by jakeloeffenames | 3 March 2022 | News
The situation in Ukraine illustrates the need for all States, everywhere, to be equipped with national atrocity prevention mechanisms, to ensure they remain resilient even in unstable circumstances. Many members of the GAAMAC community have expressed their concern and...
by jakeloeffenames | 28 February 2022 | News
The Chair Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi moderated a discussion between distinguished experts from the GAAMAC community. Christie Edwards, Deputy Head, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Velma...
by jakeloeffenames | 21 February 2022 | News
First and foremost, it must be stressed that, the escalation of hate speech campaigns in Indonesia are not caused by an irreconcilable difference in ideological and/or religious belief. Although tensions did occur, they did not escalate into hate speech campaign and...
by jakeloeffenames | 15 February 2022 | News
In the Balkans, generation after generation has handed down stories of violence and unjust interference – passing on the need for revenge. Michael Ignatieff describes in Blood and Belonging the “learned feelings of vengeance” that have kept societies in the Balkans...
by jakeloeffenames | 7 February 2022 | News
In the Philippines, hate speech, incitement to violence and discrimination remain very serious concerns given the strong prejudice among the Christian Filipino majority against the Bangsamoro people; and the deep-seated animosity between Indigenous Peoples and Muslim...
