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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Feb 22, 2017
- 5 min
Tribute to Hrant Dink
"I promise you, we will work on our school books to also talk about genocide. But again, not because Turkish children are guilty but beca...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Jan 6, 2017
- 1 min
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, p...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Aug 30, 2016
- 4 min
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 Chai...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- May 4, 2016
- 3 min
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, a...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Mar 12, 2016
- 4 min
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 recomme...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Feb 26, 2016
- 3 min
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 Cli...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Jan 26, 2016
- 1 min
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 advis...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Dec 9, 2015
- 2 min
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 Preventio...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Nov 17, 2015
- 4 min
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) fro...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Oct 15, 2015
- 3 min
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 pu...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Sep 9, 2015
- 3 min
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 S...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Sep 3, 2015
- 3 min
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 milita...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Apr 15, 2015
- 3 min
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 ...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Mar 16, 2015
- 2 min
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 a...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Jan 28, 2015
- 5 min
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 Str...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Jan 23, 2015
- 4 min
The Human Rights Association and the Centre for Truth Justice Memory to become intervening party in
On January 28, 2015, the lawsuit Doğu Perinçek v. Switzerland will begin retrial in the Grand Chamber, which acts in the capacity of cour...
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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
- Jan 13, 2015
- 5 min
Dr. Payam Akhavan explains the tole of Turkish government in the Perincek v. Switzerland case at the
Dr. Payam Akhavan is a Professor of International Law at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and a Visiting Fellow at Oxford Universit...
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