Eradicating Genocide is Our Responsibility | Hollie Nyseth Brehm | TEDxOhioStateUniversity

More people were killed in genocide during the 20th century than in all of the century’s international wars combined, and millions of others were forced to flee their homes. In this talk, Dr. Hollie Nyseth Brehm suggests that it is our responsibility to eradicate genocide. Drawing on her research on the risk factors of genocide and interviews with those who perpetrated the violence and those affected by it, Nyseth Brehm outlines three broad steps to eradication—recognizing genocide as a crime, understanding the causes of the violence, and responding. Although much remains to be done, Nyseth Brehm urges you to take this responsibility seriously in order to create a world without genocide.

Dr. Hollie Nyseth Brehm is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio State, where she teaches classes on conflict, global crime, and terrorism. Her research focuses on the causes and processes of genocide and on how countries rebuild in the aftermath of atrocity. She has lived and worked in Rwanda and Bosnia, where she interviewed both perpetrators and victims of genocide. Nyseth Brehm is currently a member of a government atrocity prevention task force and regularly consults with the Rwandan National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide. She also volunteers with the Center for Victims of Torture and is a core member of I-Activism, which provides humanitarian action to people affected by mass atrocity in Darfur. She has previously served as the chair of a school board for English Language Learners and has worked with many human rights organizations, such as the Mexico City Human Rights Commission. In 2014, she was named one of the top 30 thinkers under 30 by Pacific Standard.

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