Africa atrocities stressed at press conference |
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13 March 2007 ATTENTION: International human rights, legal affairs and local news reporters, editors |
Contact:
Yasmin Anwar, Media Relations
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WHAT
A press conference hosted by the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley, featuring Lt. General Romeo Dallaire, former commander of the United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping troops during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda; Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng, the subject of Dave Eggers' novelized autobiography "What Is the What;" and Juan Méndez, special advisor to the U.N. on the prevention of genocide.
Speakers will cover the key issues addressed in the March 13-15 "Stopping Mass Atrocities" conference at UC Berkeley, an event that will seek to build support for the U.N.'s 2006 "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) resolution. If put into practice, R2P would place the safety of individuals caught in deadly conflicts above the sovereignty of a country in determining when international forces should step in. Among those attending the conference due to interest in global injustices will be a dozen students from Wood River High School in Blaine County, Idaho.
WHEN
This Wednesday, March 14, noon-1 p.m.
WHERE
Barrows Hall, Room 166, UC Berkeley. See campus map at: http://www.berkeley.edu/map/