Mali’s government has formally requested the International Criminal Court to investigate the rampant human-rights abuses in the country’s rebel-controlled north, signaling that it can no longer protect its citizens alone. The international community must step in to protect civilians and bring the perpetrators to justice.
MONTREAL – Last week, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, organized a symposium entitled “Imagine the Unimaginable: Ending Genocide in the Twenty-first Century.” In a poignant and topical keynote address, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton underscored the international community’s obligation to prevent all forms of atrocity. “Not every mass killing is announced,” she noted, “[but] there are slow-motion conflicts that happen every day.”
MONTREAL – Last week, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, organized a symposium entitled “Imagine the Unimaginable: Ending Genocide in the Twenty-first Century.” In a poignant and topical keynote address, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton underscored the international community’s obligation to prevent all forms of atrocity. “Not every mass killing is announced,” she noted, “[but] there are slow-motion conflicts that happen every day.”