On Monday, February 3, Dr. Charles Asher Small had the honor of representing ISGAP in Kigali, Rwanda, at the international conference on Incitement + Dehumanization as Precursors to Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. The occasion marked 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz and occurred 25 years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
Dr. Small’s lecture entitled, “Holocaust-denial and Incitement to Genocidal Antisemitism: Political Islam and the Acquiescence of the ‘West’”
In addition to Dr. Small, the conference featured lectures from: H.E. Amb. Olivier Nduhungireh, Rwanda’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Professor Irwin Cotler, Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, The Hon. Mr. Elan S. Carr, U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, The Rt. Hon. Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, and H.E. Mr. Johnston Busingye, Minister of Justice of Rwanda
The Conference was sponsored by B’nai B’rith International, AEGIS and the State of Israel.