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Conference Announcement "The Responsibility to Protect: A Framework for Confronting Identity-Based Atrocities" International Conference Department of Political Science and Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, Yeshiva University New York, NY (USA) 10-11 March 2008 __________________________________________________ The Department of Political Science and the Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law present a two-day international conference: "The Responsibility to Protect: A Framework for Confronting Identity-Based Atrocities". The aim of the conference is to explore the legal and political content of the R2P (Responsibility to Protect) doctrine, examine its relevance to ethnic conflicts and identity-based atrocities, and address operational and implementation challenges. The event will take place at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Moot Court Room, 55 Fifth Avenue (at the corner of 12th St.), New York City. Partners include: the International Crisis Group, World Federalist Movement, Institute for Global Policy, Minority Rights Group International and the Institute for the Study of Genocide. Contact: Sheri P. Rosenberg, Deputy Director Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Yeshiva University 55 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10003 USA Tel. +1 212 790 0455 Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
