San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition

Earlier this year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) conducted its first review conference to consider amendments to the Rome Statute (the treaty establishing the ICC) and reflect on international criminal justice for the world’s worst crimes. Held in Kampala, Uganda, a number of States Parties, non-state nations, civil society organizations, and NGO’s participated in the stocktaking and evaluation discussions, with victim and witness participation and outreach being a major theme. The U.S. delegation to the conference turned a corner in the U.S. relationship to the Court from outright hostility to a strategy of “principled engagement.”

At this lunchtime presentation, Rita Maran, human rights and international law activist and lecturer at the University of California, will share her experiences lobbying the United States Congress on its participation with the ICC and discuss the U.S. government’s involvement with the court.Director Eric Stover of the Human Rights Center will discuss his experiences from the conference as moderator of the stocktaking exercise on victim and witness participation, as well as present his work in exploring outreach strategies for international courts and war crimes tribunals.
Date: September 8, 2010 12-2pm
Location: UC Berkeley, 470 Stephens Hall
Refreshments will be available.
RSVPs are encouraged to Melissa Carnay at mcarnay@berkeley.edu.

Sponsored by the Human Rights Center, the American Friends Service Committee, the United Nations Association – USA East Bay Chapter, and the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition.

INFORUM’s 21st Century Visionary Award goes to: John Bul Dau, Founder and President, The John Dau Foundation; 2008 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader; Former Lost Boy of Sudan

John Bul Dau: Lost Boys Go Back to Sudan
INFORUM honors one of the 27,000 orphaned lost boys of Sudan for his work in Sudanese health care

At 13, Dau became one of the 27,000 orphaned lost boys of Sudan. He fled one of the worst civil wars in near history, walked for 3 months and survived starvation and disease to come to the United States. Today, the former Lost Boy leads the global community in a fight to transform Sudan’s health care. After his ordeal, he raised the $1,000,000 needed to build a medical clinic in his home village. His work inspired business and nonprofit leaders worldwide to help him create the John Dau Foundation for sustainable health care for all men, women and children in south Sudan. Dau has been named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2008 and was the subject of the award-winning documentary God Grew Tired of Us. Join us as we honor Dau with INFORUM’s 21st Century Visionary Award for opening the world’s eyes to the Sudanese health-care crisis we may not have seen.

Location: SF Club Office. 595 Market Street @ 2nd
Date: Thursday, September 9
Time: 6 p.m. check-in, 6:30 p.m. program, 7:30 p.m. networking reception
Cost: $12 members, $20 non-members, $7 students (with valid ID)
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