Past events related to atrocity prevention, hate speech and incitement,early warning and accountability. The opinions expressed during the events do not represent the views of GAAMAC, its Steering Group or any partner organization.
Past Events
Private sector, foundations and mass atrocities prevention – Best practices and the way ahead
By the Budapest Centre for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities The Budapest Centre for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities is organizing a panel discussion on the role that private sector and private foundations play in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP). This...
4th Annual National Symposium on Women & Genocide: in the 21st Century: The Case of Darfur
By Darfur Women Action Group, with Genocide Watch and George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution In partnership with Genocide Watch and the Center for the Study of Gender and Conflict at the George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR), Darfur Women Action Group is organizing a conference...
Five Courageous Helpers: my family’s precarious survival in Holland
Jochebed Katan will be speaking about her family’s Holocaust story and the Courageous Gentiles that helped them to survive. Jochebed Katan is a child Holocaust survivor born in the ghetto in Amsterdam at the beginning of 1943, just as the persecution of Jews in the Netherlands was reaching its most relentless...
Perspectives on Radicalization
It has been one year since Ottawa and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu were hit by terrorist attacks carried out by Canadian citizens. These events continue to raise many questions. What radicalization methods were used by terrorist groups to recruit future terrorists on Canadian soil? Between prevention and repression, what policies should we apply? What is the...
International Workshop “Singing in the Lion’s Mouth: Music as Resistance to Genocide”
By the Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, University of Southern California “Singing in the Lion’s Mouth: Music as Resistance to Genocide” is an event sponsored by USC Visions and Voices, and organized by the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research in collaboration with the USC Thornton...
Latin America and the Responsibility to Protect: Divergent Views from the South?
Latin America and the Responsibility to Protect: Divergent Views from the South? Ten years have passed since world leaders affirmed their Responsibility to Protect (RtoP, R2P) populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing in the 2005 World Summit Outcome document. While tremendous advances have been...
Panel discussion: The Syrian Refugee Crisis
Seeking Protection in Dangerous Times Images and stories of Syrian children drowning off of the coast of Turkey, in a desperate attempt to reach Europe, has captured the world’s attention, with demands that the international community and Canada, do more to help refugees. The statistics are staggering. Syrians now make...
V 4 Prevention – Trainings for the Visegrad Group countries on mass atrocities prevention
By the Budapest Centre for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities The last workshop of V4 Prevention – Series of Workshop in the Visegrad Group to Prevent Mass Atrocities will take place in Warsaw, Poland, in dates 5-7 October. To participate in the workshop, please fill out the Participation Form no later than Friday, September...
70th Session of the United General Assembly, Ministerial Side-Event
“A comprehensive approach to preventing radicalization, violent extremism and atrocity crimes: activating voices from actors in the field” This event aims to bring together individuals with expertise in preventing radicalization, incitement to violence and violent extremism and to discuss creative and innovative approaches to addressing these challenges. The following...
Securing Archives at Risk
This conference is organized by swisspeace in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Archives (SFA) and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) in the scope of the “Archives and Dealing with the Past” project. The conference addresses the topic of the protection, security and access to archives at risk....
Persecution of Burma’s Rohingya Minority
By the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum They Want Us All to Go Away: Persecution of Burma’s Rohingya Minority Staff of the Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide traveled to Burma to investigate the risk of genocide facing the Rohingya, a...
12th Conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars
By the International Association of Genocide Scholars The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) will hold its 12th Conference in Yerevan, Armenia, hosted by the Armenian Genocide Museum & Institute. The conference theme is “Comparative Analysis of 20th Century Genocides.” 2015 is an important year for all Armenians worldwide in...
5th Annual Meeting of the Global Network of R2P Focal Points
By the Governments of Spain and Chile, in parternship with the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect The Global Network of R2P Focal Points brings together senior officials responsible for facilitating national mechanisms for atrocity prevention and promoting international cooperation on these issues. The meeting is also open to...
3rd Annual Professional Training Program on the Prevention of Mass Atrocities
By the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University is organizing a two-and-a-half-day professional training program on the prevention mass atrocity crimes in cooperation with the Human Rights Research and Education Centre. This program is tailored to mid- to senior-level professionals interested in...
Launch of the Booklet: National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes
By the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation National Mechanisms are officially established State bodies that include representatives from different areas of government relevant to the prevention of atrocity crimes. The formation of National Mechanisms represents a new trend in the prevention of mass atrocities among States. They aim to develop a...
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