Justice
Includes legal issues as well as the concept of justice.
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86-Year-Old SS Killer Faces Murder Charges(Der Speigel, April 14, 2008) The article, "86-Year-Old SS Killer Faces Murder Charges," reports on what could be the last war crimes trial to take place in Germany. In this case, an elderly SS soldier might be put on trial for shooting three unarmed Dutch civilians in 1944. | Facing Today | 05/14/2008 - 10:39 |
A Problem from Hell: A Conversation with Samantha Power, Part 1Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of Practice Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, discusses crimes against humanity and the dynamic of generalized versus particular responses. | Video Clip | 03/13/2008 - 11:28 |
A Problem from Hell: A Conversation with Samantha Power, Part 2Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of Practice Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, discusses the continuum of possible intervention by nations when observing genocide in the world. | Video Clip | 03/13/2008 - 11:24 |
A Problem from Hell: A Conversation with Samantha Power, Part 3Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of Practice Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, describes the paralyzing nature of genocide and its effect on intervention. | Video Clip | 03/13/2008 - 11:30 |
A Problem from Hell: A Conversation with Samantha Power, Part 4Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of Practice Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, discusses the Genocide Convention and the genesis of the term "genocide," coined by Rafael Lemkin in 1944. | Video Clip | 03/13/2008 - 11:16 |
A World Made New: Human Rights After the Holocaust
This lesson
encourages students to explore the historical basis for the modern
human rights movement born in the aftermath of the Holocaust and
deepens understanding of the Charter for the United Nations and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). | Lesson Plan | 03/16/2008 - 23:52 |
Armenian Genocide Lesson Six: What is Justice After Genocide?This lesson introduces students to the challenges of seeking justice in the aftermath of genocide. Unlike the Holocaust, most of the primary perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide were not held accountable for their actions. | Lesson Plan | 03/19/2008 - 13:57 |
Can Journalism Kill? The Case of Rwandan Hate Radio
This outline explores the connections between media, propaganda, and mass violence. During the Rwandan genocide, hate radio and music was used to incite violence and atrocities on a massive scale. Recent attempts at seeking justice in the aftermath of these tragedies have resulted in the first prosecutions since Nuremberg of propagandists. | Lesson Plan | 02/22/2008 - 19:05 |
Choices in Little RockChoices in Little Rock is a teaching unit that focuses on efforts to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 - efforts that resulted in a crisis that historian Taylor Branch once described as "the most severe test of the Constitution since the Civil War. | Publication | 03/09/2008 - 13:31 |
Choosing to Participate Study GuideThis study guide is designed to accompany the exhibit and to elaborate its key challenge: to think deeply about what democracy really means, and what it asks of each of us. Choosing to Participate focuses on four stories about the meaning of civic participation and the critical need to promote a just society: 1. | Publication | 02/23/2008 - 19:13 |
