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On 18 August 2021, five Steering Group members of GAAMAC (Argentina, Costa Rica, Switzerland and Denmark as part of the European Union) and one partner (The Netherlands, as part of the European Union) co-signed a statement on the situation in Afghanistan. 

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A two-days conference on July 21 & 22 aimed to revive the Responsibility to Protect norm in West Africa, drawing on national experiences, case studies and demonstrated best practices.  

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UN Resolution 1325 on the role of women in peace and security is relevant to address Guatemala’s contemporary problems, provided its domestic implementation translates into action.  

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At the 47th session (21 June – 14 July 2021) of the Human Rights Council (HRC), Switzerland took a firm stance in favour of women’s rights, as well as freedom of expression and private-sector cooperation on human rights. Switzerland is a founding and Steering Group member of GAAMAC. 

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Actors from South Sudan, with the help of the Community of Sant’Egidio, committed to future milestones and continued dialogue. 

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At the 47th session (21 June – 14 July 2021) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), GAAMAC-Steering Group member Denmark co-led a resolution to further explore the links between human rights, emerging digital technologies and the activities of technology companies. 

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Ethiopia’s civil conflict led to rampant, ongoing human rights abuse. Four experts on the region shared their views on how the Human Rights Council should address the crisis.

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This year, GAAMAC was proud to support its partners from the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) that, with a consortium of educational institutions and diplomatic representations in Canada under the patronage of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, organized...

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Identifying some of these gaps, as well as the needs of state and civil society actors to address hate and incitement in Europe was the aim of the FriEnt Peacebuilding Forum workshop co-organized by the Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign...

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The African Coordination of Human Rights for the Armed Forces (CADHA) with the support of the Raphael Lemkin Center for Africa (CERLA) and the support of the Global Action Against Mass Atrocities (GAAMAC) will sensitize newly elected deputies and senators on best practices for the establishment...

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‘‘We recognize the role women play in atrocity prevention and the importance of putting gender equality upfront in prevention and peace efforts’’, said Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, GAAMAC Chair as she opened the virtual event "Front and Center: Women, Grassroots Atrocity Prevention and...

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GAAMAC warmly welcomes the appointment of Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, a member of GAAMAC’s Steering Group, as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tanzania on March 31. She will be the second woman to serve in that position.

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The Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation (GIJTR) is issuing a call for applications from highly motivated youth activists and/or representatives of youth-led organization to participate in a twelve-month project that aims to center youth voices in atrocity prevention efforts by...

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The African Coordination of Human Rights for Armies (CADHA) with the support of the Raphael Lemkin Center for Africa (CERLA) and the support of Global Action Against Mass Atrocities (GAAMAC) will sensitize the armed forces of Côte d'Ivoire on best practices for the establishment and management of...

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GAAMAC joins global voices in mourning the passing of Edward C. Luck on 16 February 2021.

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On 10 February 2021, several members of GAAMAC’s community participated in intersessional meeting of the Human Rights Council on the “prevention of genocide” in Geneva.

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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Regional initiatives moved forward virtually to implement their activities.

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What are the linkages between technology, hate speech and atrocity prevention? This was the leading question that experts in atrocity prevention explored in the Decoding Hate Speech” online series launched on 1 September 2020 by the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies with...

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What are some of the good practices and experiences from national human rights commissions or mechanisms that can strengthen the national capacity to prevent the commission or recurrence of mass atrocities? To address this question, the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica, the Permanent Mission of...

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