CGSG co-organised a major external event in March which involved the European Parliament, the European Centre for International Affairs and two other academic institutions.
The Centre for Global Security and Governance was crucially involved in a major external event in March which involved the European Parliament, the European Centre for International Affairs and two other academic institutions. The Remembering In The Future: Policies and Practices of Remembrance to Prevent Mass Atrocities workshop took place in Brussels on 7th March to coincide with the European Day of Remembrance for the Righteous. Held at the European Parliament, it was created by the European Parliament, the European Centre for International Affairs and MEPs Niccolò Rinaldi and Ivo Vajgl of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), with the support of our Centre for Global Security and Governance, the Budapest Centre for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities and the University of Groningen. The aim of the workshop was to reflect on the strategies that the European Union is adopting in the field of remembrance and prevention of mass atrocities.Over 30 delegates attended the one-day workshop, which featured a keynote speech from Adama Dieng, Special Advisor to the Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon of the United Nations on the Prevention of Genocide, and the presence of guest-of-honour Ong Thong Hoeung, a Cambodian intellectual who has written on the Cambodian genocide and his personal experiences in re-education centres upon his return to Cambodia from France in 1976. Concluding remarks were chaired by Dr Andrea Teti, Lecturer in International Relations and Director of the Centre for Global Security and Governance. Andrea is also Research Director for Societal Issues for the European Centre for International Affairs.