Segment 1 - Jeff Bachman
On this edition of the Doug Noll Show, we have with us Jeff Bachman. Jeff Bachman is a professor of human rights, with a focus in genocide, counterterrorism and human rights, media coverage of human rights events, and state responsibility and individual accountability for violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law. He is especially interested in the misuse of the law as a political tool through its selective application and enforcement. Jeff has field experience working for Amnesty International in the Government Relations for Europe/Eurasia program.
In this segment, Professor Bachman shares with us the journey that brought him to where he is today and he and Doug discuss the decision invading Iraq and taking down Saddam Hussein and the Rwanda Genocide. This is a must listen segment.
Segment 2 Acceptance and Change
In this segment of the Doug Noll Show, Professor Bachman and Doug discuss how we should as a nation be balancing national interest against morality and moral decision making.
Morality should be national interest from the ground up. For Jeff, it raises short-term and long-term issues. Something he does with his students as a proponent of nonviolence and peaceful conflict resolution is recognizing that things are the way they are now and so we can talk about trying to make things the way we want them to be either more ethical or moral down the road. But, we still have to do deal with situations right now.
Also discussed in this segment is so many parts of the world do not hold the same values around moral and ethical decision making that the was does.
Segment 3 Moral Dilemmas
Doug shifts the conversation on an issue that is also perplexing to him and that is the relationship of the International Criminal Court and the prosecutor's statement that it will not grant amnesty for peace and the need to negotiate in countries where the top leaders have engaged in human rights abuses but they are not going to go quietly. Syria is a classic example.
Also discussed in this segment is Retributive justice. Retributive justice works on the principle of punishment, although what constitutes fair and proportional punishment is widely debated. While the intent may be to dissuade the perpetrator or others from future wrong-doing, the re-offending rate of many criminals indicates the limited success of this approach. Doug feels it does not provide justice to anyone. It’s a femoral.
Segment 4 Mainstream Media and Advertising Role in Narratives
One thing that Professor Bachman has studied and found interest in is the relationship of the US media to things like military actions overseas that are not full fledged wars but are activities that the US engages in to protect its power in places like Pakistan. The media shapes or frames our assumption of US Foreign policy activities by reporting narratives. Doug discusses Mr. Bachman’s take and conclusion on the topic.
Click http://wsradio.com/052815-what-is-the-connection-between-human-rights-and-peace/ to listen to this edition of the Doug Noll Show.