Al-Anfal: The Attempted Destruction of the Iraqi Kurds

On Friday, March 16, the Centre for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities (HL-senteret) in co-operation with the Council for Kurds' Rights (RKR) is holding a seminar on the attempted destruction of the Kurds. The seminar will focus on the causes, the events, and the aftermath of the Anfal.

Program

09.00 Registration and coffee
09.30 Introduction and welcome
09.45 Shakhawan Shorsh, CHAK:
The Anfal Campain: The Facts and Mentality of Genocide
10.30 Nora Sveaas, Norwegian center for studies on violence and traumatic stress:
Refugee from Genocide - The Psychology of Gross Human Rights Violations
11.15 Break
11.30 Choman Hardi, The Uppsala Programme for Holocaust and Genocide Studies:
Mental Health of Kurdish Women Refugees
12.15 Lunch
13.15 Heikelina Verrijn Stuart, International Justice Tribune:
The History, Trial and Verdict of Frans Cornelis Adrianus van Anraat
14.15 Coffee break
14.30 Peter Galbraith, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation:
The Anfal Campaign and its Effects on Kurdish and Iraqi Society
15.30 General discussion
16.30 Final remarks

- Seminar & lunch = 100 NOK
Questions concerning the seminar should be addressed to Erik Thorstensen, erik.thorstensen@hlsenteret.no

The seminar participants are welcome to visit an art exhibition by Kurdish artists jointly organized by HL-senteret and RKR to commemorate the victims of Anfal.

The registration has ended. Please contact Erik Thorstensen at the above email address for questions as to possible attendance.