Irwin Cotler

At this important historical inflection moment, we should ask ourselves what have we learned over the last 80 years and more importantly, what must we do.

At this important inflection historical moment, we should ask ourselves: What have we learned in the last 78 years – and more importantly – what must we do?

Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, was a beacon of light during the darkest days of the Holocaust, and his heroism warrants remembrance and reminder today.

And so, at this critical historical moment we must ask ourselves: What have we learned in the last 80 years – and more importantly, what must we do? 

The World Holocaust Forum 2020, Remembering the Holocaust: Fighting Antisemitism, comes at an important moment of remembrance and reminder, of bearing witness and of action

Was the US prejudiced in its opposition to the appointment of Salam Fayyad to be the UN's envoy to Libya, when even Israel did not raise a firm objection?

WE MISS not only the particularity of Elie Wiesel’s voice in the matter of Holocaust remembrance, but the universality of his message in the face of these executive orders.

On this occasion, the best remembrance, and the best tribute we can pay to Elie Wiesel, is to commit to action.

We will speak up – and act – against racism, against hate, against anti-Semitism, against mass atrocity, against injustice, and against the crime of crimes whose name we should shudder to mention.

What makes the Rwandan genocide so unspeakable was not only the horror of the genocide itself, but the fact that it was preventable. No one can say that we did not know – we knew, but we did not act.