The Role of the Military in Preventing and Responding to Mass Atrocities

The Role of the Military in Preventing and Responding to Mass Atrocities

Join us to examine the role of the military in preventing and responding to genocide and mass atrocities around the world.

By UNSW Canberra

Date and time

Thursday, June 13 · 9am - 5pm AEST

Location

Building 32, UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy

Northcott Drive Building 32 Campbell, ACT 2612 Australia

Agenda

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Keynote Address | Saving Strangers: The Crucial Role of Air Power

Professor Walter Dorn, RMC Canada

Mass atrocity prevention and response operations (MAPRO) are under-used, under-explored and under-studied, yet highly important in today’s world. With many populations under threat from mass atrociti...

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Morning Tea

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Military Leadership in Response to Genocide

This session will consider how military leaders have responded when confronted with genocide. Papers include "The Honourable Wehrmacht: Wilhelm Hosenfeld and the Scope for Resistance to Genocide", pr...

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Military Responses to Genocide during Global Warfare

This session will explore how militaries saved lives and provided key evidence of genocide during World War I and World War II. Papers include: "‘Accidental Humanitarians’: The Anzacs and the Rescue ...

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Afternoon Tea

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

The Role of the Military in Atrocity Prevention

This session will examine how military leaders and personnel can learn about their role, potential to contribute to and obligations in preventing and responding to mass atrocities today. Papers incl...

About this event

  • 8 hours

Military leadership and resourcefulness has saved countless lives during genocide and mass violence. Yet there is surprisingly little focus on the critical role of the military in atrocity prevention. This workshop brings together leading scholars in the field to consider the role of the military in preventing and responding to genocide and mass atrocities. It examines cases in which the actions of military leaders, groups of military personnel and even individual soldiers have made a material impact in saving lives. It examines what factors can promote, or conversely discourage, such extraordinary action. And it considers how we can educate and prepare the current generation of military personnel to be upstanders in the face of mass violence.


This workshop is free to attend, but registrations are required for catering purposes.


Keynote Speaker - Professor Walter Dorn

Walter Dorn is Professor of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College and at RMC Canada. He is an “operational professor” with extensive experience in field missions. In 1999, he served as a district electoral officer with the United Nations Mission in East Timor. He also served in Ethiopia (on a UNDP project) and at UN headquarters as a Training Adviser with UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations. In 2014, he was on the UN’s Panel of Experts on Technology and Innovation in UN Peacekeeping. In 2017-18, he served the “Innovation and Protection Technology Expert” within the UN’s Department of Field Support, providing advice to improve UN missions in the Middle East and Africa, with visits to Lebanon, Central African Republic, D.R. Congo, and Mali. His publications include Air Power in UN Operations: Wings for Peace (Ashgate, 2014) and Keeping Watch: Monitoring, Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations (United Nations University Press, 2011). He is now working on a book tentatively titled "The Emerging Global Watch: UN Monitoring for International Peace and Human Security".

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