by Camila Ponte | 6 April 2023 | News
The Congolese NGOs CVPD and Blessed Aid have been working with GAAMAC since 2022 to combat hate speech and incitement to violence in the east of the country. An initial activity funded by GAAMAC equipped 35 community leaders to raise awareness, in their turn, among...
by Camila Ponte | 5 April 2023 | News
Since the beginning of the Syrian revolution and the conflict that followed in 2011, tens of thousands of people have gone missing in Syria, constituting a major humanitarian crisis. In the absence of a formal peace settlement, and despite China and Russia blocking...
by Camila Ponte | 29 March 2023 | News
The African Coordination of Human Rights for the Armed Forces (CADHA) was established in 2011, following a period of political instability in Cote d’Ivoire. From a local initiative, it grew to intervening in 17 African countries and training over 24,000 members of the...
by Camila Ponte | 1 March 2023 | News
The mock trial attracted 32 young leaders (16-21 years old) from 10 different countries. Among the judges sat Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi, Chair of GAAMAC and former President of the International Criminal Court. She came with extensive knowledge on the Holocaust,...
by Camila Ponte | 30 January 2023 | News
Disinformation and violence online have become an unfortunate reality across the globe. A growing body of research shows that women, Indigenous peoples, religious and ethnic minorities, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+* community are targets of vicious online attacks and...
by Camila Ponte | 16 January 2023 | News
The recent crises in central Africa have highlighted the regular propagation of rumours, as well as the dissemination – mainly by the media – of hateful messages. Often, these messages are conducive to violence and strain already fragile communitarian relations. To...
