Talk: "Genocide in Paradise: The Case of East Timor."

William Mitchell College of Law, Room 329 - St. Paul, MN

East Timor, an island nation near Australia, was the site of a genocide between 1975-1999 in which more than 200,000 people perished from torture, murder, starvation, and disease.  Dr. Ellen Kennedy, Executive Director of World Without Genocide, traveled to East Timor in 2011 and met with experts in safety and security, education, agriculture, health, law, and prisons, to examine the efforts to rebuild the rule of law, families and communities.  Free ($10 for one standard CLE credit), open to the public, no registration necessary.  Diversity PLP, 1 CEU.  At William Mitchell College of Law, 875 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Room 123.