A Panel Discussion of Post-Genocide Rwanda, hosted by Emory University on November 27,2007.

Moderated by CNN's Jim Clancy and Featuring Esteemed Ambassador Andrew Young

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MODERATOR:

Jim Clancy, CNN News Anchor

Clancy_Jim Jim Clancy joined CNN in 1981 as a national correspondent. From 1982 to 1996, Clancy was a CNN international correspondent in the Beirut, Frankfurt, Rome and London bureaus. During this time, he won the George Polk Award for his reporting on the genocide in Rwanda, the Alfred I. duPont Award for coverage of the war in Bosnia and an Emmy Award for reporting on the famine and international intervention in Somalia. He currently co-anchors 'Your World Today,' a weekday global news program. Read more about Jim Clancy HERE.

HOST:

James W. Curran, MD, MPH
Dean, Rollins School of Public Health

Curran_Jim In 1995, James W. Curran was appointed professor of epidemiology and dean of the Rollins School of Public Health. Graduating from the University of Notre Dame, he received his MD from the University of Michigan and a master of public health from Harvard University. In 1971 Dr. Curran coordinated the task force on acquired immune deficiency at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and then led the HIV/AIDS Division. While at the CDC, he attained the rank of the assistant surgeon general. Author or co-author of more than 240 scholarly publications, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science in 1993. He was given the Surgeon General's Medal of Excellence in 1996 and the John Snow Award from the American Public Health Association in 2003. He is currently chair of the Board on Health Prevention and Disease Promotion of the Institute of Medicine and chair-elect of the Association of Schools of Public Health.

PANELISTS(In order of Appearance):

Egide Karuranga, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Management, Université Laval, Canada

Karuanga_Egide Egide Karuranga, Ph.D. is a Tutsi who survived genocide by seeking refuge in the Hotel des Milles Collines. He says events leading up to genocide follow a predictable pattern, which makes the mass killing something that can be averted. He is an Assistant Professor of Management at Laval University in Canada. For more information on his research click HERE.

Powerpoint presentation used by Dr. Karuranga in the panel discussion.

Deborah E. Lipstadt, Ph.D., Professor of Jewish Studies, Emory University, U.S.

Lipstadt_Deborah Deborah Lipstadt is the Director of the Rabbi Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies and author of HISTORY ON TRIAL: MY DAY IN COURT WITH DAVID IRVING [Ecco/HarperCollins, 2005], the story of victory in her libel trial in London against David Irving who sued her for calling him a Holocaust denier and right wing extremist. Holocaust Denial on Trial

Gregory S. Gordon, J.D. Assistant Professor of Law, University of North Dakota

Gordon_Gregory Gregory Gordon is the Founder and Director of the University of North Dakota's Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies. He has worked with the Office of the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where he served as Legal Officer and Deputy Team Leader for the landmark "media" cases. For this work, Professor Gordon received a commendation from Attorney General Janet Reno for "Service to the United States and International Justice." In 2003, he joined the Criminal Division’s Office of Special Investigations, where he helped investigate and prosecute Nazi war criminals and modern human rights violators. He is currently an assistant law professor at the University of North Dakota. For more information click HERE.

Jeffrey Richter, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Special Investigations

Richter_Jeffrey Jeffrey Richter is a Senior Historian in the Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations. The Office of Special Investigations at United States Department of Justice is responsible for detecting, investigating and litigating against naturalized U.S. citizens who took part in Nazi-sponsored acts between1933-45 and human rights violators involved in current events in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Central America. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Special Investigations

James Kimonyo, Ambassador of Rwanda to the U.S.

Kimonyo_James James Kimonyo is the ambassador of Rwanda to the United States. He has been actively involved in resettlement programs former Rwandan refugees. He served as director of resettlement at the Ministry of Home Affairs and was country director for Rwanda at UN Habitat for Humanity with the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement. Rwandan Embassy in Washington D.C.

Andrew J. Young, Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and Former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

Young_Andrew Andrew Young is co-founding Principal and Chairman of GoodWorks International which puts corporate executives in contact with leaders in emerging markets to advance economic development in Africa and the Caribbean. He has served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, two terms as mayor of Atlanta, and was elected Congressman three times. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton to Chair the $100-million Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund and is on the National Security Council Advisory Board. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the French Legion of Honor, and the Bishop Walker Humanitarian Award. GoodWorks International

FOLLOW-UP

Follow up on Panel Discussion of Post-Genocide Rwanda Held on November 27, 2007 at Emory University

At the "Beyond Hollywood's Rwanda" event, we heard about the Genocide Accountability Act of 2007, which amends the federal criminal code allow the prosecution of acts constituting genocide committed by an alleged offender who is:

(1) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; (2) a stateless person whose habitual residence is in the United States; or (3) brought into, or found in, the United States, even if the offense occurred outside the United States.

The subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a 'Hearing on Genocide and the Rule of Law' October 23 2007. The hearing can be viewed online using Real Player.

The Genocide Accountability Act of 2007 was passed by unanimous consent by the US Senate on 29 March 2007 as bill S. 888, and was introduced to the US House of Representatives as H.R. 2489 on 24 March 2007. This bill must be passed by the House before being signed by the President. Debate and voting in the House has not yet been scheduled, so there is still time to contact your Representative regarding your support of this bill. You can identify and contact your Representative via email, using the website http://www.house.gov/writerep/ The status of the Act can be tracked HERE and HERE.

On December 21, 2007 President Bush signed The Genocide Accountability Act of 2007 into Public Law Public Law No: 110-151.

Human Rights Violators Hiding in the U.S.: Recent Case Histories from Rwanda

Presented by: The Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University School of Law, and the Center for Health, Culture, and Society.

Rick Butler, Criminal Research Officer

Human Rights Violator Unit

U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Monday, February 25, 2008 at 12:00 pm

Rollins School of Public Health, Room 860

1518 Clifton Rd. NE

Click HERE for information about Rick Butler.

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