Among the International Legal and Diplomatic Experts at the symposium were: Ambassador John Bolton, Ambassador Dore Gold, Ambassador Meir Roseanne, Hon. Irwin Cotler, Professor Alan Dershowitz, Hon. Dan Naveh, Martin Peretz and Dr. Ruth Wedgwood.
The purpose of the Conference, as stated by Professor Cotler, is to bring "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Justice for the Public and Direct Incitement to Genocide in violation of both the Genocide Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide and the Treaty for an International Criminal Court."
Dore Gold addresses the conference:
Ambassador Bolton delivered remarks:
Professors Cotler and Dershowitz offered practical suggestions for what the world can do:
Every year the historic link to atrocities that happened during the First World World grow weaker, sad to say. Soon at the yearly memorial at Ieper (Flanders), the very last fighting soldier will be absent. One could then ask : did it really all happen like they've said ? Was it that bad ? Maybe there was a lot of bias from people who lived through it ? People would having second thoughts. One gripes back to books, watches film, visits museums ... The same applies to the extermination of very large 'minorities' during the Second War. Millions of fellow europeans of the Jewish faith being industrially exterminated at the Shoa. These events were infinitely better documented than those of 30 years earlier. One can question all and everything in a free society....we have the most modern means of documentation and communication at our fingertips now. Sadly we, the hundreds of millions of educated, free men and women, remain disinterested at the lurking dangers at the start of a new millenium. Thankfully brave and intelligent people like we were able to hear speak at this medium do their utmost to reach a large audience. The big problem however remains "how" to reach the overall majority not listening in, sound asleep ? In a free society the masses have our destiny in their hands. Only the majority counts. Also my heart goes out to the many brave people who greatly sacrifice, many paying with their lifes, in a desperate and courageous, though mostly futile effort, to get out from under the boot. Let us honour these heroes by at least bringing their heroic protests into the spotlight. Dictators would also think twice before just putting them away at a first valiant step.
Posted by: Wim Wouters Belgium at December 24, 2006 6:45 AM
People of conscience and with a sense of Justice, like these, are hated by the Political world not so much because they advocate putting specific individuals on trial, but because they are effectively and openly putting everyone who WON'T act, or even concur that action should be taken, on trial. It's a sign of where the World is now fast heading, that those who should be governing the community are those who, like Bolton, are instead being run out of town.
Posted by: Photon at December 21, 2006 1:07 AM
PLEASE! Continue to stand up for what is right!!!
Thank you!
Posted by: phyllis at December 20, 2006 3:46 PM
This is the true team of heroes for the 21st century. They are the true advocates of Human Rights and they are recapturing the domain of this highest of callings.
CS Barnett-Goldstein
Posted by: CS Barnett-Goldstein at December 16, 2006 6:20 AM
Just listened to their talks and appreciate you sending them out. It is informative and so very important to stop Iran's development of nuclear capabilities now. Stanley Wright
Posted by: stanley wright at December 15, 2006 2:55 PM
Where is the outrage from the rest of the world? The countries that outlaw antisemitism in their own countries should be displaying their distaste for denying the historical consequences of that level of bigotry. Where are they????!!!!
Posted by: Shelly at December 15, 2006 1:45 PM
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