International Institute for Genocide & Human Rights Studies

255 Duncan Mill Rd., Suite 310
Toronto, ON
M3B 3H9
Canada
Tel: 1.416.250.9807
Fax: 1.416.512.1736
E-mail: admin@GenocideStudies.org












The function of memory is not only to register past events, but to stimulate human conscience - Raphael Lemkin

About Us


The study of genocide, a gross violation of human rights, can help us understand the conditions under which genocide and other acts of mass violence are likely to take place; it can help identify the warning signs of impending violence; and it can suggest ways in which genocide may be prevented

In this respect, the Institute is engaged in research, publication and education in the field. This is achieved through comparitive and interdisciplinary analysis of such cases as the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, Cambodia and Rwanda, among others. We strive to show through a comparitive approach that genocide is a shared human experience and, as such, must be the condern of all individuals and institutions.

Academic Board of Directors



Roger Smith, Chairmen, Professor Emeritus of Government, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Stephan Astourian, Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley.

Yair Auron, Open University of Israel, and Hakibbutzim College of Education, Tel-Aviv.

Levon Chorbajian, Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Vahakn N. Dadrian, Director, Genocide Research, Zoryan Institute.

Eliz Sanasarian, Professor of Political Science, Universityof Southern California, LA.

Lisa Siraganian, Professor of English, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.

Khachig Toloyan, Professor of English, Wesleyan University, CT.





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