2016 Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar Reading Materials
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_Seminar participants are **strongly urged** to read the following materials before their arrival in Poland. This will allow participants to take full advantage of the opportunities presented throughout the course._ Please download the full agenda of the seminar before beginning the readings. This will provide a framework for preparation. Instructor powerpoint presentations can be downloaded by clicking full agenda.
### Monday, November 7 - Introductions and Context - \full agenda]
**Introduction to the Concepts of Genocide, Atrocity Crimes, and Prevention**
James Waller, “Transcending Fratricide: The Politics of Naming” from Srda Pavlovic and Marko Zivkovic (eds.), Transcending Fratricide: Political Mythologies, Reconciliations, and the Uncertain Future in the Former Yugoslavia (Germany: Nomos, 2013), pp. 31-49
UN Genocide Convention (1951)
The Holocaust: The Rise of Nazism (1933-1939)
“Historical Overview” from Donald Niewyk and Francis Nicosia, The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000), pp. 3-9
Guided Study Visit of Auschwitz I
“Auschwitz” from Adrian Weale’s Army of Evil: A History of the SS (New York: Penguin, 2010), pp. 366-397
### Tuesday, November 8 – Process and Place - \full agenda]
The Holocaust: The Final Solution as Process (1939-1945)
“Historical Overview” from Donald Niewyk and Francis Nicosia, The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000), pp. 9-41
Between Memory, Commemoration and the Authentic Site: Auschwitz as a Reference Point for Contemporary Societies
Jonathan Webber (1992), "The future of Auschwitz: Some personal reflections.” Religion, State and Society, 20 (1), pp. 81-100 Guided Study Visit of Auschwitz II-Birkenau Selection from Primo Levi’s _If This Is a Man (Survival in Auschwitz)_, translated by Stuart Woolf (1959), pp. 19-27
### Wednesday, November 9 - Upstream Prevention: Frameworks for Genocide and Atrocity Crimes Prevention - \full agenda]
Introducing Upstream Prevention Strategies: Risk Factors for Genocide and Atrocity Crimes
Early-Warning and Opportunities for the Prevention of Genocide and Other Atrocity Crimes “UN Office Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes” (2014) The Responsibility to Protect
“A Vital and Enduring Commitment: Implementing the Responsibility to Protect,” UN Doc A/69/981-S/2015/500 (13 July, 2015).
Policy Options for the Prevention of Genocide & Other Atrocity Crimes
“Responsibility to Protect: State Responsibility and Prevention,” UN Doc A/67/929-S/2013/399 (9 July, 2013) The Role of National Mechanisms in Genocide and Atrocity Crimes Prevention National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes: Effective and Sustainable Prevention Begins at Home (AIPR, 2015), pp. 2-3, 5-11, 14 -15 & 17-18 National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes: Durable Solutions to Challenges in Effective Prevention (AIPR, 2016), pp. 6-9, 11-19 & 22-26.
### Thursday, November 10 – Midstream Prevention: Responding to Genocide, War Crimes, Ethnic Cleansing, and Crimes Against Humanity - \full agenda]
Introducing Midstream Prevention Strategies: Accelerants, Triggers, and the Early Warning-Early Response Gap
Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Atrocity James Waller, “The Ordinariness of Extraordinary Evil: The Making of Perpetrators of Genocide and Mass Killing” from Olaf Jensen and Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann (eds.) _Ordinary People as Mass Murderers: Perpetrators in Comparative Perspective_ (UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), pp. 145-164 Excerpt from Jean Hatzfeld’s Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003), pp. 21-27, 36-40 Crisis Spot: Burma (PowerPoint) “Why a UNGA Resolution Is Still Needed” (September 1, 2016)
Response Tools for Genocide and Atrocity Crimes Prevention
Opportunities for Preventive Action - Network Mapping Exercise Outcomes
### Friday, November 11 – Downstream Prevention: Transitional Justice and Dealing with the Past - \full agenda]
Introducing Downstream Prevention Strategies: Justice, Truth, and Memory
Introduction to Transitional Justice Clara Sandoval Villalba, "Transitional Justice, Key Concepts, Processes and Challenges, Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution" (July, 2011) “The Rule of Law and Transitional Justice in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies” UNSC S/2011/634 (12 October, 2011) Case Study: Transitional Justice in the Middle East and North Africa Region Hugo van der Merwe, “Transitions in the Middle East and North Africa: New Trajectories and Challenges for Transitional Justice?,” in Fisher and Stewart, _Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring_(Routledge, 2014), pp.226-239 Case Study: Truth, Justice, Reparation and Memory in Argentina “Reparations for Crimes Against Humanity as Public Policy: Argentina’s Relationship with the Past,” AIPR’s Policy Papers in Prevention Series (2015), pp. 25-58. The Role of Memory and Memorialization in Transitional Justice Louis Bickford, “Memoryworks/Memory Works,” from Clara Ramierz-Barat (ed.), _Transitional Justice, Culture, and Society: Beyond Outreach_ (2014).
### Saturday, November 12 – Genocide and Atrocity Crimes Prevention in Action - \full agenda]
**Capstone Simulation: Early Warning Assessment of Current At-Risk Area** “Rwanda Simulation Briefing”
