Program

A copy of the program is available here.

1:00 Welcome and Introductions

1:15 Are there Parallels between Rwanda’s and Israel’s Experience and Conduct?
Ken Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
Commentary: Tara Melish, Associate Professor, SUNY Buffalo Law and Director, Buffalo Human Rights Center, University at Buffalo

2:15 Guilt, Oversimplification, and Inattention in Perspectives and Policies toward the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa
Howard French, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University; formerly New York Times Bureau Chief for Central and East Africa
Commentary: Shaun Irlam, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, University at Buffalo

3:15 Israel at 65: Democracy, Occupation, and In Between
Uri Zaki, Director, B’Tselem, USA, the preeminent Israeli human rights organization
Commentary: Nimer Sultany, Post‐Doctoral Fellow, Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, University at Buffalo

Sponsors: Alison L. Des Forges Memorial Committee with co‐sponsorship from the University at Buffalo’s Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, Buffalo Human Rights Center, and Gender Institute; Buffalo State College’s Anne Frank Project; Western New York Peace Center.

This symposium honors the life and work of human rights activist Alison Des Forges (1942-2009). For more information, contact Helene Kramer at Helene.Kramer@gmail.com.