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Raising awareness of Armenian Genocide
POSTED BY: Clint Curle, Head, Stakeholder Relations, Apr 2, 2013
Clint Curle, Head of Stakeholder Relations at the CMHR with
representatives of the Zoryan Institute and the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute beside a memorial dedicated to the victims of the
Armenian Genocide in Yerevan, Armenia.
Last month, I travelled to Yerevan, Armenia to meet with people from
the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI). They're working to
raise greater awareness of a horrific genocide that saw the murder of
1.5 million people during the final years of the Ottoman Empire. Men,
women and children - primarily Armenians, but also Greeks, Syrians and
other minorities - were systematically targeted for destruction by the
Ottoman government. The genocide began with the arrest, detainment,
and execution of Armenian leaders and intellectuals. Then Armenian
men, women, children, and the elderly were rounded up. Ottoman
soldiers forced them on death marches through the desert. Many died of
hunger, and others were raped or murdered by Turk forces or marauding
gangs of collaborators. In 1915, the governments of Great Britain,
France and Russia issued a joint statement accusing the Ottoman
government of committing a "crime against humanity" - the first time
the term was officially used to the describe such atrocities
perpetrated by a state.
Ongoing denial of this historic atrocity, waged in the name of ethnic
homogeneity, makes it a contemporary human-rights concern. In April
2004, Canada's Parliament passed a resolution acknowledging the
Armenian Genocide of 1915 and condemning it as a crime against
humanity.
Civilitas
Civilitas, a non-profit organization, works to promote human rights in
Armenia today.
When the CMHR opens next year, information about this atrocity will be
included in its galleries. We are also working to establish formal
ties of cooperation with the Museum in Yerevan that could help both
institutions in our efforts to use awareness and dialogue as a way to
promote enhanced human rights for Armenians and all of humanity.
The Museum in Armenia holds the world's strongest collection of
artefacts, images and documents as evidence and commemoration of the
Armenian Genocide. Built directly into the side of a hill so as not
to detract from the imposing presence of the nearby Genocide Monument,
the Museum overlooks the scenic Ararat Valley and majestic Mount
Ararat.
On my trip, I was accompanied and assisted by members of the
Toronto-based Zoryan Institute of Canada, a group that supports
scholarship and public awareness relating to issues of universal human
rights, genocide, and diaspora-homeland relations.
members of the Zoryan Institute of Canada From left to right: George
Shirinian (Executive Director, Zoryan Institute), Greg Sarkissian
(President, Zoryan Institute), Clint Curle (Head of Stakeholder
Relations, CMHR) and Hayk Demoyan (Director, the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute).
While in Yerevan, I also met with a group called "Civilitas", which is
working to promote human rights in Armenia today. Representatives
were very interested in the CMHR and invited me to participate in an
online interview.
Knowledge and information can be powerful tools in the struggle for
human rights, especially when secrecy, silence and denial of
atrocities - whether historic or contemporary -- continue to violate
the rights of people living today. Clint Curle, Head, Stakeholder
Relations
Musie canadien pour les Droits de la Personne
http://museumforhumanrights.ca/explore/blog/raising-awareness-armenian-genocide#comments
Raising awareness of Armenian Genocide
POSTED BY: Clint Curle, Head, Stakeholder Relations, Apr 2, 2013
Clint Curle, Head of Stakeholder Relations at the CMHR with
representatives of the Zoryan Institute and the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute beside a memorial dedicated to the victims of the
Armenian Genocide in Yerevan, Armenia.
Last month, I travelled to Yerevan, Armenia to meet with people from
the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI). They're working to
raise greater awareness of a horrific genocide that saw the murder of
1.5 million people during the final years of the Ottoman Empire. Men,
women and children - primarily Armenians, but also Greeks, Syrians and
other minorities - were systematically targeted for destruction by the
Ottoman government. The genocide began with the arrest, detainment,
and execution of Armenian leaders and intellectuals. Then Armenian
men, women, children, and the elderly were rounded up. Ottoman
soldiers forced them on death marches through the desert. Many died of
hunger, and others were raped or murdered by Turk forces or marauding
gangs of collaborators. In 1915, the governments of Great Britain,
France and Russia issued a joint statement accusing the Ottoman
government of committing a "crime against humanity" - the first time
the term was officially used to the describe such atrocities
perpetrated by a state.
Ongoing denial of this historic atrocity, waged in the name of ethnic
homogeneity, makes it a contemporary human-rights concern. In April
2004, Canada's Parliament passed a resolution acknowledging the
Armenian Genocide of 1915 and condemning it as a crime against
humanity.
Civilitas
Civilitas, a non-profit organization, works to promote human rights in
Armenia today.
When the CMHR opens next year, information about this atrocity will be
included in its galleries. We are also working to establish formal
ties of cooperation with the Museum in Yerevan that could help both
institutions in our efforts to use awareness and dialogue as a way to
promote enhanced human rights for Armenians and all of humanity.
The Museum in Armenia holds the world's strongest collection of
artefacts, images and documents as evidence and commemoration of the
Armenian Genocide. Built directly into the side of a hill so as not
to detract from the imposing presence of the nearby Genocide Monument,
the Museum overlooks the scenic Ararat Valley and majestic Mount
Ararat.
On my trip, I was accompanied and assisted by members of the
Toronto-based Zoryan Institute of Canada, a group that supports
scholarship and public awareness relating to issues of universal human
rights, genocide, and diaspora-homeland relations.
members of the Zoryan Institute of Canada From left to right: George
Shirinian (Executive Director, Zoryan Institute), Greg Sarkissian
(President, Zoryan Institute), Clint Curle (Head of Stakeholder
Relations, CMHR) and Hayk Demoyan (Director, the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute).
While in Yerevan, I also met with a group called "Civilitas", which is
working to promote human rights in Armenia today. Representatives
were very interested in the CMHR and invited me to participate in an
online interview.
Knowledge and information can be powerful tools in the struggle for
human rights, especially when secrecy, silence and denial of
atrocities - whether historic or contemporary -- continue to violate
the rights of people living today. Clint Curle, Head, Stakeholder
Relations