Херсонський державний університет
Kherson State University · Sapere aude! · засновано 1917
Raphael Lemkin Center for Genocide Studies is created by Kherson State University.
The aftermath of World War II had a profound effect on the development of international law. The Nuremberg Trials of 1945-1946 first condemned Nazi crimes as crimes against humanity. According to the decision of the tribunal, representatives of state bodies that in the future will authorize torture or genocide against their population should be held criminally liable in accordance with international law. Therefore, the tragedy of the Holocaust was to be a revelation that would change the situation in the world forever.
The next step in this case was the adoption of the Convention on the Crime of Genocide of December 9, 1948, which significantly improved the understanding of the essence of this crime and was to help prevent similar actions in the future. The convention was based on the ideas of the famous lawyer Raphael Lemkin.
However, the following decades of history have demonstrated the failure to master the tragic genocidal experience of mankind. The events in Rwanda in 1994 and Srebrenica in 1995 showed the world the possibility of a repeat of the crime at the turn of the XX-XXI centuries.
Ukraine on the world map of genocide is characterized by unpleasant statistics, as a state in whose territory during the twentieth century. Several such crimes took place: the Holodomor of 1932-1933, the Holocaust of the Jews, the Genocide of the Roma, the Genocide of the Crimean Tatar people.
Historical and legal assessment of these phenomena requires new interdisciplinary research that will help rethink these tragic events and develop a strategy to prevent their recurrence in the future.
To this end, our work combines educational, research and educational components aimed at studying the history and protection of human and civil rights in modern conditions.
Advisory board
Yurii Kaparulin, Director of Center, PhD in History, MA in Law, Associate Professor in Department of National, International Law and Law Enforcement, Kherson State University.
Maksym Gon, Doctor in Political Science, Head of the Department of Political Sciences of Rivne State Humanities University.
Yohanan Petrovsky-Stern, The Crown Family Professor of Jewish Studies, Professor of Jewish History, Department of History Northwestern University.
Vasyl Stratonov, Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of National, International Law and Law Enforcement, Kherson State University; Honored Lawyer of Ukraine; Honorary Member of the Union of Lawyers of Ukraine, retired Colonel.
Natalya Lazar, PhD in Politology, Ph.D. Candidate in Holocaust Studies at Clark University in Massachusetts.
Alina Gavlovska, PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Department of National, International Law and Law Enforcement.
Nataliia Ivchyk, PhD in History, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Sciences of Rivne State Humanities University.
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The head of the center, Yurii Kaparulin, spoke at a forum at the University of Michigan dedicated to the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with a report on genocide in political rhetoric and the associated risks for international law.
More detail by the link
In the section “Ukraina Moderna,” Yurii Kaparulin, associate professor of national, international law, and law enforcement, shares his experience teaching at the University of Michigan.
The course he developed is devoted to the crime of genocide in the history of Ukraine.
For more details, follow the link
Associate Professor of the Department of National, International Law and Law Enforcement Yurii Kaparulin co-authored the book “The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict and War Crimes: Challenges for Documentation and International Prosecution”.
The publication offers an interdisciplinary analysis of international crimes committed during the Russian-Ukrainian war, as well as the challenges associated with their prosecution and documentation.
A representative of Kherson State University joined a seminar for university professors at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM).
The seminar was held from January 8 to 12, 2024 in Washington, DC.
It focused on the topic of restitution, reparations, and homecoming after the Holocaust and related issues. In particular, it was about the restoration of property rights of indigenous peoples in the United States at the present stage.
As a result of the seminar, working in groups, teachers had the opportunity to develop their own draft assignments for students for further integration into their courses and teaching practice.
We invite you to attend an open lecture by Associate Professor of the Department of National, International Law and Law Enforcement Yurii Kaparulin on "Transitional Justice" as part of the optional course "The Crime of Genocide in Human History: From Ancient Times to the Holocaust and Beyond". The course is implemented within the framework of international cooperation between Kherson State University and the Claims Conference (Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany).
On October 18, the educational and cultural Hub "Interesting Ukraine" will be opened at the office of Kherson State University in Ivano-Frankivsk. The event starts at 15:30.
The "Interesting Ukraine" Hub was created with the support of the USAID Democratic Governance in Eastern Ukraine (DG East) project.
The event will feature a public online lecture by Yurii Kaparulin, Associate Professor of the Department of National, International Law and Law Enforcement at KSU, entitled "The Crime of Genocide: Historical Aspects, Memorial Laws, and Political Discussions in Ukraine." You can join the lecture at the link - Zoom Conference https://ksu-ks.ua.zoom.us/j/85324976465... Conference ID: 853 2497 6465 Access code: 897230
Kherson State University, with the support of The Claims Conference University Partnership program in Holocaust Studies, invites applicants (bachelor's and master's degrees) to register for courses on the history of the Holocaust and genocides in the first semester of the 2023-2024 academic year.
Presentation of a study on the history of the Nazi occupation of Kherson during World War II.
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Center Director Yurii Kaparulin spoke at a symposium at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, USA) where he presented research on the history of the Holocaust in Ukraine and drew attention to the challenges faced by researchers of the topic during the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine Link
Director of the Center Yurii Kaparulin took part in the International Conference "Russia's War of Aggression Against Ukraine", which was held on February 1-3 in Berlin at the Piletsky Institute.
On January 27, the University of Michigan will host a screening and discussion of the documentary film Kalinindorf.
The central theme of the film is the history of the Holocaust in southern Ukraine, but the discussion will also include a reflection on the contemporary violence on these territories in the context of the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine today.
Detailed by link
How to Stay in Academia: Personal and Institutional Displacement as a Result of Russia's War against Ukraine.
We invite you to participate in the webinar "Raphael Lemkin: historical and legal construction of the crime of genocide"
Raphael Lemkin Center for Genocide Studies became a member of the coordinating council of the international conference "Eastern European Displaced Persons, Refugees, and POWs during and after the Holocaust" which will be held September 5-9, 2022 in Riga, Latvia . The conference is organized by Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia and Museum "Jews in Latvia".
December 9 - International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime (A / RES / 69/323)
This date was set by the decision of the UN General Assembly in September 2015.
The original text of the resolution was Link
On September 13, the Jubilee Concert Hall hosted a presentation of the documentary project “(Un) Famous Holocaust. Kherson ghetto ".
The authors of the project were Yuriy Kaparulin, Associate Professor of the Department of International and Public Law and Law Enforcement at Kherson State University, and director Les Kasyanov (Yahad-In Unum).
On October 5, Director of the Center, Yurii Kaparulin, addressed an international conference in Kyiv entitled "Mass Shootings during the Holocaust as a Criminal Trial."
We invite you to read this new publication of the head of the center Yurii Kaparulin on the page of the leading Ukrainian intellectual magazine Ukraine Modern
An evening in memory of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people took place on May 15 in Kherson.
The band DahaBrakha and singer Jamala performed.
Kherson is one of the first cities in Ukraine where a memorial to the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people was erected and is the closest regional center to the temporarily occupied Crimea.
To commemorate the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation and the Day of Victory over Nazism in World War II, the head of the center Yurii Kaparulin took part in a special program for Susypilnoye UA
To the Day of Remembrance of Catastrophe and Heroism
of European Jewry Yom Ha-Shoa, head of the center Yuri Kaparulin, together with staff
Hesed Shmuel Jewish Charitable and Community Center gave a lecture
on the topic: "Uprising in the Nazi death camp Sobibor: Kherson trace."
The event was joined by about 150 participants from Ukraine, Germany, Israel, Belarus and South Africa.
We invite you to watch the video from the last webinar
We invite teachers and students to the next webinar on "The Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals and the Case of Ivan Demyanyuk: Discussion on the Documentary Series" Devil in the Neighborhood ". In Unum (French Republic), a participant in court cases against Nazi criminals Andriy Umansky, as well as to give their thematic presentations.
For the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we offer you the publication of an interview with the head of the center Yurii Kaparulin for BBC News Ukrainian
During the Second World War, mass killings of Jews and Roma, prisoners of war, communists and psychiatric hospital patients took place in the Kherson region.
The stories of these people must go beyond dry statistics in order to rethink and prevent similar crimes in the future.
Вітаємо усіх вас з прийдешнім 2021 роком!
Нехай він буде повен приємних несподіванок, а світ у якому ми всі живемо стане трохи кращим!
Маємо приємні новини!
Незабаром наш центр відзначатиме рік свого існування!
З-поміж інших, однією із головних цілей у минулому році стало формування бібліотеки центру і сьогодні ми отримали справжній передноворічний подарунок від
BABYN YAR Holocaust Memorial Center
- останні україномовні витання зі студій Голокосту та геноцидів. Висловлюємо за це нашу подяку! Отже, з другого семестру, книжки будуть доступні для прочитання студентам
Херсонський державний університет
Наш центр разом із Українським інститутом національної пам'яті виступив організатором вебінару присвяченому життєвому шляху та науковій спадщині видатного юриста, творця терміну "геноцид" Рафаеля Лемкіна.
Захід приурочено до 120 річниці від дня народження Р. Лемкіна (1900-1959 рр.)
Запис дискусії доступний за посиланням
We invite you to participate in the webinar
"Investigation of crimes against humanity through the prism of forensic archeology"
December 10
Dear colleagues and students!
Our center organizes a series of webinars on the history of crimes against humanity.
We begin with the story of August Virlich, a political prisoner, Ukrainian local historian and human rights activist.
The head of the Center Yuriy Kaparulin co-authored a documentary on the history of the Holocaust in southern Ukraine
Congratulations on Lawyer's Day!
08.10.2020 within the autumn school of international law Classes were held on the topic: "Crime of genocide: the history of invention and implementation of international law" for students 1-3 courses.
A special issue of the magazine "City: History, Culture, Society" was recently presented in Kyiv. The Holocaust and the City: Spaces of Murder, Spaces of Destruction, Spaces of Memory. We are pleased to receive a copy for the library fund of our center.
The issue includes an article by the head of the center Yuri Kaparulin on the history of the Jewish ghetto in Kherson in 1941. We hope for interest from readers and thank colleagues for their cooperation.
NGO «CSMP« Mnemonics »
and editions City: history, culture, society.
22 червня відбудеться дискусія із професором Генадєм Побережним. Цього разу йтиметься про автора концепції геноциду Рафаїла Лемкіна: наскільки осмислена в сучасній Україні його спадщина.
До розмови долучаться Юрій Капарулін – керівник Центру студій геноцидів імені Рафаїла Лемкіна Херсонського державного університету та Володимир Зілінський – старший зберігач фондів Державного архіву Львівської області.
Початок – о 13:00.
Трансляцію дискусії можна буде переглянути наживо на фейсбук-сторінці Українського існтитуту національної пам'яті.
Discussion dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Crimean Tatar Genocide
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