News on atrocity prevention from GAAMAC, its community around the world, multilateral institutions and expert voices. The opinions expressed in the articles do not represent the views of GAAMAC, its Steering Group or any partner organization.
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GAAMAC partner launches the Digital Peace Project to respond to growing online hate
GAAMAC’s partner, the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) has launched its Digital Peace Project, to uphold the UN Strategy and Plan of Action Against Hate Speech, and contribute to Canadian national efforts to mitigate online hate.
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GAAMAC partner launches the Digital Peace Project to respond to growing online hate
GAAMAC’s partner, the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) has launched its Digital Peace Project, to uphold the UN Strategy and Plan of Action Against Hate Speech, and contribute to Canadian national efforts to mitigate online hate.
Media release – Fighting incitement to violence and hate speech to prevent mass crimes in CAR
Geneva-Bangui, 16 January 2023. For immediate release. A training will sensitize political and civic actors to incitement to violence and hate speech. Why? Because rumours and hateful or inciting messages can be warning signals leading to atrocity crimes.
Chair message for the new year
Silvia Fernandez addresses the GAAMAC community to kick off 2023.
First workshops in DRC train community leaders to fight hate speech
GAAMAC two supported workshops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through a partner of its Africa Working Group. It is the first time GAAMAC holds activities in the DRC.
Chair speech on the prevention of genocide in the era of new technologies
On 12 December 2022, GAAMAC Chair Silvia Fernandez was invited to speak at the 4th Global Forum against the crime of genocide in Yerevan, Armenia.
Media release – consolidating national efforts in mass atrocity prevention in Cote d’Ivoire
Geneva – Abidjan, 5 December 2022. For immediate release. Members of the National Assembly of Côte d’Ivoire will be sensitized to mass atrocity prevention.
Strengthening the power of reparations through victim participation
Victim participation must be at the centre of any reparations effort to ensure meaningful post-conflict recovery – according to a new report by partner Impunity Watch and INOVAS, a global network of victims and survivors.
Workshop digest: Promoting human rights as an atrocity prevention mechanism: engaging armed and security forces and non-state actors
As part of its efforts to anchor atrocity prevention in International Geneva, GAAMAC co-organized a workshop at the Geneva Peace Week.
GAAMAC’s Steering Group meets in Geneva for annual retreat
From 5 to 8 October 2022, members of the Steering Group of GAAMAC met in Geneva and online for a hybrid annual retreat. The strategy and priorities of GAAMAC for 2023 and 2024 were defined.
GAAMAC hosts Women, Peace and Security side event in New York
On 26 October 2022, GAAMAC supported a panel on the symbolic power of justice to prevent violence against women in conflicts. Coming from Colombia and Guatemala, two of GAAMAC’s partners examined how seeking justice for conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence (CRSGBV) impacted legal system, society, and the empowerment of women...
Webinar digest: A bottom-up approach to understanding and fighting hate speech in the Asia Pacific
On 12 October 2022, GAAMAC and its partner the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) asked experts from the Asia Pacific: where does hate speech come from? Who is targeted? And what can civil society do to address this scourge that can lead to atrocity crimes?
Human Rights Council adopts Swiss-led resolution
After four weeks, the Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its 51st session on 7 October 2022. The armed conflict in Ukraine as well as the human rights situations in Xinjiang (China) and Russia were at the core of the discussions. The HRC adopted a resolution presented by GAAMAC founding member...
“Our responsibility is not only to help the victims, but to help ensure there are no more victims”
The office of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict has put together a Framework for the prevention of conflict-related sexual violence.
Workshop digest: The symbolic power of the law and its capacity to prevent and redress sexual violence
On 14 September 2022, GAAMAC’s Americas Initiative convened an expert roundtable to discuss how accountability for past crimes of sexual and gender-based violence can prevent future occurrences.
Parliamentarians ally to respond to atrocity crimes in Ukraine
Parliamentarians are often underutilized in efforts to counter mass atrocity crimes. An initiative seeks to turn the tide and construct more strategic responses to the atrocity crimes committed in Ukraine by the Russian military.
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