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ROBERTSON, FISK TO SPEAK AT CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK
By Weekly Staff on December 9, 2014
http://armenianweekly.com/2014/12/09/robertson-fisk/
NEW YORK-Jurist Geoffrey Robertson and journalist Robert Fisk are among
the confirmed speakers at "Responsibility 2015," the international
conference marking the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, to be
held on March 13-15, 2015, at New York's Marriott Marquis Hotel.
Geoffrey Robertson (Photograph: Rex Features)
Geoffrey Robertson is an international jurist, human rights lawyer, and
academic. His latest book is An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Remembers
the Armenians? In recent years, he has been particularly prominent in
the defense of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. He has also represented
author Salman Rushdie, and prosecuted General Augusto Pinochet. In
2008, he was appointed by United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon as a "distinguished jurist" member of the UN's Justice Council,
which nominates and supervises UN judges. His memoir, The Justice Game,
has sold over 150,000 copies.
Robert Fisk is the Middle East correspondent of the Independent
newspaper. He holds numerous awards for journalism, including two
Amnesty International UK Press Awards and seven British International
Journalist of the Year awards. During the 30 years he has been
reporting on the Middle East, he has covered every major event in the
region, from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution, from
the hostage crisis in Beirut to the Iran-Iraq War, from the Russian
invasion of Afghanistan to Israel's invasions of Lebanon, and from the
Gulf War to the invasion and ongoing war in Iraq. His books include
The Great War for Civilization: the Conquest of the Middle East.
Robert Fisk
The three-day conference will feature a lineup of prominent historians,
policymakers, authors, and artists from around the globe.
The program will consist of concurrent morning and afternoon panels
and discussions focusing on justice and reparations for cases of
genocide, the responsibility to protect (R2P), genocide research,
activism for justice and accountability, building solidarity, and
artistic responses to genocide and mass violence.
The "Responsibility 2015" conference is being organized by the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Eastern U.S. Centennial Committee,
under the auspices of the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of
America, Eastern Region.
Evening sessions bringing together policymakers, political leaders,
artists, and celebrities known for their activism and humanitarian
work will highlight the theme of responsibility to confront past
injustices and struggle towards preventing new ones.
Photography and art exhibits with the theme of survival will be held
at the same venue for the duration of the conference.
The organizing committee is comprised of the following scholars and
activists: Khatchig Mouradian and Hayg Oshagan, co-chairs; George
Aghjayan, Kim Hekimian, Antranig Kasbarian, and Henry Theriault.
For periodic updates, please contact conference coordinator Sarkis
Balkhian at [email protected], or visit the conference
website at www.responsibility2015.com.
By Weekly Staff on December 9, 2014
http://armenianweekly.com/2014/12/09/robertson-fisk/
NEW YORK-Jurist Geoffrey Robertson and journalist Robert Fisk are among
the confirmed speakers at "Responsibility 2015," the international
conference marking the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, to be
held on March 13-15, 2015, at New York's Marriott Marquis Hotel.
Geoffrey Robertson (Photograph: Rex Features)
Geoffrey Robertson is an international jurist, human rights lawyer, and
academic. His latest book is An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Remembers
the Armenians? In recent years, he has been particularly prominent in
the defense of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. He has also represented
author Salman Rushdie, and prosecuted General Augusto Pinochet. In
2008, he was appointed by United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon as a "distinguished jurist" member of the UN's Justice Council,
which nominates and supervises UN judges. His memoir, The Justice Game,
has sold over 150,000 copies.
Robert Fisk is the Middle East correspondent of the Independent
newspaper. He holds numerous awards for journalism, including two
Amnesty International UK Press Awards and seven British International
Journalist of the Year awards. During the 30 years he has been
reporting on the Middle East, he has covered every major event in the
region, from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution, from
the hostage crisis in Beirut to the Iran-Iraq War, from the Russian
invasion of Afghanistan to Israel's invasions of Lebanon, and from the
Gulf War to the invasion and ongoing war in Iraq. His books include
The Great War for Civilization: the Conquest of the Middle East.
Robert Fisk
The three-day conference will feature a lineup of prominent historians,
policymakers, authors, and artists from around the globe.
The program will consist of concurrent morning and afternoon panels
and discussions focusing on justice and reparations for cases of
genocide, the responsibility to protect (R2P), genocide research,
activism for justice and accountability, building solidarity, and
artistic responses to genocide and mass violence.
The "Responsibility 2015" conference is being organized by the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Eastern U.S. Centennial Committee,
under the auspices of the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of
America, Eastern Region.
Evening sessions bringing together policymakers, political leaders,
artists, and celebrities known for their activism and humanitarian
work will highlight the theme of responsibility to confront past
injustices and struggle towards preventing new ones.
Photography and art exhibits with the theme of survival will be held
at the same venue for the duration of the conference.
The organizing committee is comprised of the following scholars and
activists: Khatchig Mouradian and Hayg Oshagan, co-chairs; George
Aghjayan, Kim Hekimian, Antranig Kasbarian, and Henry Theriault.
For periodic updates, please contact conference coordinator Sarkis
Balkhian at [email protected], or visit the conference
website at www.responsibility2015.com.