes, O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University, Washington DC

Date: Friday 1 March 2013

Time: 9am-4pm

Venue:  Georgetown Law, McDonough Room 205, 600 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington DC

Objectives:

1. Establish a platform where peoples who have been and or victims of or perpetrators of acts of genocide or war crimes and crimes against humanity (particularly genocide) can share experiences and ideas of preventing such dastardly acts

2. Identify early warning signals and locations where similar crimes are likely to be committed across the world with a view to focusing global attention at such areas and preventing the commission of such crimes

3. Explore avenues to ameliorate the adverse impact (psychological, physiological, developmental and otherwise) of war crimes and crimes against humanity on the victims and perpetrators alike

Speakers:

Srdjan Darmanović, Montenegro ambassador to US

James Kimono, Rwanda ambassador to US

Tatoul Markarin, Armenia ambassador to US

Gregory Stanton, president, Genocide Watch

Niemat Ahmadi, director of global partnerships, United to End Genocide

Jacqueline Birn, Jewish Holocaust survivor

Gregg Bloche, professor of law, Georgetown University

Kanayo K Odeluga, MD, Chicago, Biafran genocide survivor

John Bradshaw, director, Enough

Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, visiting professor in graduate programme of constitutional law, Universidade de
Fortaleza, Brazil

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/oneillinstitute/documents/ColloquiumonGenocidesandWarCrimes_001.pdf