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DESCRIPTION:       Accountability in the Syrian conflict will be the focus 
 of a daylong event hosted by the \nNewhouse Center for Global Engagement i
 n Syracuse University’s&nbsp\; S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communicatio
 ns. “Running for Cover: Politics\, Justice and Media in the  Syrian Confli
 ct” will take place Oct. 6 beginning at 9 a.m. in the Joyce\n Hergenhan Au
 ditorium\, Newhouse 3. The event will be streamed live at \nhttp://newhous
 eglobal.syr.edu. Follow on Twitter at #SUSyria.The  event will analyze the
  international community’s response to the Syrian  conflict and its effect
 s\, as well as the challenges to reporting the  war\, developing political
  solutions and seeking justice for victims. The  interactive event is desi
 gned as a “fishbowl”  conversation among academics\, policy makers\, human
  rights advocates\,  journalists and the audience. Participants will explo
 re how the  international community captures news and images from the conf
 lict\,  investigates alleged war crimes and human rights violations and pr
 otects\n refugees. They also will discuss lessons learned from this confli
 ct  that might inform the response to future conflicts.\n“Our aim is to cr
 itique the failures of the international response to  the Syrian conflict 
 and introduce ways in which we can collectively  achieve positive change\,
 ” says \nKen Harper\,  director of the Newhouse Center for Global Engageme
 nt and chief  organizer of the event. “We are crafting the event to be les
 s of a ‘sage  on the stage’ and more of a ‘guide on the side’ experience. 
 We hope  it’s a useful event that speaks to the seriousness of the situati
 on and \nhonors those suffering with an honest conversation.”\nA series of
  five panel discussions will cover a range of topics. An  empty chair will
  allow audience members to join and rotate through each  panel. Syrian act
 ivists on the ground and around the world will be  invited to participate 
 anonymously via social media.\nFor more info: http://newhouseglobal.syr.ed
 u/event/syria/ 
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SUMMARY:Running for Cover: Politics\, Justice and Media in the Syrian Confl
 ict
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>       </p><h1>Accountability in the Syrian
  conflict will be the focus of a daylong event hosted by the \n<a href="ht
 tp://newhouseglobal.syr.edu/" target="_blank">Newhouse Center for Global E
 ngagement</a> in Syracuse University’s&nbsp\; S.I. Newhouse School of Publ
 ic Communications. “Running for Cover: Politics\, Justice and Media in the
   Syrian Conflict” will take place Oct. 6 beginning at 9 a.m. in the Joyce
 \n Hergenhan Auditorium\, Newhouse 3. </h1><h2>The event will be streamed 
 live at \n<a href="http://newhouseglobal.syr.edu/" target="_blank">http://
 newhouseglobal.syr.edu</a>. Follow on Twitter at #SUSyria.</h2><h2>The  ev
 ent will analyze the international community’s response to the Syrian  con
 flict and its effects\, as well as the challenges to reporting the  war\, 
 developing political solutions and seeking justice for victims. The  inter
 active event is designed as a “<a href="http://slitoolkit.ohchr.org/data/d
 ownloads/fishbowl.pdf" target="_blank">fishbowl</a>”  conversation among a
 cademics\, policy makers\, human rights advocates\,  journalists and the a
 udience. Participants will explore how the  international community captur
 es news and images from the conflict\,  investigates alleged war crimes an
 d human rights violations and protects\n refugees. They also will discuss 
 lessons learned from this conflict  that might inform the response to futu
 re conflicts.\n</h2><h2>“Our aim is to critique the failures of the intern
 ational response to  the Syrian conflict and introduce ways in which we ca
 n collectively  achieve positive change\,” says \n<a href="http://newhouse
 .syr.edu/faculty-staff/ken-harper" target="_self">Ken Harper</a>\,  direct
 or of the Newhouse Center for Global Engagement and chief  organizer of th
 e event. “We are crafting the event to be less of a ‘sage  on the stage’ a
 nd more of a ‘guide on the side’ experience. We hope  it’s a useful event 
 that speaks to the seriousness of the situation and \nhonors those sufferi
 ng with an honest conversation.”\n</h2><h2>A series of five panel discussi
 ons will cover a range of topics. An  empty chair will allow audience memb
 ers to join and rotate through each  panel. Syrian activists on the ground
  and around the world will be  invited to participate anonymously via soci
 al media.\n</h2><h2>For more info: <a href="http://newhouseglobal.syr.edu/
 event/syria/" title="http://newhouseglobal.syr.edu/event/syria/">http://ne
 whouseglobal.syr.edu/event/syria/</a><br></h2><p> </p>
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