Facing History and Ourselves - Upcoming online forum by Judge Richard Goldstone 3:30pm 8th Feb, 2003   Announcing the opportunity to Join Leading Scholars in an Online Forum,    February 20th - March 7th, 2003:    Facing History and Ourselves invites you to participate in an extraordinary opportunity to engage in an online forum with some of world's leading observers of how individuals, communities, nations, and international organizations seek justice in the aftermath of mass violence and genocide. Teachers, students and community members will be joined by the following:    Judge Richard Goldstone, Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, a Justice for South Africa's Constitutional Court    Martha Minow, Harvard University School of Law, member of the Kosovo Commission, author of Between Vengeance and Forgiveness    Samantha Power, author of A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, former and founding Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University.    Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, psychologist, activist, and associate professor of psychology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and author of A Human Being Died that Night; A South African Story of Forgiveness.    Facing History and Ourselves is currently developing a web-based, interactive module that explores transitional justice processes, including prosecutions, truth commissions, coexistence initiatives, reparations, and efforts at healing. As has been the case with previous conferences, this forum will help Facing History staff in the development and dissemination of new teaching materials focusing on justice and genocide    According to Margot Stern Strom, Executive Director of Facing History and Ourselves,    The issues of reparations, forgiveness, truth-telling, law and justice may be more important now than ever before. These issues are really about peoples lives, about their vulnerability, fear, anger, and shame. But it is also about their desire for justice and a language that can inspire coexistence and rebuilding. Facing History's work has always been about these issues; about the echoes and legacies of the Holocaust and other 20th century genocides. There can be no deep commitment to prevention or the creation of a civic society without an understanding of how to create justice in the aftermath of genocide.    After studying the Holocaust in Facing History classrooms, students confront questions of guilt and responsibility. They explore the legacies of the past, and seek ways to break the cycle of injustice. This forum provides you and your students with a unique opportunity to engage in conversations about these ideas with four experts on issues related to international justice and genocide, as well as with educators from a wide variety of communities.    Judgment, Memory and Legacy: Teaching About Justice in the Aftermath of Genocide builds on the work of previous Facing History conferences, which have examined the challenges of healing after collective violence and genocide. This forum is unique in that as an online experience, you will be able to engage directly, not only with these experts, but other teachers and students from throughout North America and around the world.    By focusing on specific examples, including judicial responses to the Rwandan genocide, the recent Balkan wars, and apartheid in South Africa, we hope to address the following questions:    How do individuals, communities, and countries examine their responsibility and (re)gain a sense of dignity?    How do people live together after mass violence? Is reconciliation possible? Is it desirable?    How is healing possible after atrocity?    Why is confronting and acknowledging crimes against humanity important?    What role do educators and education play in the development of tribunals, truth commissions, and efforts at reconciliation?    What role should international organizations and tribunals have in responding to acts of mass violence and genocide?    As nations and individuals are debating the relevance and importance of war crimes tribunals, truth commissions and other attempts to seek justice, this online forum provides a unique opportunity for students, teachers and community members to interact both with each other and this diverse panel of international scholars Visit the related web page
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