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Zoryan Institute & IIGHRS 2016 Overview
The Zoryan Institute and the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies presents an overview of the year's projects,...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Jan 6, 20171 min read
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The Contribution of the Genocide Convention to the Battle Against Impunity
Statement by Professor William A. Schabas International Lawyer and Board Member of the Zoryan Institute On 9 December 1948, the General...
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Dec 9, 20164 min read
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Genocide is Not an Accident; it is a Choice: International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights S
“Genocide is not an accident; it is a choice. It occurs because human beings make it happen and let it happen” says Roger Smith, the...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Aug 30, 20164 min read
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Three new Scholars join Zoryan's 15th Annual Genocide and Human Rights University Program (GHRUP
Toronto --- Joyce Apsel, Course Director of Zoryan Institute's GHRUP welcomes new scholars, Dr. Andrew Woolford, Dr. Stephan Astourian,...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
May 4, 20163 min read
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New Edition of Genocide Studies International (GSI) 10.1: The Political Economy of Genocide
Genocide Studies International (GSI) is a journal dedicated to the research, analysis and information of genocide and gross human rights...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Apr 22, 20161 min read
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Zoryan Institute hosts powerful conference on the rights of Indigenous peoples
MONTREAL – A conference sponsored by the Zoryan Institute was held March 8-9 at McGill University's Faculty of Law to examine the...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Mar 12, 20164 min read
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Zoryan Institute Board of Directors Meet in Toronto
Members of the New Board of Directors of the Zoryan Institute forecast Gross Human Rights Violations and even Genocide as a result of...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Feb 26, 20163 min read
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Canada's Efforts of Reconciliation, a Model to be Adopted in Turkey?
You may recall that last September, Dr. Payam Akhavan, Professor of law at McGill University, acted as the Zoryan Institute’s legal...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Jan 26, 20161 min read
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International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of Victims of the Crime of Genocide and Prevention of
Today, December 9, 2015, marks the first International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of Victims of the Crime of Genocide and...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Dec 9, 20152 min read
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Executive Director of the Zoryan Institute Recognized for Contributions to Armenian Genocide Scholar
George Shirinian, the Executive Director of the Zoryan Institute, is one of four Armenian Genocide scholars who received awards from...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Nov 18, 20153 min read
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Starvation as a Political Tool and Method of Genocide: A Conference Held by Zoryan Institute
(L-R) Doris Bergen (University of Toronto), Joyce Apsel (New York University), George Shirinian, Mark McGowan (University of Toronto)...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Nov 17, 20154 min read
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European Court of Human Rights Confirms the 1915 Massacres and Mass-Deportations of Armenians by the
Strasbourg, France-- The European Court of Human Rights delivered a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Perinçek v. Switzerland at a...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Oct 15, 20153 min read
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Forthcoming Grand Chamber Judgment in the Case of Perincek v. Switzerland
Strasbourg, France-- The European Court of Human Rights will be delivering a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Perinçek v....
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Oct 14, 20153 min read
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Students from Around the World Take Part in the 14th Annual GHRUP
Nineteen students from countries around the world including Argentina, Armenia, Canada, Germany, Greece, Israel, Turkey, and the United...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Sep 9, 20153 min read
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Conference Announcement: Forced Starvation as a Political Tool from the Nineteenth to Twenty-first C
A Symposium at the University of Toronto October 22, 2015 States have many tools at their disposal to suppress their subjects: the...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Sep 3, 20153 min read
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State Oppression, Violence against Minorities, and the Possibilities for Remedial Secession and Inde
Washington, DC—George Washington University Law School and the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Apr 15, 20153 min read
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Genocide Studies International New Issue Dedicated to Centenary of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek
The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute) is pleased to announce the release...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Apr 8, 20153 min read
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State Oppression, Violence against Minorities, and the Possibility for Remedial Secession and Indepe
State Oppression, Violence against Minorities, and the Possibility for Remedial Secession and Independence: An International Conference...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Mar 16, 20152 min read
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies sets record straight on Turkey's t
Toronto — On January 27, 2015 a Holocaust commemoration was organized in Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, a country that officially...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Feb 11, 20153 min read
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European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber hears Perincek v. Switzerland case
Strasbourg, France—The European Court of Human Rights held a Grand Chamber hearing today, Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 9.15 a.m. in...
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Jan 28, 20155 min read
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