The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, a resolution defining genocide in legal terms, was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 9, 1948. Seventy years later, what can we learn about the impact of this resolution and the challenges it now faces?
Panelists will include Ernesto Verdeja, Associate Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies; Director of Undergraduate Peace Studies Program, and Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Genocide and Alejandra Gonza, Visiting Scholar, Notre Dame Law School; Law Lecturer, University of Washington School of Law.
The moderator will be Jennifer Mason McAward, Director, Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights and Associate Professor of Law.
This event is co-sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights, and the Institute for the Study of Genocide.
Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.