STAND Monthly Email: R2P After the Arab Spring, Human Rights Advocacy, Amb. Jendayi Frazer, and More!

[Daniel Solomon]

Hello All!

I hope this email finds you enjoying the first days of spring semester. We have a number of exciting opportunities for you this month--be sure to let us know if you catch any others, and feel free to contact us at st...@georgetown.edu with your comments, questions, and concerns.

The “Responsibility to Protect” after the Arab Spring: A Panel Discussion

Wednesday, January 18, 7:30 PM, White Gravenor 201A

Throughout 2011, the decade-old “responsibility to protect” doctrine figured centrally in international responses to repressive regimes in the Middle East and North Africa. However, between the tenuous success of NATO’s Libya intervention and the international community’s weak-kneed response to violence in Syria, R2P’s future is far from certain. Join Mark Schneider, the International Crisis Group’s Senior Vice President, Maria McFarland, Human Rights Watch’s Deputy Washington Director, and former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA), the Center for American Progress’ Advocacy Director in a discussion of R2P’s future among international civil society, multilateral organizations, and the global South. RSVP on Facebook here. This event is sponsored by Georgetown STAND, the Georgetown International Relations Club, the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, and GU College Democrats.

Advocacy from Within: Human Rights in US Foreign Policy

Thursday, January 19, 12:00 pm, Mortara Building

Join U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael Posner for a discussion on human rights advocacy, U.S. national priorities, and the foreign policymaking process. RSVP here. This event is sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and the Center for Peace and Security Studies.

Preventing Electoral Violence in Africa

Thursday, January 19, 6:00 pm, Heinz College, 444 North Capitol Street, NW

Join former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer for a discussion on her new book, "Preventing Electoral Violence in Africa." Amb. Frazer will address her prior work on conflict prevention in Africa, case studies of international support for pre- and post-election peacebuilding, and challenges for electoral violence prevention in 2012. RSVP here. This event is sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University's Center for International Policy and Innovation and Heinz College Washington DC.

Feel free to contact us at st...@georgetown.edu if you're heading to any of the events, and bring your friends. Enjoy your MLK Day!

All the best,

Georgetown STAND

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Daniel Solomon
STAND: The Student-led Division of United to End Genocide

National Student Director
Georgetown SFS '13
Cell: (917) 587-9921

Email: dire...@standnow.org

Twitter: @danatgu
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