Stopping Mass Atrocities: An International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect

Abstract: Welcome & Opening Remarks
- George Breslauer , Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UC Berkeley
- Eric Stover , Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley
Keynote Address - "The Responsibility to Protect: The Power of an Idea "
- Gareth Evans , President, International Crisis Group

Panel: Introduction to R2P
This panel will explore the political, historical, and legal underpinnings of the responsibility to protect. It will address the promise and potential of the emerging norm, as well as the challenges to its practical implementation. The discussion will consider the perspectives of scholars, policy makers, local and national government officials, UN representatives, and military personnel, among others.
- Jerry Sanders , Peace and Conflict Studies, UC Berkeley, moderator
- Richard Cooper , R2P Coalition
- Steve Crawshaw , Human Rights Watch
- Heidi Hulan , Canadian Mission to the United Nations
- Ramesh Thakur , UN University


Panel: R2P and International vs. National Policy Perspectives
International commitments have occasionally been at odds with U.S. priorities at home. How does R2P fit within current U.S. foreign policy and what are the challenges to embracing its principles? Which organizations, policy makers and politicians have been instrumental in promoting the idea? What theoretical and practical obstacles must be overcome for R2P to become an influential part of U.S. foreign policy? Issues to be discussed include a range of interventions, including use of force.
- Donald Steinberg , International Crisis Group, moderator
- Lee Feinstein , Council on Foreign Relations
- Victoria (Tori) Holt , Henry L. Stimson Center, author of The Impossible Mandate? Military Preparedness, the Responsibility to Protect, and Modern Peacekeeping
- Takahiro Katsumi , Foreign Policy Aide, Diet of Japan
- Hansj�rg Strohmeyer , Chief, Policy Development and Studies Branch, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN


Panel: Building a Social Movement: An Examination of Current and Past Campaigns
How can lessons learned from successful campaigns be applied to the anti-genocide and R2P campaign? Models include the anti-slavery campaign, the campaign to ban landmines, and the campaign for the creation of the ICC.
- Anita Sharma , ENOUGH, moderator
- Mark Hanis , Genocide Intervention Network
- William Pace , World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy, Coalition for the International Criminal Court
- Ken Rutherford , Landmine Survivors Network
- Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, M.D. , My Sister's Keeper


Closing Remarks
- Juan M�ndez , UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and President, International Center for Transitional Justice



Hosted by Human Rights Center in cooperation with Genocide Intervention Network, Human Rights Watch.


Conference partners include: Amnesty International, Center for American Progress, Consulate General of Canada, International Crisis Group, Progressive Students of Faith, San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, STAND-UC Berkeley, World Affairs Council of Northern California, World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy.


UC Berkeley co-sponsors:Boalt Hall Committee for Human Rights, Center for African Studies, Canadian Studies Program, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Ethnic Studies Department, Graduate School of Journalism, Institute of International Studies, International and Area Studies, International Human Rights Law Clinic, International Legal Studies Program, Peace and Conflict Studies, Religion, Politics, and Globalization Program.
Supported by Humanity United, with additional funding from the Darian and Rick Swig Philanthropic Fund.

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