Polish Alumni Association and Institute of Law Studies of Polish Academy of Sciences invites to the seminar:
'Crime of genocide – reflections by prof. David F. Forte'
During our seminar we would like to draw the attention to the American approach to the crime of genocide. What was the history of approval of the UN Genocide Convention in the US? What was the role of Rafael Lemkin and senator William Proxmire in final acceptance of this Convention? Why did it lasted almost 30 years to accept the Convention by the US government? How prof. Forte is assessing the current global events through the lenses of this Convention? And how prof. Forte conceptualizes the “push-backspolicy” of migrants on the Polish Eastern border?
The seminar will be hosted by DSc. Karolina Wierczyńska, Associate Professor of the Institute of Law Studies of Polish Academy of Sciences.
The language of the seminar is English.
The seminar is carried out thanks to the cooperation between the Polish Alumni Association and Center for Research on International Criminal Law, ILS PAS and Department of Criminology ILS PAS.
When: December 15, 2021 (Wednesday)
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David F. Forte
Professor of Law at Cleveland State University, where he was the inaugural holder of the Charles R. Emrick, Jr. - Calfee Halter & Griswold Endowed Chair. He has held Distinguished Fulbright Chairs at the University of Warsaw and the University of Trento, and he was the Garwood Visiting Professor at Princeton University. He holds degrees from Harvard College, Manchester University, England, the University of Toronto and Columbia University.
He has frequently testified before the United States Congress and consulted with the Department of State on human rights and international affairs issues. His advice was specifically sought on the approval of the Genocide Convention, on world-wide religious persecution, and Islamic extremism. He has given over 300 invited addresses and papers at more than 100 academic institutions, was the chairman of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Cleveland Bar Association, and is the Vice-Chair of the Ohio State Advisory Committee to the United States Civil Rights Commission.
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