NJSBA Family Law Section

Good afternoon Family Law Section members,

On Thursday, April 29, NJICLE in cooperation with the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education at Brookdale Community College and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education will present Webcast- Legislating Atrocity Prevention from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Nazi Germany needed the cooperation of judges and lawyers in order to carry out its atrocities, but would anti-atrocity legislation have prevented the Holocaust? What role could or should the United States play in preventing atrocities throughout the world today?

Join us for a "history meets CLE" program as Sara E. Brown, Ph.D., the Executive Director of the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education at Brookdale Community College, and Zachary D. Kaufman, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Houston Law Center attempt to answer these questions.

They will look at history by examining the legacy of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, including the history of its original author, Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin, the politics behind the drafting process, and the Convention's lasting impact.

They will then move to the present. Professor Kaufman will discuss his latest article, Legislating Atrocity Prevention (published in the Harvard Journal on Legislation), about the bipartisan U.S. approach to preventing genocide and other atrocities, including through ratifying the Genocide Convention.

Despite promises made by the international community after the Holocaust to "never again" allow genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity to be committed, these "atrocity crimes" have been perpetrated again and again. A December 2020 report called "Countries at Risk for Mass Killing 2020-21: Early Warning Project Statistical Risk Assessment Results" shined a spotlight on countries where the risk of mass killings is high. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, South Sudan and Sudan, Columbia, Turkey and Nigeria were all on the list. Other countries noted by the report but which were not considered "new" dangers included Myanmar and Syria.

Of course, the United States is not immune to evil forces of hate. A recent article in NJ.com reported that the Anti Defamation League found 323 incidents of hate propaganda from white supremacists in new Jersey last year.

This is therefore a crucial time to consider new initiatives to address existing and future humanitarian crises.

It is said that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Learn how lawyers and legislators can move the process forward to finally reach the goal of "never again."

FACULTY
Moderator/Speaker:
Albert Zager, Esq.
Zager Fuchs, PC, Red Bank

Speakers:
Sara E. Brown, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education (CHHANGE),
Brookdale Community College
Doug Cervi
Executive Director
New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education
Zachary D. Kaufman, JD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Law and Political Science
University of Houston Law Center

CLE Credits:
NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 3.3 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.2 qualify as hours of credit for diversity and inclusion.
NJ CLE (All Levels): This program has been approved for 3.3 credits (50 minute hour), including 1.2 diversity and inclusion credit.
PA CLE: 1.5 substantive and 1.0 ethics credits pending ($12 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program)
NY CLE (nt): 2.0 professional practice credits and 1.0 diversity and inclusion credits

The tuition for NJSBA members is $139. The general tuition is $169.

Click here to register for Webcast- Legislating Atrocity Prevention.

For questions or to register by phone, please contact an association representative at 732-214-8500, or by email at [email protected].

All the best,
Barb

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Barbara Straczynski
Director of New Media and Promotions
New Jersey State Bar Association
New Brunswick NJ
(732) 937-7524
[email protected]
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