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Alison Des Forges International Symposium

April 3, 2025

Alison Des Forges 2025 Symposium on “Israel and Palestine: Human Rights and Configurations for the Future”.

Symposium April 3, 2025: The Alison L. Des Forges Memorial Committee presents its annual symposium, Israel and Palestine: Human Rights and Configurations for the Future. This symposium addresses the human rights implications raised by the current conflict between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah. It will examine the limitations of the international system that has sustained the conflict. We ask what alternative configurations can be imagined to secure political and human rights for both Israelis and Palestinians? This symposium, honors the life and work of human rights activist Alison Des Forges (1942-2009). See ADFMC event page.

Contact: Ellen Dussourd
 dussourd@buffalo.edu

The symposium is organized by the Alison L. Des Forges Memorial Committee.  The group is dedicated to honoring the memory of Dr. Alison Liebhafsky Des Forges, an inspirational and tireless crusader for human rights around the world. The Committee seeks to continue Alison’s quest "to educate people about the injustices in the world and the part we all must play as members of an increasingly interdependent global community."

2025 Symposium Sponsors: Alison Des Forges Memorial Committee; Muslim Public Affairs Council of Western New York; University at Buffalo: The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy; Departments of Comparative Literature, Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, History, and Political Science; Gender Institute; Humanities Institute; James Agee Chair in American Culture; Office of the Vice Provost for International Education; School of Public Health and Health Professions.

Poster: Symposium April 3, 2025: The Alison L. Des Forges Memorial Committee presents its annual symposium, Israel and Palestine: Human Rights and Configurations for the Future. Symposium April 3, 2025: The Alison L. Des Forges Memorial Committee presents its annual symposium, Israel and Palestine: Human Rights and Configurations for the Future. This symposium addresses the human rights implications raised by the current conflict between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah. It will examine the limitations of the international system that has sustained the conflict. We ask what alternative configurations can be imagined to secure political and human rights for both Israelis and Palestinians?

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