What is the appropriate form of education directed to evidence of mass atrocities? There is denial in the face of evidence of every such atrocity. How, if at all, are these denials to be addressed? A human rights education which prompts students how to think about claims of mass atrocities should lead to an ability to distinguish between these different forms of denial. The text elaborates on how this distinction can be made. The presentation would use a case study to illustrate the subject – the mass killing in China of practitioners of the spiritually based set of exercises Falun Gong for their organs sold to transplant tourists and wealthy Chinese. The object would be to indicate, through an example, how, in educating about grave human rights violations, denials can be addressed.

Author: David Matas

• Date of Conference: 4-6 November 2024
• DOI: 10.20533/LICE.2024.0031
• ISBN: 978-1-913572-74-7
• Conference Location: St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK