Humanitarian Intervention and Human Rights: The Responsibility to Protect

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James Nachtwey Slide Presentation

Presentation of slides from internationally acclaimed war photographer James Nachtwey's Inferno. Mr. Nachtwey received a Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award on February 3, 2003.

Introduction and presentation by Natalia Guzman '03 and Margaret LeBlanc '06 EPIIC Colloquium Members

Humanitarian Intervention and Human Rights: The Responsibility to Protect

Presentation of Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award to and addresses by Romeo Dallaire, Gareth Evans, and Mary Robinson

Panelists:

Nick Birnback (Tufts'92, EPIIC)
Political Officer, Asia/Middle East Division, Office of Operations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations; former Special Assistant, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea; former External Relations Officer, Electoral Assistance Division, United Nations Headquarters; former Information Officer and acting Spokesman, United Nations Mission in East Timor; former Political Officer/Special Assistant, International Police Task Force, United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, former information officer, United Nations Missions in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Romeo Dallaire, Lt. Gen (ret.-Canada)
Former Force Commander, United Nations Mission in Rwanda; former commander, 1st Canadian Division, and former deputy-commander, Canadian Army; former deputy assistant minister (Human Resources-Military), Ministry of Defence, Canada; special adviser on war-affected children and the prohibition of small arms distribution, Canadian Government; author, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda (forthcoming)

Introduction and presentation by Leah Rogers '05 and Zeleka Yeraswork '05, EPIIC Colloquium Members

Gareth Evans
President and Chief Executive, International Crisis Group; former foreign minister, Australia; he is best known for his role in founding APEC in 1989, for developing the UN Peace Plan for Cambodia, for bringing to a conclusion the international Chemical Weapons Convention, for initiating the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, and for his 1993 book on UN Reform, Cooperating for Peace

Introduction and presentation by Nicholas Chaset '05 and Benjamin Harburg '06, EPIIC Colloquium Members

Mary Robinson
Director, Ethical Globalization Initiative; former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; former president, Ireland; recipient, CARE Humanitarian Award and J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding; former member, International Commission of Jurists; co-founder, Irish Centre for European Law

Introduction and presentation by Aaron Markowitz-Shulman '05, EPIIC Colloquium Member

John Shattuck
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; former U.S. Ambassador, The Czech Republic; author, Freedom on Fire: Human Rights, Wars and the Roots of Terrorism

Moderators:
Andrea Araujo '03 and Naomi Sleeper '03
EPIIC Colloquium Members