Concordia University Montreal institute for genocide and human rights studies
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Concordia has closed its Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies

by Lorraine Carpenter

The university blamed “budgetary constraints.”

Concordia University has closed its Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. The institute was considered one of Canada’s best think tanks on policies to protect human rights and develop major research programs “focused on the prevention and punishment of genocide and other mass-atrocity crimes.”

Citing “budgetary constraints,” the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies announced its closure on Nov. 1.

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