The Genocide and Human Rights University Program

The Genocide and Human Rights University Program

Zoryan Institute

60,000,000-100,000,000 CIVILIANS WERE SYSTEMATICALLY KILLED IN THE 20th CENTURY

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GENOCIDE IS STILL A REALITY TODAY BUT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THE LEGACY OF THE 21st CENTURY

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This two-week program is a comprehensive graduate level course, taught by ten renowned? scholars in a seminar setting. Incorporating theory on genocide and the gross violation of human rights, history, sociology, political science and international law, it explores through a comparative analysis of major case studies and special themes, such issues as:

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– The Foundations of Human Rights
– The Causes of Genocide
– How Genocide is Carried Out
– Children, Gender and Genocide
– The After-effects of Genocide
– Genocide and International Law
– Facing History: Solving Past Conflicts
– Genocide Denial
– Preventing Genocide

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This summer, join a diverse group of highly motivated international students in this unique program, held annually during the first two weeks of August, in Toronto, Canada. The course can be taken for up to four graduate semester credits from the University of Minnesota.

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International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute)

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