Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

Inaugural Symposium: The Ethics of Dealing with Genocide

Please join educators, thought leaders, journalists and students from across the Chicagoland region for a discussion about Media and Legal Perspectives on Genocide Awareness and Prevention at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center's Inaugural Symposium.

Monday, April 20, 2009
8:00 am - 1:00 pm

April 21, 2009 | Pioneer Press: Holocaust Museum: Seminar guests decry state of genocide reporting
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The Inaugural Symposium Agenda

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8:00 am - Registration

Welcome by
    Richard S. Hirschhaut, Executive Director, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

Plenary I: The Court of Public Opinion: The Role and Responsibility of the Media in Covering Genocide
Moderated by: Bill Kurtis, President Kurtis Productions
Panelists:
•    Zanku Armenian, National Chair, Communications Council, Armenian National Committee of America
•    Roy Gutman, Foreign Editor, McClatchy Newspapers
•    Joe Lauria, United Nations Correspondent, Wall Street Journal
•    Kelly McBride, Ethics Group Leader, The Poynter Institute
•    Paul Salopek, Foreign Correspondent, Chicago Tribune

Plenary II: In Our Own Time: Atrocity Crimes on Trial
Moderated by: Ambassador David Scheffer, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law, Director, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law
Panelists:
•    Youk Chhang, Director, Documentation Center of Cambodia
•    Grant Dawson, Deputy Chef de Cabinet, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
•    Jerry Fowler, President, Save Darfur Coalition
•    Rebecca Hamilton, Fellow, Open Society Institute
•    Justice Hassan B. Jallow, Prosecutor, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Luncheon Keynote Address: Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat
During a decade and a half of public service in three U.S. administrations, Ambassador Eizenstat has held a number of key senior positions, including Chief White House Domestic Policy Adviser to President Jimmy Carter (1977- 1981); U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration (1993- 2001). Ambassador Eizenstat currently serves as a partner with Covington & Burling LLP where he heads the firm’s international practice.

The Inaugural Symposium Agenda

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