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Concordia University Concordia celebrates 50 years!
Concordia University Concordia celebrates 50 years!

Montreal Institute for Genocide and
Human Rights Studies

Montreal Institute for Genocide and
Human Rights Studies

Global Parliamentary Alliance Against Atrocity Crimes

MIGS launched of the Global Parliamentary Alliance Against Atrocity Crimes (GPAAAC) in May 2022.

With the support of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Canada, MIGS created a network of Canadian, German and EU-member state parliamentarians, to explore how parliamentarians can better prevent and respond to mass atrocity crimes, while defending and strengthening democracy and the liberal order. The project focuses on Ukraine and the key international challenges the crisis there poses to human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. Utilizing MIGS wide network of parliamentarians, this project will provide a model for best practices for preventing and responding to future atrocity crimes. In the past MIGS has worked with parliamentarians through the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and with Parliamentarians for Global Action.

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Podcasts

  • The War Came to Us: A discussion with Chris Miller. Listen to the episode on Apple podcast or Spotify.
  • New Security Strategy and the War in Ukraine. Dr Ulrike Franke (Senior Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, ECFR) and Dr. Benjamin Tallis (Senior Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations). Listen to the episode on Apple podcast or Spotify.
  • The Wagner Group Mutiny Explained. Prof. Kimberly Marten (Barnard college, columbia university)
    Listen to the episode on APPLE PODCAST or SPOTIFY.
  • Covering the War in Ukraine: A Conversation with Tim Mak (Independent journalist and former NPR foreign correspondent). Listen to the episode on  Spotify
  • Spotlight on Russia’s Abduction of Ukrainian Children. Nathaniel Raymond (Executive Director of Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab) and Aliona Hlivco (Political analyst and former Ukrainian MP). Listen to the episode on Apple Podcast or Spotify.
  • A Discussion with Amb. Bob Rae about Russia’s Disinformation at the UN Security Council. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcast and Spotify. 
  • Documenting war crimes in Ukraine with Belkis Wille, Human Rights Watch. Listen to the episode.
  • Genocide in Ukraine, a discussion with Senator McPhedran. Listen to the episode.
  • Russia at the UN Security Council: A discussion with Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya. Listen to the episode Apple Podcast or Spotify
  • The War in Ukraine: AI VS. OSINT. Alexa Koenig (Director of the Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley) and Belkis Wille (Associate Director, HRW). Listen to the episode on Apple podcast or Spotify.
  • Dr. Aylin Matlé on what the invasion of Ukraine means for Germany and NATO. Listen to the episode.
  • Oleksandra Matviichuk on the work of the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine. Listen to the episode
  • Using OSINT to investigate war crimes in Ukraine. Listen to the episode.
  • Covering the war in Ukraine, with Ukrainian journalist Iryna Matviyishyn. Listen to the episode.
  • ”We must hold Russia accountable”, a discussion with Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko. Listen to the episode.

More episodes available on your preferred Podcast platforms.

Upcoming: Montreal International Security Summit

MIGS’s International Security Summit will bring together high-level policymakers and experts from North America and Europe for a strategic dialogue in Montreal. The two-day event will consist of panel discussions on critical questions generated by the war in Ukraine.

The Security Summit will address essential questions regarding the war in Ukraine: What lessons must be drawn from the war? What are the implications of the war for global stability in general and NATO in particular? How should Canada play a more central role in reinforcing global security? What role is China playing in the war? What can be done to bring perpetrators to justice?

Join MIGS for this unique high-level event.

This event is supported by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Canada and the Canadian Department of Defense. Our Institutional partners are the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, the European Council on Foreign Relations and the Canadian International Council (Montreal).

For more information, contact migs@concordia.ca

 
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