The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), in partnership with the Office of the Special Advisers to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect, seeks qualified applicants for its Genocide Prevention Monitoring Internship.

An article titled, “Memory becomes a minefield at Canada’s Museum for Human Rights,” by Ira Basen in the August 20, 2011 issue of the Globe and Mail, provides an exposé of the controversy surrounding the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The appearance of this article calls for reflection on two critical factors regarding the museum, which have not been adequately discussed: the important relationship between human rights and genocide, and the requirement of federal institutions to adhere to Canada’s official policy of multiculturalism.

An interview with the president of the Zoryan Institute, Mr. K.M. Greg Sarkissian which appeared in the August 18, 2011, issue of Agos newspaper in Istanbul. The interview focuses on Turkish-Armenian relations. The interviewer, Ms. Esra Elmas, is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Galatasaray University in Istanbul. She is also an alumna of the Genocide and Human Rights University Program, developed and run by the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute) held at the University of Toronto.

“Educating a New Generation: The Model of the „Genocide & Human Rights University Program,?” an article by Dr. Joyce Apsel, will be featured in the forthcoming issue of the prestigious Human Rights Review, describing and analyzing this innovative, higher education course. The journal is known for providing a forum where human rights issues and their underlying theoretical and philosophical foundations can be developed and debated. It publishes articles and essays from all academic areas and addresses the many human rights issues that concern, or ought to concern, the world today.