Ep 6: Myanmar: Investigating Atrocities

04/15/24 • 52 min

We speak with anthropologist Ken MacLean about human rights investigations in Myanmar: how atrocities are recorded both by local and international organizations, and how this affects the prospects for accountability. MacLean, professor at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of Clark University, is the author of 'Crimes in Archival Form: Human Rights, Fact Production, and Myanmar' (University of California Press, 2022)

Further reading: Crimes in Archival Form. Human Rights, Fact Production, and Myanmar, and Human Rights 'Fact' Production And Why It Matters: Myanmar As A Case In Point, by Ken MacLean.

This episode is supported by Indiana University's Presidential Arts and Humanities Program, the Tobias Center, the African Studies Program, the Center for the Study of the Middle East, and the Huh Jum Ok Human Rights Foundation.

Sound editing by Emily Leisz Carr, mixing by Seth Olansky, music "Souffle Nocturne" by Ben Cohen.

Production by Shilla Kim and Clémence Pinaud.

Further reading: Crimes in Archival Form. Human Rights, Fact Production, and Myanmar, and Human Rights 'Fact' Production And Why It Matters: Myanmar As A Case In Point, by Ken MacLean.

Sound editing by Emily Leisz Carr, mixing by Seth Olansky, music "Souffle Nocturne" by Ben Cohen.

Production by Shilla Kim and Clémence Pinaud.

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Ep 5: USA: The Legacy of Genocide against Native Women

We discuss how genocide still impacts Native women with two members of the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW). Angel Charley and Florida Olguin shed light on the enduring legacy of genocide and sexual violence in the U.S. today, and explain why it is so difficult to bring accountability for crimes of trafficking and of domestic and sexual violence.

Click here to support the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW).

Sound editing by Emily Leisz Carr, mixing by Seth Olansky, music "Souffle Nocturne" by Ben Cohen.

Production by Shilla Kim and Clémence Pinaud.

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Ep7: Darfur: Genocide Past and Present

We speak with Jehanne Henry and Niemat Ahmadi about genocidal violence, war and accountability in Sudan, from 2003 to the present. Niemat, a Sudanese activist from Darfur and a survivor, created the women-led non-profit organization Darfur Women Action Group, which advocates for the end of atrocities in Darfur and Sudan at large. Jehanne, a researcher, lawyer and lecturer at Columbia Law School and CUNY, worked for the UN Mission in Sudan and Human Rights Watch, and recently advised Sudan’s Judiciary during the democratic transition period.

Further reading: “The worst forgotten conflict in the world: Sudan’s civil war one year on”, by Jehanne Henry.

Sudan: UN Fact-Finding Mission outlines extensive human rights violations, international crimes, urges protection of civilians

This episode is supported by Indiana University's Presidential Arts and Humanities Program, the Tobias Center, the African Studies Program, the Center for the Study of the Middle East, and the Huh Jum Ok Human Rights Foundation.

Sound editing by Emily Leisz Carr, mixing by Seth Olansky, music "Souffle Nocturne" by Ben Cohen.

Production by Shilla Kim and Clémence Pinaud.