Welcome Remarks by: H.E. Ambassador Bénédicte Frankinet, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the UN Judge Carmel Agius, President of the ICTY Video presentation: victim testimonies on sexual violence from ICTY cases Panel discussion with: Serge Brammertz, ICTY/MICT Prosecutor Michelle Jarvis, ICTY OTP Deputy to the Prosecutor Adama Dieng, Special Adviser...

By the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and the Barcelona International Peace Resource Center (BIPRC) The course will focus on practical examples of recent or paradigmatic peace processes where the question of justice formed a significant part of the negotiating context. It will raise a series of questions on substance,...

By the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies will be hosting its annual Professional training program on the prevention of mass atrocity crimes in Montreal, Canada. Confirmed speakers include Roméo Dallaire (MIGS Distinguished Senior Fellow), Dr. René Provost (Law Professor,...

Join the curator of the Museum’s next special exhibition on Americans and the Holocaust to learn how news from Europe was received in the 1930s and ’40s and what that means for us today.

By the Alliance for Peacebuilding The Alliance for Peacebuilding’s 2016 Annual Conference will examine the newest developments in the peacebuilding field, and will capture the “view from the edges,” where peacebuilding is innovating, “looking around corners,” and scanning the horizon to revolutionize the field. The Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) Annual...

By Euro-ISME In previous decades, European armed forces have frequently had to participate in counter-terrorist operations while abroad. For many however, counter-terrorist operations in their home country are a relatively new phenomenon – even though exceptions exist, such as Northern Ireland or the Basque country. Armed and uniformed soldiers can now be seen patrolling...

By the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Partners in Prevention: A Global Forum on Ending Genocide brings together international policymakers and experts to discuss atrocity prevention coordination, best practices, and future agendas for domestic and international atrocity prevention efforts. This daylong event is designed to strengthen genocide prevention policy efforts within the...

The Stanley Foundation The Simon-Skjodt Center The Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide and the Stanley Foundation will host an off-the-record discussion, “Allies Against Atrocity: The Imperative for Transatlantic Cooperation to Deter, Prevent, and Stop Mass Killings,” featuring Lee Feinstein, Dean of Indiana University’s School of Global and International...

By the International State Crime Initiative  The International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) is excited to host Professor Daniel Feierstein to deliver its 2016 Annual Lecture. Professor Feierstein is a renowned genocide scholar, and his books and articles have been critical in the qualification of the crimes committed in Argentina as genocide,...

By swisspeace How can a ‘Dealing with the Past’ Process be locally relevant and effective? Finding a way to deal with a violent past following events such as civil war, the end of an authoritarian regime or occupation, is often argued to be the basis for lasting peace, democracy and...

By the United States Institute of Peace The world’s most violent 21st-century conflicts are centered among countries with the highest proportions of youth. A staggering 230 million children live in lands that have become battlefields, and extremist groups exploit their traumas to recruit youth to violence. Yet from these same...

By swisspeace Peacebuilding, development and humanitarian interventions aim at contributing to a positive impact on the contexts within which they take place. This includes a do-no-harm approach that identifies and mitigates the risks of exacerbating conflict, and recognizes opportunities to contribute to positive change. Working in potentially quickly changing contexts...

The Permanent Mission of the Republic of South Africa to the United Nations The United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect The World Council of Churches Panel of Speakers  H.E. Ambassador Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo, Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Africa to the UN...

By the Government of the Republic of Armenia In April 2015, the Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide was held in Yerevan. Participants of the Forum suggested that Armenia should institutionalize her input and contribution to the consolidation of the international efforts aimed at the prevention of genocides all...