The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect saves lives by mobilizing the international community to act in situations where populations are at risk of mass atrocity crimes. We exist to uphold the norm of the Responsibility to Protect – known as R2P – adopted by the UN in 2005. This principle seeks to ensure that the international community never again fails to halt the mass atrocity crimes of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

Through its work, the Global Centre promotes and aids in the development of communities of commitment for the prevention of mass atrocities. In this regard, the Global Centre serves as the Secretariat of the Global Network of R2P Focal Points, the governmental Group of Friends of R2P in New York and Geneva, and the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect.

GAAMAC, as a platform for the prevention of atrocities, serves as a compliment to the work of the Global Centre, aiding in the promotion of R2P and operationalization of the atrocity prevention lens by UN member states.

Being a founding member of GAAMAC and its Steering Group, the Global Centre values GAAMAC’s capacity to bring together different actors committed to promoting the prevention of mass atrocity crimes and exchanging best practices on prevention capacities. By creating a platform where state and civil society voices can come together, GAAMAC fosters dialogue amongst all those invested in atrocity prevention, ensuring that a variety of perspectives and voices are considered.