UNDERSTANDING GENOCIDE AND THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION: HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW – WEBINAR RECORDING On Tuesday 22nd October, 2024in the first webinar in the series, Francesca Albanese, in conversation with Chris Sidoti, introduced the evolution of international law concerning genocide. Both speakers provided profound perspectives on the impacts of genocide, the complexities of preventing atrocities, and the critical role of timely intervention in averting humanitarian crises. WATCH HERE
Diplomacy Training Program and NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) are hosting a series of webinars building awareness, knowledge and understanding of The Genocide Convention and the rights it recognises, contributing to conversations on contemporary conflicts in Palestine and Myanmar.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide is a key international law instrument that first defined the crime of genocide. It represents a global pledge to prevent atrocities that intend to “destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group”.
The prohibition of genocide is jus cogens: an overriding fundamental principle, at all times without exception, for all humanity. Despite this, genocide has continued, leading us to discuss the Convention’s shortcomings concerning contemporary cases of genocide.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS – UNDRIP WEBINAR SERIES: Diplomacy Training Program, in partnership with Oxfam Australia has launched a new webinar series on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The first webinar focussed on the right to self-determination, featuring Les Malezar and Monica Morgan. More information to follow on the next webinar. WATCH HERE
CHILD RIGHTS WEBINAR SERIES: 24 webinars on the Convention on the Rights of the Child are available here. Each webinar features leading child’s rights experts, practitioners and young people exploring the challenges in realising children’s rights in practices. https://dtp.org.au/training/crc-webinar-series/
DTP NETWORKING AND WEBINARS: Diplomacy Training Program series of webinars to continue knowledge building with DTP alumni. Planning is underway for webinars on Deep Sea Mining, and on Human Rights, Digital Rights and Artificial Intelligence. To express interest and/or suggest webinar topics, please contact dtp@unsw.edu.au
