Conferences

The international conference Accounting for Atrocities: Prosecuting War Crimes 50 Years After Nuremberg was organized by Peter Maguire and was held at Bard College on October 5-6, 1998.

Sponsored by Bard College, the Bard Center and the Institute for International Liberal Education, the conference brought together leaders from the fields of history, human rights, international law, and the law of war as well as leaders of international humanitarian organizations. They addressed the persistent occurrence of genocide and the means and limitations to control it.

The conference program is outlined on this website, together with the opening address of the conference made by Peter Maguire, the author of Law and War: An American Story and Facing Death (both forthcoming from Columbia University Press) and the project historian for the Photo Archive Group in Cambodia from 1994 - 1997.

The conference speakers included:
Alex Boraine, Jonathan Bush, H. W. William Caming, David Chandler, Lt. Col. Conrad Crane, Anthony D'Amato, Richard Dicker, Catherine Dumait-Harper, Craig Etcheson, Jörg Friedrich, Ibrahim A. Gambari, Martin Garbus, Judge Richard Goldstone, Philip Gourevitch, David Hawk, Kathryn Hite, Peter Maguire, Aryeh Neier, Phillip Nobile, Michael Scharf, Lt. Col. Gary Solis, Nate Thayer, Ed Vulliamy.

The conference was held at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

* View the keynote address for this conference . You will need the free RealPlayer to view this content. Once installed on your computer, click the link below.

* Click here to view the keynote address speaker Richard J. Goldstone.

Conference Proceedings
The Proceedings for the Bard College conference "Accounting for Atrocities: Prosecuting War Crimes Fifty Years after Nuremberg" is available for the price of $10.00.

For a copy of the proceedings please send a check or money order made out to: Bard College to The Institute for International Liberal Education, Blithewood Gatehouse, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000

For further information contact the institute at the address below.

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