Kenneth R. Rutherford is the co-founder of the Survivor Corps , a group that helps the victims of war, and an American researcher in the field of political science . He is also a member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines , which was the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize . Rutherford has served as the Director of the James Madison University Center for International Stabilization and Recovery , a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mauritania (1987-1989), a UNHCR Emergency Refugee Coordinator in Senegal (1989), and a humanitarian emergency relief officer in northern Kenya and Somalia (1993). In 2024, Rutherford taught at Hue University in Vietnam as a Fulbright Scholar Fellow.
23-532: Ken Rutherford may refer to: Ken Rutherford (political scientist) (born 1962), co-founder of the Landmine Survivors Network; political science researcher Ken Rutherford (cricketer) (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
46-693: A medical evacuation during which he nearly bled to death , one leg was amputated to save his life and the second one amputated several years later. He has since spoken to the United States Congress against landmines. "It was an experience that fundamentally altered my life for the good," Rutherford said. "It crystallized my vision of what I believe I was put on this Earth to do." Following this incident, Rutherford focused his advocacy efforts to draft and enact prohibitions on anti-personnel landmines (1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty) and cluster munitions (2008 Cluster Munitions Convention), and promoted
69-419: A full-time staff that organizes faculty, students and other subject-matter experts into teams to address specific post-conflict issues. The program began in 1996 under a directive by the U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to serve as a humanitarian demining information clearinghouse. In 1997, it was chartered as a Department of Defense Center of Excellence . Starting in 1998, it received support from
92-847: A permanent exhibit at the University of Colorado. He has received the Marshall Legacy Institute 's 2005 Survivors' Assistance Award, the 2002 United Airlines Everyday Hero Award , and the 2002 Adopt-A-Minefield Humanitarian Award. Rutherford is also the 2013–2014 recipient of the Human Security Award from the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs (CUSA)] at the University of California-Irvine . As an advocate for people with disabilities affected by landmines, he has presented in more than 30 countries, testifying before U.S. Congress and
115-847: Is the author of Humanitarianism Under Fire: The US and UN Intervention in Somalia, (2008) and Disarming States: The International Movement to Ban Landmines (2011) . He has co-edited two books: Reframing the Agenda: The Impact of NGO and Middle Power Cooperation in International Security Policy (2003) and Landmines and Human Security: International Politics and War's Hidden Legacy (2004) . Rutherford has contributed chapters to Negotiating Sovereignty and Human Rights, Global Society in Transition: An International Politics Reader, Civil Society in
138-513: Is to develop self-confidence, emotional and physical health and life direction for landmine survivors while empowering them to help other survivors in their country of origin. The first P2R program hosted 29 landmine survivors for a week-long peer-support program in Hamama, Lebanon from May 8–15, 2011. CISR, working in close collaboration with faculty from JMU’s College of Business (COB), specializes in management training for leaders in mine action around
161-565: Is written by field experts along with in-house contributions, and is funded by contracts from the United States Department of State 's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs , and the United States Department of Defense's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate. “Pathways to Resilience” (P2R) is a regional leadership and training program for survivors of landmines and explosive ordnance injuries. The program's purpose
184-864: The 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and the Cluster Munitions Ban Treaty . Ken Rutherford has been published extensively in numerous academic and policy journals, including the Journal of International Law and Policy , World Politics , Journal of International Politics, International Journal of World Peace, Alternatives , Non-Proliferation Review, Harvard International Review , The Journal of ERW and Mine Action , Journal of Transnational Associations, Pain Medicine, International Journal on Grey Literature , and Security Dialogue . He has contributed book reviews to Armed Forces and Society, and National Security Studies Journal. Rutherford
207-828: The BBC . In June 2013, he was included among the "one hundred most influential people in armed violence reduction" by the London-based organization Action on Armed Violence] Center for International Stabilization and Recovery The Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR), formerly the Mine Action Information Center (MAIC), is a public policy center at James Madison University that manages information, conducts training, holds conferences and workshops, and performs research relevant to humanitarian mine clearance, victim assistance, mine risk reduction and other explosive remnants of war (ERW). The CISR has
230-491: The Mine Action Information Center , at James Madison University . In his capacity as CISR Director, he oversaw and participated in post-conflict missions and projects in numerous countries worldwide, including Burundi , Iraq , Tajikistan and Vietnam. On December 16, 1993, while working for the International Rescue Committee in Somalia, Rutherford's vehicle struck a landmine , injuring him severely. After
253-399: The U.N. ( New York City and Geneva ). He has also appeared on Dateline , Nightline , The View and National Public Radio 's Morning Edition and All Things Considered . His personal story of recovering from his accident to pursue his dreams of marrying his fiancée, having children and becoming a professor has been profiled by The Oprah Winfrey Show , Reader's Digest and
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#1733084672238276-565: The University of Colorado in the mid-1980s, Rutherford decided to work in international development . Since graduating in 1985, he has worked for international aid agencies in Bosnia , Kenya , Mauritania , Senegal and Somalia , and was a Fulbright Scholar in Jordan and Vietnam . Rutherford began his international career as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mauritania (1987–1989). During this period he
299-651: The University of Jordan in Amman . In 2008, Rutherford played a role in the drafting of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on Cluster Munitions . He was a board member of Survivor Corps until it closed in September 2010. In February 2010, Rutherford became Director of the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR), which includes
322-566: The Department of State's Vietnam Initiative , and by 2001, the Department of State was the primary supporting agency. The center works internationally; its support network includes United Nations , Canada, Switzerland, and the Slovenia International Trust Fund . In 2008 the name was changed to the present title, and the scope expanded to include all explosive remnants of war and post-conflict recovery issues. Since February 2010
345-695: The Information Age, The Landmine Action Smart Book , Primary Care of Landmine Injuries in Africa: A Basic Text for Health Workers, Landmine Monitor Report 2000, and To Walk Without Fear: The Global Movement to Ban Landmines . Rethinking Sovereignty and Human Rights after the Cold War; Routledge Handbook of Environmental Security; Co-operating Without America: Theories and Case-Studies of Non-Hegemonic Regimes; Encyclopedia of Human Rights; Arms Control History, Theory, and Policy. Rutherford also contributed to
368-557: The United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs. The organization he was associated with, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. Rutherford was co-recipient of the 1999 Leadership in International Rehabilitation Award presented by the Center for International Rehabilitation and has been inducted into the University of Colorado Heritage Center 's "Hall of Excellence,"
391-600: The center has been directed by Dr. Kenneth Rutherford . The Journal of ERW and Mine Action is a print and online magazine for the global landmine, ERW and post-conflict community. It is published three times a year; the print magazine has a circulation of 1,500, two-thirds outside the US, and the online site receives 135,000 views annually. The journal contains editorials, articles, reports, reviews, profiles dealing with current practices, new equipment and techniques, procedures, lessons learned and newsworthy information. The Journal
414-648: The chapter on Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1998 Report for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict Office. One the 20th anniversary of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, Rutherford co-authored (with Firoz Alizada, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit "Victim assistance: There is a face and name behind each casualty," in The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention: Twenty Years of Saving Lives and Preventing Indiscriminate Harm published by
437-438: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ken_Rutherford&oldid=730863540 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ken Rutherford (political scientist) While studying political science at
460-483: The rights and dignity of people with disabilities, resulting in the 2006 Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities . Together with Jerry White he co-founded Survivor Corps in 1995 which pioneered improvements in war victim assistance, providing amputees with peer mentors, artificial limbs, and job training. White and Rutherford's leadership in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines helped secure
483-585: The world. The Senior Managers’ Course in ERW and Mine Action seeks to integrate the latest thinking in the field of business management with the practical experience of ERW/mine action operators. The goal is to hone the skills of senior managers of national ERW and mine action programs so that countries can more effectively and efficiently clear their lands of landmines and other explosive remnants of war that adversely affect their citizens' well-being and impinge upon economic development. From 2004 - 2013 CISR hosted 9 courses on
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#1733084672238506-467: Was a prominent leader in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines which won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize . In 2000, he earned his doctorate in political science from Georgetown University . He was associate professor of political science at Missouri State University from 2002 until 2010. In 2005, Rutherford went to Jordan on a Fulbright Fellowship where he taught international politics at
529-881: Was contracted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to assist in refugee camps on the border between Mauritania and Senegal. He returned to the US to earn his MBA at the University of Colorado, then in 1993 went to work for the International Rescue Committee in Kenya and Somalia, where he was injured by a landmine. Together with Jerry White he co-founded Landmine Survivors Network in 1995 which later became Survivor Corps . He and White accompanied Princess Diana on her last humanitarian mission to visit landmine survivors in Bosnia-Herzegovina in August 1997, only three weeks before her death. Rutherford
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