George Mason University – School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution announces a presentation by Visiting Scholar Richard O’Brien on the Center for the Prevention of Genocide 2000 – 2004 and a preview of his upcoming book ‘The Most Dangerous Century™: Genocidal Indifference from 1915 – 2014. O’Brien served as the Director of the Center for the Prevention of Genocide from 2000 – 2004 and retells how the young organization helped sound the alarm on massacres in Sulawesi, Indonesia, D.R. Congo, Uganda and Darfur, Sudan and the man-induced famine in Nuba, Sudan.
It is also a historical review of the past one-hundred years of genocide, key factors, criminals and heroic acts and specific strategies that can stamp out genocide in this generation. Some of the genocides covered include: Armenia, the Ukraine, the Holocaust, Nigeria, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bosnia and Kosovo, Rwanda, Nuba and Darfur, Sudan, and D.R. Congo.
It is a unique story of an exciting young organization with actual stories of successful intervention that should serve as examples. While it is a book about genocide, the undeniable emphasis is that there is hope.
Academia, policy-makers, members of the press, human rights specialists and the general public are welcome to attend. Free international light fare will be available. The event is free.
Please contact Richard O’Brien (941)228-6218 email: [email protected]
