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The Future of the Responsibility to Protect

The Future of the Responsibility to Protect

UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations 2009 Annual Conference

Conference Schedule

Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Venue: UCLA Covel Commons

8:00-9:30
Conference Registration
(coffee, tea, juice, bagels, and donuts)

8:30-9:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
General Wesley K. Clark (ret.), UCLA Burkle Center Senior Fellow
Kal Raustiala, UCLA Burkle Center Director and UCLA Professor of Law

9:00 -10:15
Panel 1: The Responsibility to Protect: Doctrine, Origins & Limits
Moderator: Kal Raustiala, University of California, Los Angeles

  • Gary Bass, Princeton
  • Roberta Cohen, Brookings Institution
  • Stephen Stedman, Stanford
  • Balakrishnan Rajagopal, MIT

10:15-10:30
BREAK

10:30-11:45
Panel 2: Learning from the Past: Lessons from Kosovo, Rwanda, Bosnia and Beyond
Moderator: David Kaye, University of California, Los Angeles

  • Mary Ellen O'Connell, University of Notre Dame
  • Alan Kuperman, University of Texas, Austin
  • Deborah Avant, University of California, Irvine
  • Dan Posner, University of California, Los Angeles

11:45-12:00
BREAK

12:00-1:00
Keynote Address: Gareth Evans, President & CEO, International Crisis Group
The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All

Moderator: Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times

1:00-2:00
OPTIONAL CONFERENCE LUNCHEON (Online Registration Required)
$20 for non-students; $8 for students

2:00-3:15
Panel 3: Current Challenges: Darfur, Burma and Zimbabwe
Moderator: Asli Bali, University of California, Los Angeles

  • Georgette Gagnon, Human Rights Watch
  • Nicole Wilett, U.S. State Department
  • Kantathi Suphamongkhon, UCLA, 39th Foreign Minister of Thailand
  • Ed Luck, Columbia University and UN Special Advisor on R2P

3:15-3:30
BREAK

3:30-5:00
Panel 4: Prescriptions for the Obama Administration
Moderator: Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times

  • General Wesley K. Clark (ret.), University of California, Los Angeles
  • Steven Groves, Heritage Foundation
  • Amy Zegart, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Michael Byers, University of British Columbia
  • Nina Hachigian, Center for American Progress

5:00
Closing Remarks
General Wesley K. Clark (ret.), UCLA Burkle Center Senior Fellow
Kal Raustiala, UCLA Burkle Center Director and UCLA Professor of Law

Conference Materials

Official conference website: www.international.ucla.edu/burkle/R2P

 

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