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PSIA Seminar: States, Society, and Genocide-Prevention

November 22, 2017 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm +04

About the Event:
What actions by civil society and states can protect life and prevent genocides from occurring? This talk will provide a historical overview from the Armenian genocide to current mass murders and give a presentation of current initiatives for genocide-prevention.

About the Speaker:
Benjamin Abtan is the founder and the president of the European Grassroots Antiracist Movement – EGAM, the founder and the coordinator of the Elie Wiesel Network of parliamentarians. Created in 2010, the European Grassroots Antiracist Movement is the largest network in Europe of human rights organizations. Created in 2016, the Elie Wiesel Network is the largest network of parliamentarians in Europe.

Benjamin Abtan has been the political advisor of Bernard Kouchner, minister of Foreign affairs of France, and of Christiane Taubira, minister of Justice of France. He has been the advisor for international affairs of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, the main French public financial institution. He has been very involved in civil society, as a member of the Board of SOS Racisme, the co-founder of the “Save Darfur” coalition, and the president of the French Union of Jewish students. He holds engineering and international business degrees, from French top-tier universities, Télécom Paris and ESSEC.
 
Language: English

Details

Date:
November 22, 2017
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm +04
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Venue

Alex and Marie Manoogian Hall, PAB
40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave
Yerevan, Armenia
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Phone
+374 60 69-40-40