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Date	Title	Formats
October 4, 2007	Welcome & Opening Remarks
	David Magier, Welcome on behalf of Columbia University Libraries/CHRDR
	Bernard Reilly, Welcome on behalf of Center for Research Libraries/Global Resources Network
	Keynote: A Conversation with Juan E. Méndez and David Marwell More about keynote presenters and moderator Peter Rosenblum >>

October 5, 2007	Section 1: Current Approaches to HR Documentation Moderator: David Magier, Columbia University Libraries
	Trudy Peterson, former Archivist, U.S. Government; "Tribunals Past and Present: Temporary Courts, Permanent Records"
	Mary Marshall Clark, Director, Oral History Research Office, Columbia University Libraries; "Oral History and Human Rights Documentation: Acts of Witness on the Journey to Justice"
	Richard Richie, Cambodian Genocide Documentation Project, Yale University; "Preservation and Access through Microfilming of Khmer Rouge Documents and Archives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for Research and Tribunals"
	Kate Doyle, Senior Analyst of US Policy in Latin America, National Security Archive; "Exhumations: The Recovery of Repressive Archives"
	Douglas Greenberg, Shoah Visual History Foundation; "Indexing Memory: Access to Video Testimony of Genocide"
	Section 1 close; Panel Q&A

	Section 2: Grassroots Activities and New Forms of Documentation Moderator: Joshua Rubenstein, NE Regional Director, Amnesty International USA
	Advocates from Columbia University's Human Rights Advocates Program, Center for the Study of Human Rights; "Documentation in Action: Three Human Rights Activists Share How They Use Documentation in Claiming Rights" Mónica Iris Jasis; Founder & Co-Director, Centro Mujeres, Mexico John Caulker; Executive Director, Forum of Conscience, Sierra Leone Elavarthi Manohar; Director of Campaigns, Sangama, India
	Grace Lile, Media Archives Manager, WITNESS; "Bearing Witness: Issues in Audiovisual Human Rights Documentation and Archiving"
	Robert Wolven, Associate University Librarian, Columbia University Libraries; "Issues in Human Rights Web Archiving"
	Section 2 close; Panel Q&A

	Section 3: Legal Uses of HR Documentation Moderator: Peter Rosenblum, Clinical Professor of Human Rights Law, Columbia University Law School
	Alison Des Forges, Senior Advisor, African Division, Human Rights Watch; "Genocide in Triplicate: Use of Documents in National and International Prosecution of the Rwandan Genocide"
	Richard Dicker, Director, Human Rights Watch International Justice Program; "Seized Iraqi Security Documents: Assembling Evidence for a Case of Genocide"
	Lucy Thomson, Digital Evidence Project, American Bar Association; "Legal Uses of Human Rights Documentation: The Challenges of Digital Evidence in Human Rights Cases"
	Graeme Simpson, Director of Thematic Programs, International Center for Transitional Justice; "The Burden of Truth: Evidence and Testimony in Dealing with Violations of the Past"
	Section 3 close; Panel Q&A

	Section 4: Teaching and Research: Academic Approaches to the Use of HR Documentation Moderator: David Magier, Columbia University Libraries
	Alice Miller, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; "Teaching the Moving Target: Human Rights as Struggle in History and in the Classroom"
	Peter Nardulli, Director, Cline Center for Democracy, University of Illinois, & Kalev Leetaru, University of Illinois; "News Archives, Advanced Information Technologies and Human Rights: An Event Analysis for the Post WW II Era"
	Paul Gordon Lauren, Regents Professor of History, University of Montana; "Bringing Human Rights in History to Life: Documentation for Teaching and Research"
	Section 4 close; Panel Q&A

	Conference Wrap-up Paul Martin, Professor, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University; Conference Wrap-up

October 6, 2007	Working Sessions: How can libraries and archives address Human Rights needs?
	Opening Remarks: James Neal Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University; Opening remarks
	Panel Discussion: Identification of the most critical issues Panel discussion James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University David Magier, Director, Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research, Columbia University Libraries James Simon, Director of International Resources, Center for Research Libraries/Global Resources Network
	Panel Discussion: Conclusions: How can libraries and educational institutions help address the listed issues? Panel discussion Bernard Reilly, President, Center for Research Libraries/Global Resources Network
	Conference Close; Adjournment

CHRDR Conference: 4-6 October 2007
Human Rights Archives and Documentation:
Meeting the Needs of Research, Teaching,
Advocacy and Social Justice

Selected Proceedings

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Program

October 4, 2007

Welcome & Opening Remarks

October 5, 2007

Section 1: Current Approaches to HR Documentation

Section 2: Grassroots Activities and New Forms of Documentation

Section 3: Legal Uses of HR Documentation

Section 4: Teaching and Research: Academic Approaches to the Use of HR Documentation

Conference Wrap-up

October 6, 2007

Working Sessions: How can libraries and archives address Human Rights needs?

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