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Reporting on international security and terrorism

A seminar for journalists, London, June 6 - 8, 2011

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Atrocity and Genocide Prevention talk beginning

by Julie Mollins 6/7/2011 3:36:05 PM
Atrocity and Genocide Prevention - now speaking: Jennifer Walsh, co-Director Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC), and Prof of International Relations, University of Oxford

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 3:38:19 PM
Moderator of genocide panel is Rachel Gerber of the Stanley Foundation. Speakers are Kyle Matthews, lead researcher, Will to Intervene Project, Montreal Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict and professor of international relations, University of Oxford. Kwesi Aning, head of Conflict Prevention Management and Resolution Department of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra, Ghana.

by Julie Mollins 6/7/2011 3:38:25 PM
Welcome Tolu

by Julie Mollins 6/7/2011 3:38:52 PM
Jennifer Walsh: Defining the "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P):
R2P - responsibility of states to "protect" their populations from genocide, war crime, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 3:39:14 PM
Jennifer Welsh: Members of International community felt a mea culpa over Rwanda.

by Julie Mollins 6/7/2011 3:42:49 PM
Welsh: The majority of genocides are committed within the context of armed conflict

by Julie Mollins 6/7/2011 3:45:12 PM
Jennifer Walsh: Responsibility to Protect also includes an obligation to "Prevent" i.e. prevent mass atrocity from happening

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 3:45:24 PM
Jennifer Walsh: Atrocity prevention and conflict prevention are two different concepts, but are often conflated

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 3:46:47 PM
Jennifer Walsh: Not all mass atrocity crimes occur as part of armed conflict. 33% of mass atrocity crimes committed since 1945 have NOT occurred within the context of armed conflict

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 3:48:28 PM
Jennifer Walsh: Conflict prevention seeks the elimination and resolution of all conflict. R2P on the other hand permits the use of coercive means when peaceful means fail (e.g. Libyan scenario)

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 3:50:44 PM
Welsh: The UN's approach to conflict resolution is built around a 'culture of impartiality' - a conscious effort to treat all sides as morally equal

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 3:52:55 PM
Welsh: Scenarios in which mass atrocity has been committed call into question that 'culture of impartiality', and nudge the UN into taking sides

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 3:54:36 PM
RT. @Trust_Media: Follow live blog on Reporting on International Security and Terrorism bit.ly @tr_foundation #trfmeet

by Trust Media via twitter 6/7/2011 3:56:40 PM
Welsh: The Path of Escalation (for the Prevention of Mass Atrocity): Level 1: Preconditions | Level 2: Crisis and Mobilisation | Level 3: Imminent Emergency

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 3:59:29 PM
Video: Al Qaeda method "finished" - guerrilla-turned-peacemaker Abdullah Anas youtu.be #qaeda #binladen #afghanistan

by Trust Media via twitter 6/7/2011 3:59:45 PM
Now speaking: Kyle Matthews, Lead Researcher, Will to Intervene Project, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, Concordia University

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 4:03:26 PM
Matthews: Canada has one of the most open refugee policies in the world

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 4:06:06 PM
Matthews: Unprecedented: Obama's appointment of a Genocide Prevention Expert (Samantha Power) to the White House

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 4:12:17 PM
Matthews: Parliaments across the world are demonstrating greater interest in the prevention of genocide

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 4:13:29 PM
Matthews: Note to Journalists: The word "Genocide" should be avoided in reporting, because of its controversial nature. "Mass Atrocity" preferable.

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 4:16:14 PM
RT @StanleyFound: @kylecmatthews tells Reuters seminar NATO now incorporating atrocity prevention in doctrine. #trfmeet #R2P #genprev

by toluogunlesi via twitter 6/7/2011 4:17:14 PM
Welsh: The principle of the R2P was almost killed by the Iraq War. The conflict damaged all sense of goodwill that the intervention might be for humanitarian purposes

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 4:18:38 PM
RT @StanleyFound: @kylecmatthews tells Reuters seminar NATO now incorporating atrocity prevention in doctrine. #trfmeet #R2P #genprev

by Trust Media via twitter 6/7/2011 4:20:22 PM
Jennifer Welsh: There's now a group of 'Friends of the Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) #trfmeet

by toluogunlesi via twitter 6/7/2011 4:20:57 PM
Video: A conversation with Muslim Brotherhood cleric Kamel Helbawy www.trust.org

by Maria Caspani 6/7/2011 4:22:19 PM
RT @toluogunlesi: Jennifer Welsh: There's now a group of 'Friends of the Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) #trfmeet

by StanleyFound via twitter 6/7/2011 4:23:32 PM
Welsh: There's a responsibility to react that doesn't automatically mean a responsibility to intervene with military force #R2P

by Tolu Ogunlesi (NEXT Newspaper) 6/7/2011 4:24:00 PM
Jennifer Welsh of Oxford: There was a "degree of clarity" for decision makers about Qaddafi's atrocities and invoking #R2P #trfmeet

by StanleyFound via twitter 6/7/2011 4:29:03 PM
Jennifer Welsh: Supporting the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) should be a Responsibility to Develop the Capacity to Protect #trfmeet

by toluogunlesi via twitter 6/7/2011 4:29:34 PM
RT @StanleyFound: Jennifer Welsh of Oxford: There was a "degree of clarity" for decision makers about Qaddafi's atrocities and invoking ...

by toluogunlesi via twitter 6/7/2011 4:30:05 PM
Ahmed Naguib on the role of social media in Egypt's revolution

by Julie Mollins 6/7/2011 9:43:34 PM
After bin Laden, what is the future for al Qaeda?

by Julie Mollins 6/7/2011 10:05:55 PM
"Countdown to Zero" producers hope to ignite anti-nuclear sentiment

by Julie Mollins 6/7/2011 10:18:42 PM
"Arab awakening" represents climate-change threat multiplier - climate expert

by Julie Mollins 6/7/2011 11:19:52 PM
Al Qaeda method "finished" - guerrilla-turned-peacemaker Abdullah Anas

by Julie Mollins 6/8/2011 12:01:29 AM
Foreign Policy: If Drones Had Feelings, They'd Be Hurt n.pr #trfmeet

by SeanHarder via twitter 6/8/2011 1:25:36 PM
Former head of Pakistan's intelligence agency, Ehsan ul- Haq, says he doesn't believe Osama bin Laden was in Abbottabad compound for five years #trfmeet

by Julie Mollins 6/8/2011 1:37:33 PM
Former Director General of #Pakistan ISI Ehsan ul-Haq tells #trfmeet he doesn't believe #OBL was hiding in Abbottabad 5 years.

by NickBaumann via twitter 6/8/2011 1:37:59 PM
"it is absurd to think Osama Bin Laden lived in Abbottabad for 5 years". Frm. Dir. Gen of ISI taking part right now at the seminar #trfmeet

by TITTIPRICE via twitter edited by Julie Mollins 6/8/2011 1:42:17 PM
Here's a question for #Pakistan ex-ISI chief Ehsan ul-Haq: Does the ISI assassinate or abduct journalists? #trfmeet

by SeanHarder via twitter 6/8/2011 1:47:04 PM
Ehsan ul-Haq, fmr head of #Pakistani intel agency #ISI believes reports Osama was in Abbotabad for 5 years are "misinformation" #trfmeet

by toluogunlesi via twitter 6/8/2011 1:53:01 PM
#randomfact 16 years ago the fax machine was ILLEGAL in Syria - David Gardner #trfmeet

by toluogunlesi via twitter 6/8/2011 1:53:16 PM
RT @jmollins: RT @SeanHarder: Here's a question for #Pakistan ex-ISI chief Ehsan ul-Haq: Does the ISI assassinate or abduct journalists? ...

by toluogunlesi via twitter 6/8/2011 1:56:51 PM
RT “@je_mc2: Is it also 'misinformation' that many in the ISI are Al-Qaeda apologists?”

by toluogunlesi via twitter 6/8/2011 2:01:26 PM