How can โ€˜dealing with the pastโ€™ contribute to preventing the recurrence of atrocities?

4 April 2017

Our new GAAMAC partner, the Liberation War Museum in Bangladesh, has organized its 5th International Conference on โ€˜Bangladesh Genocide and Justiceโ€™ on 19-21 May 2017.

GAAMAC wasย part of ย that meeting, participating inย a roundtable on 21 May entitled ย โ€œHow can dealing with the past contribute to prevent the recurrence of atrocities: What can and should we do?โ€ย 

The roundtable was live-streamed and can be watched now.

Experts from around the world in the roundtable were:

  • Sabrina Bรผchler of the GAAMAC Steering Group participated online, representing GAAMAC, on behalf of the Steering Group Chair,ย Mรด Bleeker
  • Chhay Visoth, Director, Tuol Sleng Museum โ€“ to discuss and describe the application of DwP for atrocity prevention in the national experience of Cambodiaย 
  • Hafid Abbas,ย Commissioner, National Commission on Human Rights, Indonesia- to discuss on relevant experiences of Indonesiaโ€™s recovery from its multidimensional crises in 1998 to return to normal condition in early 2004.
  • Mofidul Hoque,ย Co-founder and Trustee, Liberation War Museum โ€“ to discuss and describe theย application of DwP for atrocity prevention in the national experience of Bangladesh
  • Alex Hinton, Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights,ย Rutgers University, Newark โ€“ to examine the link between human rights as a mechanism forย atrocity prevention

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