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Janna Joos, organizer of the annual Celebrity Impersonators Convention in Las Vegas, said far fewer Obama look-alikes showed up this year compared with the number of Hillary Clintons, Ronald Reagans and George W. Bushes in attendance - just one guy, to be exact. Then again, the convention was just after...
The ramifications of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention, as well as today’s anti-genocide initiatives, were discussed in a commemorative speech given by Visiting Professor of Law Richard J. Goldstone, followed by a panel discussion yesterday evening. The event, “The Genocide Convention at...
"I think I'm a great governor." - In a statement to the press during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 27, 2008
In 1948, three years after the fall of Nazi Germany and the end of some of the worst human atrocities in history, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG), which was eventually ratified by 140 nations, including the...
Meanwhile, as the crisis in Darfur heads into its sixth year, with an estimated 5,000 displaced people dying each month, the 60-year-old Convention remains an unrealized promise. Beyond the legal hurdles, there are grave political repercussions to responding to an ongoing atrocity. Some say accusations could prompt...