
News, Events, Publications about Atrocity Prevention
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The International Peace Institute launched its latest book, Responding to Genocide: The Politics of International Action, featuring a panel discussion with the editors and others on October 25. Co-editor Adam Lupel, IPI Editor and Senior Fellow, clarified one aspect of the title early in the event. “When we speak about response, it should be understood […]
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What are the causes of genocide and mass atrocities? How can we prevent these atrocities or, when that is no longer possible, intervene to stop them? The authors of Responding to Genocide explore these questions, examining the many challenges involved in forging effective international policies to combat genocidal violence.
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Genocides do not break out unannounced; they are preceded and prepared by identity conflicts that can escalate into mass killing.
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What can be done to combat genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity? A provocative new book on this topic, Mass Atrocity Crimes: Preventing Future Outrages, features a chapter by IPI Senior Vice President Dr. Edward C. Luck.
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On December 4, 2008, Joint AU-UN Special Representative for Darfur and Head of the African Union–United Nations Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Rodolphe Adada, addressed a select group of diplomats and other members of the United Nations and NGO communities in IPI’s Trygve Lie Center.Mr. Rodolphe Adada, Joint AU-UN Special Representative, and Mr. Terje Rød-Larsen, […]
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IPI recently held a panel discussion to launch its new report, “Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities and the Responsibility to Protect: Challenges for the United Nations and the International Community in the 21st Century.”The report stems from a two-day roundtable in Stellenbosch, South Africa, jointly-convened by IPI, the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), and […]
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The report stems from a two-day roundtable in Stellenbosch, South Africa, jointly convened by IPI, the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), and the Office of the UN Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide (SAPG).The report addresses lessons from six case studies Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Darfur […]
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