In The News
In The News
“As the world moves forward, U.S. retreats on climate change“
- MinnPost, 10-5-2026, by Rachel Hall Beecroft
“Edina’s League of Women Voters represented at national convention“
- Sun Current, 8-5-2026, by Alex Kautzman
“Minnesotans support the International Criminal Court“
- Post Bulletin, 8-4-2026, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“‘Denaturalization’ undermines human rights, and our humanity“
- Pioneer Press, 8-1-2026, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Minnesota stands up to ICE raids by ‘neighboring’“
- Duluth News Tribune, 7-19-2026, by Colleen Feige and Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“World Without Genocide to Co-Sponsor International Justice Day in Rome, Italy“
- 7-14-2026
“Trump is waging another war – on the International Criminal Court“
- The Minnesota Star Tribune, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., 7-9-2026
“From ‘neighboring’ to justice: Operation Metro Surge“
- MinnPost, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., 7-6-2026
“David and Goliath: Coalition of Organizations Expose Human Rights Conditions in the US on the Global Stage“
- Alley Newspaper, 7-1-2026
“Alumna Coauthors Reports Submitted to UN Human Rights Council“
- Northern Today, 6-22-2026
“Human Rights NGO Urges EU And UN To Recognise 1971 Bangladesh Genocide“
- Eurasia Review, by Carla Davies, 5-22-2026
“LETTER: Edina’s new ICE task force needs resident voices“
- Sun Current, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., 2-5-2026
“They fled torture in their home countries. Now they’ve been held by ICE.“
- Minnesota Star Tribune, by John Rash, 2-2-2026
“LETTER: Proud of Edina’s mayor”
- Sun Current, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., 12-25-2025
“US is shirking its obligation“
- Minnesota Reformer, 12-8-2025, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Somali Americans“
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, 12-7-2025, by Randi Markusen
“The US shirked its role, but we won’t“
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, 11-21-2025, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Ep 229: Disrupting Hate with Ken Schachter and guests Ellen Kennedy and Bernie Furshpan on hmTv”
- Disrupting Hate podcast, a production of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau, 8-31-2025
“Rash: Trump administration report whitewashes human rights abuses“
- The Minnesota Star Tribune, 8-17-2025, by John Rash
“Local history organizations awarded Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Small Grants“
- Sun Current, 7-25-2025
Letter to Ambassador Bob Rae, Pemanent Representative of Canada to the UN
- UN General Assembly Third Committee resolution on the human rights situation in Iran, 7-24-2025, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker on the US’s bombing in Iran
- Mount Zion Temple, 6-23-2025, by Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker
“A wrongful-death lawsuit and the growing movement against ‘ecocide’“
- MinnPost, 6-19-2025, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Women at Risk from the United Nations Security Council Veto“
- Written Statement to the United Nations Economic and Social Council for the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, 5-5-2025, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Senator Pappas Announces Resolution on Ecocide, Environmental Destruction“
- Minnesota Senate DFL, 4-28-2025, by Sen. Sandy Pappas
“We need an Equal Rights Amendment more than ever“
- The Minnesota Star Tribune, 3-31-2024, by Betty Folliard
“Tightening government? A laudable goal, but beware the ‘anti-bureaucratic revolution’“
- Twin Cities Pioneer Press, 3-17-2025, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Commemorating liberation at Auschwitz on International Holocaust Remembrance Day“
- MinnPost, 1-27-2025, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., Prof. Anantanand Rambachan, and Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker
“Global courts poised to criminalize environmental devastation“
- Duluth News Tribune, 1-2-2025, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Protect the International Criminal Court’s mission to affirm peace, justice, security and equality“
- Twin Cities Pioneer Press, 12-17-2024, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Report on Criminalization of Ecocide at Global Courts“
- Mount Zion Social Justice (Tzedek), 12-8-2024, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
Mount Zion Pulpit Guest: Dr. Ellen Kennedy
- Mount Zion Temple, 11-2024
“President apologizes for federal government’s role in Indian boarding schools“
- KRTV, 10-25-2024
“The ‘Rest of the Story’ — rape and incest“
- Post Bulletin, 10-10-2024, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“World Without Genocide Honors Former UN Special Rapporteur Javid Rehman for Supporting Victims of Iran’s 1988 Massacre“
- National Council of Resistance of Iran, 10-7-2024, by Amir Taghati
Special Recognition, Dr. Javaid Rehman, former UN Special Rapporteur of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
- 10-3-2024
“Nothing but the sound of silence for Sudan“
- MinnPost, 10-3-2024, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“LETTER: Get your theology out of our politics“
- Sun Post, 10-2-2024, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“The Bitter Fight Over the Meaning of ‘Genocide’“
- The New York Times, 8-20-2024
“Starvation: a war crime“
- Twin Cities Pioneer Press, 7-22-2024, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Uyghur-American politician calls out China’s alleged trade in ‘Halal Organs’“
- The Economic Times, 6-24-2024
“How justice could play out in the international case against Israel“
- StarTribune, 6-8-2024, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Edina resident receives national FBI Award“
- Edina Sun Current, 5-16-2024
“Ellen Kennedy receives national and local FBI awards“
- Mitchell Hamline School of Law, 5-2-2024
“Minneapolis – Dr. Ellen Kennedy: 2023 Director’s Community Leadership Award Recipient“
- FBI, 4-2024
“Ellen Kennedy on “The End of Life: Who Gets to Decide?” – The Mary Hanson Show“
- The Mary Hanson Show, 4-1-2024
“Alums join World Without Genocide“
- Mitchell Hamline Alumni, 3-26-2024
“What to do when the world is on fire“
- The Arkansas Traveler, 3-18-2024, by
“How we die matters“
- Twin Cities Pioneer Press, 3-14-2024, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Minnesota letter campaign aims to support political prisoners in Russia“
- StarTribune, 2-20-2024, by Maya Rao
“Film shows what doing ‘whatever the hell they want’ looks like“
- StarTribune, 2-16-2024, by John Rash
“Deep Dive: Public Testimony About Dying With Dignity Legislation“
- Minnesota Women’s Press, 1-30-2024, by Mikki Morrissette,
“Minnesota’s end-of-life options bill clears its first legislative hurdle“
- Star Tribune, 1-25-2024, by Reid Forgrave and Briana Bierschbach
“A small act of friendship that has enormous impact: writing to a detainee in Russia“
- MinnPost, 1-11-2024, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., Michelle Massey, and Elena Mityushina
“Northeast Minneapolis woman who survived two genocides in Ukraine sees history repeating“
- Star Tribune, 12-16-2023, by Reid Forgrave
“History shows that language can dehumanize, incite — and lead to genocide“
- MinnPost, 12-6-2023, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Minnesota considers expanding assisted suicide access, but critics call it anything but ‘compassionate’”
- Fox News, 11-17-2023, by Courtney O’Brien
“Never forget, always protect journalists, our ‘voices for truth‘”
- Duluth News Tribune, 11-11-2023, by Sen. Sandy Pappas and Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“At Death’s Door: Will terminally ill patients in Minnesota be allowed to choose when life ends?“
- Star Tribune, 11-10-2023
“White Roses and the White Rose: using the techniques of democracy to protest injustice“
- MinnPost, 11-3-2023, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Countering transnational repression“
- The Canadian Bar Association National publication, 10-24-2023, by Joanna Michalopoulos
“Kennedy, Pappas: Israel, Palestine – and Minnesota“
- Twin Cities Pioneer Press, 10-15-2023, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D. and Sen. Sandy Pappas
“Coup in Niger can prompt U.S. to review its support for democracies abroad“
- MinnPost, 9-15-2023, by Lesley Bauer
“Push begins in Minnesota to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives“
- MPR News, 9-7-2023
“Momentum builds for End-of-Life Options Act in Minnesota“
- Fox 9 KMSP, September 6, 2023
“Congratulations to our 2023 NMU Alumni Award Recipients“
- NMU Alumni Relations, August 24, 2023
“When foreign agents harass, intimidate or assault people in the U.S.“
- MinnPost, August 16, 2023, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Prosecuting War Crimes in Ukraine“
- Minnesota State Bar Association’s Bench + Bar, August 2023, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Nowhere to call home“
- MinnPost, June 30, 2023, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Echoes of 1933?“
- MinnPost, May 16, 2023, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“2023 Liberty Bell Award Goes to Dr. Ellen J. Kennedy“
- Ramsey County Bar Association, 2023
“My husband wanted to die with dignity”
- Rochester Post Bulletin, April 3, 2023, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“End of Life Option Act affords us the right to die with dignity”
- MinnPost, March 27, 2023, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Felons Can’t Vote: Civil Death in the US“
- MSBA’s Bench and Bar, March 3, 2023, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D. and Judge Tara Kalar
“From genocide to a new global human rights crimes… crimes against humanity”
- MinnPost, February 6, 2023, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Christian Nationalism and the Far Right”
- MinnPost, December 23, 2023, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
World Without Genocide is in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council:
- “World Without Genocide awarded Special Consultative Status by United Nations,” Mitchell Hamline School of Law, January 3, 2023
- “Economic and Social Council Elects Members to Seven Subsidiary Bodies, Adopts Decisions on Non-Governmental Organizations,” United Nations, December 7, 2022
- “UN body accredits 9 rights, minority groups after US push,” Associated Press, December 6, 2022
- “UN Member Countries Should Accredit Blocked Human Rights Groups,” Human Rights Watch, December 6, 2023
“Exploring the role of rail systems in genocide”
- MinnPost, November 1, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Being denied voting rights is a form of ‘civil death’”
- MinnPost, September 29, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Antisemitism Is surging. Here’s a primer.”
- MinnPost, August 18, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Why the US should designate India a ‘country of particular concern’”
- Twin Cities Pioneer Press, August 11, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D., Bernard Hebda, Anantanand Rambachan, and Debra Rappaport
“When citizens disappear at the hand of the state”
- MinnPost, July 27, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“It’s dangerous to be trans in prison”
- Duluth News Tribune, July 2, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D. and Judge Tara Kalar
“Does genocide have a color, in U.S. consciousness and policy? Consider the various victims”
- MinnPost, June 23, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“‘Anti-trans … laws are solutions to problems that do not exist’”
- Duluth News Tribune, May 12, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“War Crimes and War Criminals”
- MinnPost, April 11, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“The Cases that can be Made against Vladimir Putin”
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 4, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D. and Bradley Lehrman, J.D.
“Putin continues the Russian history of war and genocide in Ukraine”
- MinnPost, March 3, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Antisemitism and Genocide – Over and Over Again”
- MinnPost, February 1, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“It’ll take more than food aid to counter Uyghur genocide”
- Rochester Post Bulletin, February 1, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Genocide by Social Media Posts: Will Facebook be held Accountable?”
- Owatonna People’s Press, January 4, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
“Genocide by Social Media Posts: Will Facebook be held Accountable?”
- MinnPost, January 3, 2022, by Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.