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    Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region
    104 North Belmont Street, Suite 200
    Glendale, California 91206
    Tel: (818) 500-1918

    PRESS RELEASE

    October 14, 2010
    Contact: Haig Hovsepian
    Tel: (818) 500-1918

    SCHOLARS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD TO PARTICIPATE IN GENOCIDE REPARATIONS
    CONFERENCE AT UCLA

    LOS ANGELES, CA---Scholars from across the world are set to discuss the
    Armenian Genocide during a conference hosted by the International Human
    Rights Law Association at UCLA entitled "Genocide and Then What? The Law,
    Ethics, and Politics of Making Amends." The event will take place at UCLA's
    Dodd Hall Auditorium on Saturday, October 23rd from 10:30am to 5:00pm.

    "This is a ground breaking conference, the first of its kind to tackle this
    issue as well as place it in the broader context of restitution for crimes
    against humanity," noted Dr. Henry Theriault, Chair of the Department of
    Philosophy at Worcester State University.

    ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REPARATIONS REPORT TO BE FEATURED

    The conference will feature a soon to be released report on the Armenian
    Genocide which brings together years of research from the legal, ethical,
    and political perspective. This independent study was made possible by a
    grant from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.

    "We look forward to discussing the report and the opportunity for critical
    feedback from the scholarly community at the UCLA School of Law and beyond,"
    stated Theriault.

    Theriault, whose work explores the ethics of reparations for crimes against
    humanity, will be joined on the first panel of the conference by Ara Papian,
    former Ambassador of Armenia to Canada and treaty history and law specialist
    as well as Dr. Jermaine McCalpin (University of the West Indies, Jamaica)
    and Dr. Alfred De Zayas (Geneva School of Diplomacy and International
    Relations).

    De Zayas has served as Chief of Petitions at the Office of the United
    Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, is the retired
    Secretary of the UN Human Rights Committee, and former senior counsel with
    the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. He recently
    authored, "The Genocide Against the Armenians 1915-1923 and the Relevance of
    the Genocide Convention."

    McCalpin is a specialist in long-term as well as transitional justice. His
    research interests include truth commissions and political accountability,
    as well as reparations for slavery, Native American extermination, and the
    Armenian Genocide.

    CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND RESTITUTION

    In addition to presenting the report, the event will feature panels
    exploring Armenian Genocide reparations in the broader contexts of human
    rights violation reparations, the ethical foundations, the political
    implications, and real property determinations for reparations.

    Key to this discussion is the participation of Professor Michael Bazyler,
    Professor of Law and the "1939" Club Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human
    Rights Studies at Chapman University School of Law. Bazyler is a leading
    authority on the use of American and European courts to redress genocide and
    other historical wrongs. His book on the subject, HOLOCAUST JUSTICE: THE
    BATTLE FOR RESTITUTION IN AMERICA'S COURTS, was cited by the U.S. Supreme
    Court and reviewed in the Harvard Law Review, Washington Post, Los Angeles
    Times, Financial Times (London), and The Economist.

    ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS, POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

    Providing perspective on the ethical imperative behind justice in the case
    of the Armenian Genocide and the dynamic political environment in which it
    is developing will be Dr. Armen Marsoobian, Khatchig Mouradian, and Ayda
    Erbal.

    Marsoobian is a Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Southern
    Connecticut State University. His current work deals with philosophical
    issues arising from genocide, including an exploration of intergenerational
    moral responsibility in the aftermath of genocide.

    Mouradian is completing his Ph.D. in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark
    University, Massachusetts. He has lectured extensively and participated in
    conferences in Armenia, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Austria,
    Switzerland, Norway and across the United States. On April 24, 2010, he was
    a featured speaker at the Armenian Genocide commemoration held in Istanbul,
    Turkey, and on April 25, 2010, he presented as part of the "Reparations"
    panel at the first Armenian Genocide conference held in Ankara, Turkey.

    Erbal is completing her Ph.D. dissertation at New York University in the
    Department of Politics. Her research focuses on the politics of changing
    historiographies in Turkey and Israel and her work focuses on democratic
    theory, democratic deliberation, the politics of "post-nationalist"
    historiographies in transitional settings, and the politics of apology.

    GENOCIDE AND REAL NUMBERS

    George Aghjayan, a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, will present his
    research on the demographics of the Armenian population of western Armenia
    prior to the Armenian Genocide. He will be joined by Rev. Dr. George
    Leylegian who will discuss his work outlining the seizure and destruction of
    church properties lost during and after the Armenian Genocide as well as its
    community and religious institutional impact.

    The conference is free and open to the public. For more information about
    the conference, individuals may contact the International Human Rights Law
    Association.

    The conference is organized by the International Human Rights Law
    Association with the support of the Armenian National Committee of
    America-Western Region.

    The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region is the largest and
    most influential Armenian American grassroots advocacy organization in the
    Western United States. Working in coordination with a network of offices,
    chapters, and supporters throughout the Western United States and affiliated
    organizations around the country, the ANCA-WR advances the concerns of the
    Armenian American community on a broad range of issues.




    From: A. Papazian
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