On 10 January, MIGS was honored to host Dr. Esther Brimmer, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, who spoke about her experience working for the Obama administration with regards to the United Nations. Pictures of this event are available on our Flickr Page.
On 15 January, MIGS’ Distinguished Senior Fellow Roméo Dallaire spoke to Radio-Canada on the commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide: "20e anniversaire du génocide au Rwanda : Entrevue avec Roméo Dallaire"
On the same day, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and Roméo Dallaire participated in a panel discussion titled “Genocide: A Preventable Crime”
On 17 January, Kyle Matthews wrote an op-ed on Raoul Wallenberg's legacy: “Raoul Wallenberg: A humanitarian hero we must never forget”, Globalnews.com
Lt-Gen Roméo Dallaire was mentioned in the New York Times in article titled “In South Sudan, Some Lessons of Rwanda Learned, Others Revisited” and in the United Press International, “Child soldiers a warning sign for possible genocide”
On 22 January, MIGS issued a press release titled "Marking the Twenty Years since General Dallaire's Genocide Fax"
Kyle Matthews gave an interview to Radio Canada International on the smuggled photos of torture and killings supplied by a Syrian military defector. Listen to the interview: “Photos of Syrian torture may spur action”
Dr. Frank Chalk is one of the signatories of a “Letter on the Rwandan Genocide”, a reply to Michael Dobbs’s op-ed “Rwanda’s Shrouded Nightmare” in the New York Times. The full letter and list of signers is available on the MIGS’ website.
On 27-28 January, MIGS’ staff attended the Open Data for Development Challenge, a “codathon” organized by Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. The conference brought together technical experts and policy makers to generate innovative solutions to the world's pressing development challenges.
On 31 January, MIGS’ hosted a “Twitter Boot camp for Human Rights.” The boot camp was attended by students and professionals alike, and, in view of the excellent attendance and success, we plan to organize more advanced sessions in the near future. The introductory presentation is available here.
MIGS’ made it onto the Canadian International Council’s 2014 #cdnfp (Canadian Foreign Policy) Twitterati, an annual list of who's driving the Canadian foreign policy conversation on Twitter. The list can be viewed here. Here is what the CIC had to say about MIGS: @MIGSInstitute
“Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies | @MIGSInstitute - Based at Concordia University, MIGS is Canada’s leading research and advocacy institute for genocide and mass atrocity crimes prevention that not only conducts research, but aims to provide real policy recommendations to help prevent conflict degeneration into mass atrocity situations. On Twitter, MIGS is dedicated to spreading genocide and human rights related content, as well as facilitating discussion via live-tweets of speeches and related events.
On 5 February, Kyle Matthews published an op-ed on Globalnews.ca titled “The world is letting down Syria’s children”.