Thursday, April 22, 2010 Agenda

Thursday, April 22, 2010
8 p.m.
MIKC Wells Fargo Theater

Video: Sexual Violence in Congo

Stand’s Website:

In need of a serious overhaul.
Jay Dave has been kind enough to offer his web design skills, let me know if you want to be added as an author, or if you have any design ideas, I can make you an admin!

The site: unrstand.blogspot.com

News Update:

o GI-NET reclassifies Sri Lanka as “High Radar” area
o UN mission in Darfur: abducted peacekeepers are OK
o ICC Prosecutor Seeks Non-Cooperation Ruling Against Sudan
o U.N. fears Congo pullout will hurt fight against rape
o Burma's hip-hop resistance spreads message of freedom

Next Week’s elections:

In order for elections to be successful, let’s go over what each job entails.
UNR STAND’s leadership team is in need of more clearly defined roles so that one person is not carrying the brunt of the work.

All positions are open, and you may nominate yourself. Next week you will introduce your platform, letting us know why you are the best candidate. Please prepare a 1 minute speech.

*I will post the updated position requirements later. I must have not emailed myself the correct one.

International Justice Speaker Panel

We need someone to pick-up food Monday (Christy) and Tuesday (Austin) at 3:30 pm
We need someone to pick-up, drop-off Martina Knee for Tuesday and Wednesday
Tuesday, April 27th in the JCSU Theater- 7 p.m.
Set-up at 6
Spread the word!

Program:
TOPIC ONE: Can or should international law be enforced?
How can international law and justice be defined? (Or can they be defined?_
Are genocide and mass atrocities preventable? If so, does that make international justice organs such as the ICC obsolete?
Is having a permanent court a deterrent to future genocide and amass atrocities?

TOPIC TWO: Should gross violations of human rights be brought before international or local tribunals? (For example, ICC or ICJ versus Yugoslavia and Rwandan courts?)
Are regional or international organs more effective (at achieving justice/punishing perpetrators) than national/state mechanisms?
How can culture impact or affect the achievement international law?
What role can truth and reconciliation commissions play?

TOPIC THREE: What are the best methods for punishing human rights violations? (Sanctions, indictments, intervention, etc.)
What should be the result of “justice”?

TOPIC FOUR: Should justice come before peace, or vice versa? (For instance, end the war or charge the criminals first?)
Can ICC indictments or charges derail peace efforts in volatile ongoing conflicts? (i.e., Sudan)
Conclusions on merits/failures of international justice and expectations for the future

“Reporter” Screening

Monday, April 26th
7 p.m.
Location?
Free to all, help spread the word! We’ve got to appeal to the J-School crowd.

Working for Genocide Prevention at the Clinton Global Initiative University
Jenna Fox tells us about her experience at the conference this last weekend.

“In order to participate in the conference, STAND needed to make a "commitment"--a project or campaign proposal for which we intended to use the skills developed at CGIU. Our commitment relied greatly on the grassroots constituency that STAND developed through the Pledge2Protect campaign: the 51,000+ students and activists who issued their "pledge" for genocide prevention last fall. We committed ourselves to working with our parent organization, the Genocide Intervention Network, to the passage of comprehensive genocide prevention legislation. We committed to mobilize the grassroots constituency developed over the past five years around the development of a coordinated, interagency genocide prevention policy, based on the guidelines provided by the Genocide Prevention Task Force. This weekend's conference certainly assisted us in making steps towards that goal.” –Dan Solomon
*To read the full blog, click here.

Next week the meeting will be as previously scheduled, in the rita laden senate chambers. 8 p.m. see you there!