Professional Training Program on the Prevention of Mass Atrocities

June 11-13, 2013

The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies is proud to be hosting a two-day, non-credit, professional training program focused on the prevention of genocide and mass atrocity crimes. The event will be held at Concordia University in Montreal from the morning of Tuesday 11th June 2013 to the evening of Thursday 13th June 2013, mid-day. MIGS distinguished senior fellow and Canadian Senator, Roméo Dallaire, and former Canadian Minister of Justice, Irwin Cotler, have already confirmed their participation. Other expert instructors include Naomi Kikoler (Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect), Colette Mazzucelli (Adjunct Associate Professor at the Center for Global Affairs, New York University), Allan Thompson (Professor of Journalism at Carleton University), René Provost (Associate Professor, McGill Faculty of Law), Bessma Momani (Senior Fellow at the Centre For International Governance and Innovation in Waterloo, Ontario, and Brookings Institution in Washington, DC), Claudia Diaz (UN Office on the Prevention of Genocide), and Susan Benesch (Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum/Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute), Frank Chalk (Director of MIGS), Kyle Matthews (Senior Deputy Director of the Will to Intervene Project), Anwar Abas (The SecDev Group), and Micah Clark (The SecDev Group).

For further information and to register, please see HERE

MIGS' Mission:

MIGS' work is cutting edge. Peace and mass atrocity crimes prevention are its primary goals. The Institute seeks not only to uncover the underlying reasons for genocide and other crimes against humanity, but also to put forth concrete policy recommendations to resolve conflicts before they intensify and spiral into mass atrocity crimes.