Bearing Witness to Genocide: The Plight of Religious Minorities in Iraq
To many Americans, ISIS is a terrorist organization responsible for deadly plots in Paris and Brussels, for beheading westerners, and for threatening America's security. The US government has also recently declared the group a perpetrator of genocide.
In the summer of 2014, ISIS committed genocide and crimes against humanity against ethnic and religious minorities in Ninewa province in Northern Iraq. The group forced more than 800,000 people from their homes and deliberately destroyed shrines, temples, and churches and kidnapped or killed hundreds, likely thousands, of people. ISIS decimated millennia-old communities, irrevocably tearing the social fabric of the once-diverse region.
Distinguished experts in law and human rights will discuss the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's recent Bearing Witness report on Iraq, which documented crimes against Yezidi, Christian and other ethnic and religious populations in Northern Iraq. The following panelists will talk about the atrocities, analyze current conditions in Iraq, and assess future risks to civilians in the region.
This event is co-sponsored by the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University, and the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute.
Participants:
* Moderator Kim Lawton, Managing Editor/Correspondent, “Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly”
* Jeffrey D. Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, United Nations
* Susan Hayward, Director, Religion & Inclusive Societies, United States Institute of Peace
* Cameron Hudson, Director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
* Mark P. Lagon, Ph.D., President, Fre ...More...
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