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UPDATE: International conference on Arm Genocide and the law, St. Thomas Sch of 
Law, Mpls, Feb 5
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From: Ellen Kennedy 
To: CHGS-LIST [at] LISTS.UMN.EDU 
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 5:16 AM
Subject: [CHGS-LIST] Conference, Armenian Genocide and the Law, Mpls, Feb 5


THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 
The University of St. Thomas School of Law Atrium, 1000 LaSalle Avenue, 
Minneapolis, February 5, 2010, 9 am-5 pm.  Free; open to the public; no 
reservations necessary.


PRESENTATIONS

Mark L. Movsesian, St. John's University School of Law, "Legal Reform 
(Tanzimat) in the Ottoman Empire and the Armenian Genocide"

Vahakn N. Dadrian, Zoryan Institute, "The Turkish Military Tribunals 
Prosecuting the Armenian Genocide"

William A. Schabas, National University of Ireland, Galway, "The Retroactive 
Applicability of the UN Genocide Convention to the Armenian Genocide: A 
Reappraisal"

Geoffrey Robertson, QC, Doughty Street Chambers, "Politics, Government, and the 
Armenian Genocide in the United Kingdom"

Mark C. Fleming, Willmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, "Griswold v. 
Driscoll: The Massachusetts Board of Education Lawsuit and the Armenian 
Genocide"

Eren Keskin, Turkish Human Rights Lawyer, "The Politics of Memory, Denial and 
the Law: A Test-case for the Independence of Turkish Justice"

Roger W. Smith, International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, 
"Legislating against Genocide Denial: Criminalizing Denial or Preventing Free 
Speech?"

CLE CREDIT APPLIED FOR.  Questions? jmsandy [at] stthomas.edu



-- 
Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.

Interim Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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952-693-5206

Executive Director, World Without Genocide 
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"Outstanding Citizen" Award, 2009, Anne Frank Center