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World Without Genocide
World Without Genocide is a 501(c)(3) organization headquartered at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, MN. World Without Genocide’s mission is to protect innocent people; prevent genocide by combating racism and prejudice; advocate for the prosecution of perpetrators, and remember those whose lives and cultures have been affected by violence. [1]
The organization was founded in 2006 by Dr. Ellen Kennedy to promote education and human rights at local, state, national, and international levels.[2]
Education:
World Without Genocide offers a range of educational opportunities and direct experience in civic engagement. Programming includes:
Summer Institute for High School and College Students:
World Without Genocide offers a three-day Summer Institute each year for high school and college students. The institute addresses past and current genocides and introduces participants to civic participation through guest speakers from the three branches of government; mock trials and other experiential activities; and practice in using tools for direct advocacy. The institute received the Minnesota Ethical Leadership Award for outstanding work in developing young leaders in human rights. [3]
Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in Human Rights and Law:
This year-long program for law students or recent law graduates provides opportunities for research and advocacy about international tribunals; ending persecution of religious and ethnic minorities and violence and discrimination against women and girls; and mitigating the consequences of climate change, a ‘force multiplier’ of conflict. World Without Genocide also offers the Benjamin B. Ferencz Young Fellowships in Human Rights and Law for high school students who have participated in the Summer Institute program. The Ferencz Fellowship program has also received the Minnesota Ethical Leadership Award. [4]
Written Publications:
World Without Genocide publishes online educational material on past and present genocides and on tools for justice. Material includes The Justice Project, The World Without Genocide Op-Ed Collection, Voices of the Past and Present: Victims and Survivors of Genocide and Conflict Speak, and Genocides and Conflicts in the 20th and 21st Centuries. The organization also disseminates twice-monthly electronic news updates, quarterly newsletters, and essays and academic papers addressing genocides and human rights abuses.
Exhibits:
World Without Genocide offers two traveling exhibits that promote awareness about human rights:
Tents of Witness: Genocide and Conflict, and Genocide and Justice: From Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court.
Films:
In partnership with Twin Cities Public Television, the organization has produced two documentaries: Genocide Again: Darfur, and Children of Genocide: Five Who Survived, which was nominated for a regional Emmy award. [5]
Courses and Events:
World Without Genocide hosts regular online and in-person educational events about genocides and conflicts in the past and those occurring today featuring expert speakers, scholars, survivors, and human rights advocates. Continuing education credits are available to Minnesota lawyers, teachers, social workers, and nurses. World Without Genocide has offered courses at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota on transgender rights; human rights and civic engagement; and genocide prevention in the 21st century, and at Bar-Ilan University Law School, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Advocacy:
World Without Genocide supports local, state, and national legislation to prevent human rights abuses, gender-based and sexual assault, violence against vulnerable minorities, and the climate crisis, and to end impunity for perpetrators of these crimes. Successful legislative and policy efforts include: - Minnesota state bill on divestment from companies complicit with the Darfur genocide. [6] - Minnesota state bill to prevent marriage of those under 18. [7] - Bills in eight Minnesota cities on divestment from companies complicit in the Darfur genocide. [8] - Minnesota state bill designating every April as Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month, in the states of Ohio and New Hampshire, and in several Minnesota cities. [9] - Resolutions of support for the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: St. Paul, Minneapolis, Red Wing, Edina, Richfield, Duluth; the Minnesota State Bar Association; and the Minnesota Nurses Association, and the city of Appleton, Wisconsin. [10] - Resolutions to designate the second Monday in every October as American Indian and Indigenous Peoples Day by the Minnesota State Bar Association. [11] - Resolutions, RFPs, and bills by the City of Edina, the Minnesota State Bar Association, the State of Minnesota, and Mitchell Hamline School of Law to reduce violence caused by the mining of ‘conflict minerals’ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [12] ,[13] , [14]; , World Without Genocide partners with Forward Global Women, an international organization of women from the Middle East and North Africa, to support UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security, and to enhance women’s representation in government, academics, and civic organizations throughout the region.[15]
Memberships: World Without Genocide is a member of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, a global advocacy network that supports the work of the International Criminal Court; the Association of Holocaust Organizations; and Genocide Watch: The Alliance to Prevent Genocide. Recognition World Without Genocide received a Certificate of Recognition from the Office of the Governor, State of Minnesota, for human rights achievements [16]. The organization has also been recognized by the University of Minnesota, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and numerous other organizations for its work.
References
- ↑ http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/about- us
- ↑ http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/about-us
- ↑ https://www.synergyexchange.org/minnesota-ethical-leadership-award-1
- ↑ https://www.synergyexchange.org/minnesota-ethical-leadership-award-1
- ↑ https://asbarez.com/128284/orphans-of-the-genocide-nominated-for- regional-emmy-award/
- ↑ http://assets.cla.umn.edu/uthink/chgs/events/Minnesota%20takes%20a%20stand%20against %20genocide.pdf
- ↑ https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/news/15532/29817#:~:text=The%20bill%20pr ohibits%20marriage%20by,%2C%20legal%20guardian%2C%20or%20judge
- ↑ https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2017/2017-09- 07%2021:06:08+00:00/cite/11A.243/pdf
- ↑ https://mn.gov/governor/assets/04.01.21%20Genocide%20Awareness%20and%20Prevention% 20Month_tcm1055-475266.pdf
- ↑ ; http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/toolkits/cedaw/background
- ↑ https://www.mnbar.org/docs/default-source/legislation/msba-legislative- positions.pdf
- ↑ ;https://enoughproject.org/blog/minnesota-town-edina-pledges-prioritize-conflict-free- electronics
- ↑ https://enoughproject.org/blog/minnesota-lawyers-support-conflict- free-initiative
- ↑ http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/wp- content/uploads/2010/08/MN-Conflict-Free-Bill-2-24-16.pdf
- ↑ http://forwardglobalwomen.org/
- ↑ http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/about- us/awards
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