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Student Activists Celebrate Signing of Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act into Law

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Casey Bush

Last month, STAND activists celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, the landmark treaty that defined genocide as an international crime and committed signatories to working to prevent genocide… Read more…

Ratko Mladić Convicted of Genocide

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Mira Mehta

On November 22, former Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko Mladić was sentenced to life in prison on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for… Read more…

President Barack Obama greets Elie Wiesel in the Oval Office, Dec. 5, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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The Legacy of the Holocaust in Preventing Genocide in the Modern World

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Casey Bush

On December 1, 1938, The Arizona Daily Star ran the story, “Nazis Order Secrecy as to Number Killed by their Policies.” In the matter of four short years, large-scale persecution… Read more…

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Student Activists Celebrate Signing of Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act into Law

Ratko Mladić Convicted of Genocide

The Legacy of the Holocaust in Preventing Genocide in the Modern World

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