March 2023
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EventLaunch Event for “Panorama of Human Rights Education in Brazil” Research Project
On February 28, the Warren Educational Policies Program (WEPP) office participated in the launch event of the “Panorama of Human Rights Education in Brazil: Agencies, Policies, and Actions” held by the Aurora Institute. The Panorama provides an unprecedented roadmap that offers the monitoring of policies in Brazil that the Aurora Institute – an organization from the south of Brazil that works with research and advocacy in favor of Human …
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TrainingTraining Program for Border Police in Romania
On March 6-7, 2023, the Auschwitz Institute’s Mediterranean Basin Programs (MBP) team implemented a training program for future border police agents entitled “Strengthening Democratic Resilience in Border Spaces during a Global Migration Crisis” in Oradea, Romania, Implemented in cooperation with the Border Police Agents Training School “Avram Iancu” this customized program benefitted 240 students. Over two intensive days, participants discussed topics related to the current challenges of the global …
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Statement2023 National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice in Argentina
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities marks March 24, 2023, as Argentina’s National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice. This annual public observance serves as a tribute to the victims of murders, tortures, and disappearances that took place during the last military dictatorship in Argentina and their families.
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Press Release
First Joint Annual Engaged Artivist Award on Atrocity Prevention and Human Rights: Call for Applications
As a component of the MoU on Cooperation on Genocide and other Mass Atrocities Prevention and Democracy Promotion signed between the Global Campus of Human Rights (GC) and the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) on 7 November 2019, both institutions, in collaboration with the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP) at Binghamton University, are thrilled to announce the call for applications …
February 2023
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EventPresentation of the Public Policy Proposals for the Integration of the Venezuelan Population in Higher Education in Roraima
On January 24, 2023, the Latin American Program (LAP) of the Auschwitz Institute, supported by the zivik funding program of the ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) and in collaboration with the Office of the Ombudsperson of Brazil (PFDC) organized a virtual seminar to discuss the integration of Venezuelan migrants into higher education in Brazil. The seminar is part of the project “Atrocity Prevention during the Latin American Migration Crisis – …
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EventUN Special Meeting on Social and Economic Measures to Prevent Genocide, War Crimes, Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity
On 24 January, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held a special meeting on social and economic measures to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. The meeting was a half-day gathering to promote integrated approaches to prevention across United Nations entities and explore ECOSOC’s role in addressing the second pillar of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) initiative. The meeting’s agenda highlighted that “there …
January 2023
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Statement2023 International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) observes January 27, 2023, as the 18th International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. This year marks the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945.
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Seminar2022 Mediterranean Basin Lemkin Seminar – Online Edition
From October 24 to December 4, the Auschwitz Institute led the 2022 online edition of the Mediterranean Basin Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention. This 6-week virtual version of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar was tailored specifically for the Mediterranean Basin region and featured 19 attendees from 9 countries in Southeastern Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, and Slovenia). Dr. Olivera Simić, Associate Professor at …
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EventPresentation of the Baseline Report on the Situation of Migrants and Refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina
On December 1, 2022, AIPG’s Mediterranean Basin Programs team organized the presentation of the baseline report in Sarajevo on the situation of migrants and refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which highlights the findings of the first project year within the program “Atrocity Prevention during a Global Migration Crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
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TrainingOnline Course on Conflict-Related Atrocity Crimes Prevention (CRACP)
From October 31 through November 25 of 2022, the Auschwitz Institute held the latest global edition of its Conflict-Related Atrocity Crimes Prevention (CRACP) virtual course. Made possible through the generous support of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) of Ireland, the course welcomed 28 participants from Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America for training in the foundational knowledge and proactive tools that security-sector officials can utilize to prevent conflict-related …
December 2022
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TrainingTraining of Trainers Session for the Tempe Police Department
From November 7 to November 26, the Redefining Policing to Affirm and Instill Human Rights (REPAIR) program of the Auschwitz Institute led the Trauma-Informed Policing course for the Tempe, AZ, police department. The course welcomed personnel from the department, including Assistant Chiefs, from diverse backgrounds who work in various capacities and divisions, including training, internal affairs, and more. The training included the standard REPAIR modules and curriculum, as well …
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EventEducation and Democracy in Brazil Event & Art Festival
Over the past decade, those working to prevent genocide and mass atrocities have observed the growth of risk factors related to global trends of democratic backsliding and the rise of identity-based violence. This comes as a result of strengthened populist movements that threaten democratic institutionality and culture, attacks on historically discriminated groups, increased social polarization, hate speech, and hate crimes fueled by conspiracies and fake news on social media.
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Statement2022 International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks today, December 9, as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. The annual commemorative day was established in September 2017 by the United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 69/323, which emphasizes the importance of memorialization and remembrance of victims in preventing …
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Event
Working visit of the Latin American Program to El Salvador
From October 28 to November 3, the Latin American Program (LAP) of the Auschwitz Institute visited El Salvador as part of the Prevention of Atrocities during the Latin American Migration Crisis – El Salvador project.
November 2022
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Workshop
Workshop on Global Migration Crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina
On October 6-7, 2022, AIPG’s Mediterranean Basin Programs (MBP) organized a workshop entitled “Atrocity Prevention during a Global Migration Crisis. Challenges and Lessons Learned from Bosnia and Herzegovina,” as part of the “Atrocity Prevention during a Global Migration Crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina” project.
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Event
Latin American Network Meeting – 10th Anniversary (2012-2022)
On October 26-27, the Latin American Network (LAN) held its annual Focal Points Meeting in Mexico City. The meeting was co-organized by the Auschwitz Institute in its capacity of Technical Secretariat of the Network and the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (SRE) as the host institution.
October 2022
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Press Release
Official Launch of AIPG’s Bucharest Office
On October 18, 2022, the Auschwitz Institute (AIPG) celebrated the official launch of its Mediterranean Basin office in Bucharest. The celebration included a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities of prevention organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania (MFA), followed by a reception attended by AIPG’s partners in Romania and the region. After five years of programming in Romania and Southeastern Europe, the Bucharest office …
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TrainingMaster Class on Migration Crisis Project in El Salvador
On August 18, 2022, the Latin America Program (LAP) of the Auschwitz Institute, with the institutional support of the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman of El Salvador (PDDH), organized a master class on “Prevention of Violence and Discrimination against People in a Situation of Human Mobility in El Salvador” as part of the project, “Prevention of Atrocities in the Current Migration Crisis in El Salvador.”
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Training
Training Master Class in Brazil
On September 1 and 15, 2022, the Latin America Program (LAP) of the Auschwitz Institute, supported by the zivik funding program of the ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) and in collaboration with the Federal Prosecutor’s Office for the Rights of the Citizen in Brazil, organized two master classes for participants of the online courses developed under the project, “Atrocity Prevention in the Context of the Migration Crisis in Brazil.”
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Statement2022 World Teachers’ Day
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) commemorates October 5 as World Teachers’ Day. Today, AIPG reaffirms our commitment to supporting, honoring, and defending the essential work carried out by educators around the world.
September 2022
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ReportLatin America launch for the Democratic Education Needs Imagination report
On September 22, 2022, in partnership with Protection Approaches, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) and its Warren Educational Policies Program (WEPP) and Latin American Program (LAP) celebrated the Latin America regional launch of the “Democratic Education Needs Imagination” (DENI) report. Dr. Clara Ramírez Barat, Director of AIPG’s WEPP, hosted the event, and Romina Kasman (UNESCO, Costa Rica) served as moderator. The conversation …
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Press Release
AIPG celebrates the second anniversary of its Warren Educational Policies Program
On September 1, 2022, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) celebrated the second anniversary of its Warren Educational Policies Program: Celebrating the Life of Holocaust Survivor Naomi Kaplan Warren (WEPP) on what would have been Naomi’s 102nd birthday.
August 2022
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Partnership
Małopolska State University and AIPG signed Cooperation Agreement
On June 28, 2022, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) signed a cooperation agreement with the Cavalry Captain Witold Pilecki State University of Małopolska in Oświęcim. The University is named after the Polish World War II resistance fighter who voluntarily went to Auschwitz to organize an underground and send the first messages to the Allies about the true nature of Nazi Germany’s largest …
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Statement2022 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) commemorates August 9 as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The United Nations General Assembly established this global observance in 1994 by adopting Resolution 49/214. The commemorative date marks the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, which took place in 1982.
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Statement
2022 International Roma Genocide Remembrance Day
On August 2, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities commemorates the International Roma Genocide Remembrance Day. This memorial date is devoted to the recognition and remembrance of the Roma genocide that occurred during World War II. On April 15, 2015, the European Parliament adopted a resolution establishing August 2 as the annual international observance of this date, which is also officially commemorated at the …
July 2022
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Training
REPAIR Program Update
In February 2022, AIPG hired a full-time Program Officer to assist in the recruitment of law enforcement agencies across the United States to further the previous success from 2021 of the Redefining Policing to Affirm and Instill Human Rights (REPAIR) program.
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Event
Conference on the Holocaust in Oświęcim
From July 1 to 3, 2022, the Oświęcim Office in Poland of the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) participated in a conference organized by the Oświęcim Institute of Human Rights entitled “Auschwitz and the Holocaust on the background of genocide in the 20th Century. What is worth, what pays off: Righteous versus Collaborators.”
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Event
Alumni Symposium and Capstone Training in Kenya
From June 27 – 30, the Africa Programs Office (APO) of the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) organized an in-person Alumni Symposium and capstone training in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was the final activity for APO’s Jo Cox memorial grant project funded by UKAID from the British people, which involved 11 training seminars and 15 online sessions over three years. The symposium attracted …
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Statement2022 Day of International Criminal Justice
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) celebrates July 17 as the annual Day of International Criminal Justice. This year’s observance marks the 24th anniversary of the international community’s adoption of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Rome Statute codified the four grave crimes commonly referred to as “mass atrocities”: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and ethnic …
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Statement
Twenty – Seventh Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide
On this day, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks the twenty-seventh anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide. The United Nations has described it as ‘the worst atrocity crime on European soil since the Second World War.’
In 1992, the Bosnian War erupted between three ethnic factions: Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks), Bosnian Serbs, and Croats. Facilitated by a declaration of independence by Bosnia and Herzegovina, which effectively ended the state of Yugoslavia, the ensuing conflict left over 100,000 people dead before a peace deal was brokered in 1995.
June 2022
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EventLaunch for The Roma Holocaust/Roma Genocide in Southeastern Europe Research Report
On May 31, 2022, in partnership with the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University (FXB Center), the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) launched a research report entitled The Roma Holocaust/Roma Genocide in Southeastern Europe: Between Oblivion, Acknowledgment, and Distortion.
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Event
‘Citizenship and Democracy in the School’ project in Rio de Janeiro
On June 9, 2022, as part of the ‘Citizenship and Democracy in the School‘ project, members of the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) and its Warren Educational Policies Program (WEPP) and Latin America Program (LAP) visited the state school “Compositor Luiz Carlos da Vila,” located in the neighborhood of Jacaré, in Rio de Janeiro.
May 2022
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Statement2022 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
The Auschwitz Institute recognizes today, May 29, as the annual International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. This year, the United Nations celebrates the 74th anniversary of UN Peacekeeping, a unique and dynamic instrument to help countries torn by conflict transition to lasting peace. The theme for this year’s Day is “People. Peace. Progress.
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EventGlobal Launch for Democratic Education Needs Imagination Report
On May 12, 2022, in partnership with Protection Approaches, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) and its Warren Educational Policies Program (WEPP) organized the global launch for the report entitled, “Democratic Education Needs Imagination” (DENI).
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Seminar2022 Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar – Online Edition
From February 28 to April 10, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) organized the second online edition of its Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention, developed with the support of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. The 2022 online edition of the seminar welcomed 22 international attendees from Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Belgium, Chile, Fiji, Indonesia, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Panama, Romania, Serbia, Tanzania, Uganda, the …
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Statement2022 Cambodian National Day Of Remembrance
Today, May 20, 2022, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks the annual National Day of Remembrance for the Cambodian Genocide. On this day in 1975, the communist regime of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge government carried out a series of atrocities that included mass executions, displacement, forced labor, and exposure to starvation and disease against Cambodian citizens.
April 2022
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Partnership
AIPG and Carabineros of Chile Cooperation Agreement
On March 23, 2022, the Latin America Program (LAP) of the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) and the Carabineros of Chile signed a Cooperation Agreement in Santiago, Chile to deepen their institutional and working relationship in the field of genocide and mass atrocity prevention. This agreement commits both organizations to spearheading trainings and research to identify and mitigate atrocity risk factors.
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Event
Event on Bridging Approaches to Atrocity Prevention
On April 13, 2022, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) and Kennesaw State University’s School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding, and Development hosted the virtual event, entitled ‘Bridging Approaches to Atrocity Prevention.’
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Statement
107th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
Today, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks the 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. This memorial observance, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, commemorates the date on which the implementation of a large-scale program of imprisonment marked a major escalation in the Ottoman Empire’s violent persecution of its Armenian population that would later be recognized as the Armenian Genocide. Due to the scale, duration, and …
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Statement2022 International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks April 7, 2022, as the annual International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, recalling that Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also killed. The Rwandan Genocide, which began on this day in 1994, was characterized by the systematic murder of over 800,000 Rwandans, most of which were members …
March 2022
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Partnership
“Democratic Education Needs Imagination” Project
(DENI) is a project developed by the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) and Protection Approaches (PA) that gathered stakeholders from all over the world to (re)imagine how school-based practices and policies can contribute to more respectful, inclusive, and resilient societies. This initiative was born out of the concern regarding the rise of identity-based violence, mass atrocities, and democratic backsliding — and the …
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EventClosing Events on Technical Assistance Project on Migration in Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil
In December 2021, the Auschwitz Institute’s Latin American Program (LAP) held a series of three virtual working meetings to mark the conclusion of the current phase of its technical assistance project with components in Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil. In these meetings, which were organized in collaboration with each of the partnered governments, members of the project team presented the results of the third phase of the LAP project covering …
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Seminar
Training Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming for the Prevention of Identity-Based Violence in Uganda
From March 1 to 3, 2022, the Africa Programs Office (APO) of the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) organized an in-person training seminar event on Gender Mainstreaming for the Prevention of Identity-Based Violence. Taking place at the Imperial Golf View Hotel in Entebbe, Uganda, the program was held in collaboration with the Uganda National Committee for the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, War …
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Statement2022 National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice in Argentina
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks March 24, 2022, as Argentina’s National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia). The annual public observance serves to commemorate the victims of murders, tortures, and disappearances carried out during the last military dictatorship in Argentina and their families. March 24, the date of the observance, was chosen to coincide with the initiation of the 1976 coup d’état, which installed the military junta responsible for approximately 30,000 forced disappearances over the following seven years.
February 2022
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EventBook Launch for Resonant Violence: Affect, Memory, and Activism in Post-Genocide Societies
On February 16, 2022, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) held a virtual book launch for the latest publication by AIPG’s Director of Research and Online Education, Dr. Kerry Whigham entitled Resonant Violence: Affect, Memory, and Activism in Post-Genocide Societies. The event featured an introduction by AIPG’s Director of Academic Programs, Dr. James Waller, followed by a presentation by Dr. Whigham on the …
January 2022
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StatementInternational Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) observes January 27, 2022, as the 17th International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. Marking the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, the United Nations General Assembly established this annual International Day in November of 2005 through General Assembly Resolution 60/7.
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SeminarIntroduction to Mass Atrocity Prevention: Online Course for Romanian Diplomats
From November 8 to 28, 2021, the Auschwitz Institute held the second edition of its Introduction to Mass Atrocity Prevention virtual course in Romania, with the cooperation of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The three-week online course welcomed the participation of 17 Romanian diplomats with official postings worldwide and was moderated by Dr. Ruxandra Ivan, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest. The Introduction …
December 2021
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Feature
WEPP Ends 2021 committed to continue Promoting Human Rights and Democratic Values in Education
As this year winds to a close, the Auschwitz Institute’s Warren Educational Policies Program (WEPP) reflects on the global challenges that have emerged in the face of increasing inequalities, political polarization, and environmental degradation that have been compounded by the prolongation of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspired by the legacy of Holocaust survivor Naomi Kaplan Warren (1920-2016), the Warren Education Policy Program has continued to work throughout these complex times …
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EventXII Latin American Network Meeting
On October 21, in its capacity as Technical Secretariat, AIPG co-organized the XII Focal Points Meeting of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica. The meeting was hosted virtually and served as an opportunity to promote the collaborative efforts undertaken between member states and present national and regional initiatives discussed at previous Focal …
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Statement
2021 International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks today, December 9, as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. The annual commemorative date was established in September of 2017 by the Sixty-Ninth United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 69/323, which emphasizes the importance of memorialization and the remembrance of …
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Workshop
Working Sessions for Holocaust Education in Latin America
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) joined with the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires to co-organize four working sessions focused on strengthening Holocaust education in Latin America for public officials from the Latin American Network for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities and representatives from the Latin American Networks for the Teaching of the Shoah (LAES Network, for its acronym in Spanish). …
November 2021
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SeminarNational Seminar on Policing and the Prevention of Identity-based Violence in Kenya
On November 8 and 9, 2021, the Africa Programs Office (APO) of the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) joined with the Kenya’s National Committee for the Prevention of Genocide War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and All Forms of Discrimination (KNC) to hold a training seminar for law enforcement officers and other public officials in Nairobi, Kenya. The event, entitled, “National Seminar on Policing …
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ReportNew AIPG and I-GMAP Policy Paper: Expanding the Ranks of Atrocity Prevention Actors
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) and Binghamton University’s Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP) are proud to announce the publication of a new policy paper, entitled Expanding the Ranks of Atrocity Prevention Actors, that offers insight into how an atrocity prevention perspective can be effectively integrated into accreditation standards and professional codes of ethics across a wide range of professions. …
October 2021
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SeminarKNC Memorialization Training Seminar and “Never Again” Documentary
As part of an ongoing series of programs to combat identity-based violence (IBV) in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, the Auschwitz Institute’s Africa Programs Office (APO) organized a virtual Memorialization Training Seminar for key participants from four electoral violence hotspots in Kenya (Mombasa, Nairobi, Kisumu, and Uasin Gishu). Funded with UK aid from the British people through the Jo Cox Memorial Grant, the 5-week training seminar was held …
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Feature
WEPP Launches Activity Kit for the Return of In-Person Classes
This year, 18 months into the COVID-19 crisis, UNESCO has dedicated the 2021 World Teachers’ Day held last October 5 to support teachers’ need to fully contribute to the recovery process under the theme “Teachers at the heart of education recovery.” According to UNESCO, with the suspension of in-person classes, around 1.5 billion students from 190 countries were left out of school. In addition to the impacts on learning, …
September 2021
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TrainingLaunch of second phase of WEPP Project in El Salvador
On July 8, 2021, the Warren Educational Policies Program (WEPP) of the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) launched the second phase of its project “Citizenship, Memory and Culture of Peace in El Salvador,” in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office working in the country. The main objective of the project’s newest phrase will be to strengthen the capacity of El …
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EventAIPG and Ballet Austin Virtual Event to Honor Legacy of Holocaust Survivor Naomi Kaplan Warren
In partnership with Ballet Austin, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) hosted Light From Darkness: Dance, Education, and the Legacy of Holocaust Survivor Naomi Kaplan Warren on September 1, 2021. The virtual event brought together the leadership and communities of both organizations, alongside members of the Warren family, to celebrate Naomi Kaplan Warren on what would have been her 101st birthday. The event …
August 2021
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EventMaster Class for Migration Course alumni in Colombia and Ecuador
Earlier this year, from June 14 to July 23, the Auschwitz Institute conducted a six-week course of Foundations on Atrocity Prevention for Colombian and Ecuadorian public officers and social leaders, as part of the training component of the project entitled, “Atrocity Prevention and the Latin American Migration Crisis.” The course was organized with the support of the zivik funding program of the ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen). Following the course’s …
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Seminar
2021 Mediterranean Basin Lemkin Seminar – Online Edition
From May 24 to July 4, the Auschwitz Institute organized the first edition of the 2021 Mediterranean Basin Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention – Online Edition, with the support of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, and the Claims Conference. This virtual version of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar was tailored specifically for the Mediterranean Basin region and featured the participation of 23 attendees from 11 countries in Southeastern Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, …
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Statement
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) commemorates August 9 as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This global observance was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994 through the adoption of Resolution 49/214. The commemorative date marks the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, which took place in 1982. The observance also functions to …
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Statement
International Roma Genocide Remembrance Day
Today, August 2, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities commemorates the International Roma Genocide Remembrance Day. This memorial date is devoted to the Roma genocide (also known as Samudaripen – “Mass killing” in the Romani language), which took place during World War II as a result of the racial purification efforts by Nazi Germany and its Axis Powers allies. On April 15 of 2015, the European …
July 2021
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FeatureArticle on Artivism Published in Genocide Studies and Prevention
The Auschwitz Institute is honored to announce the publication of “Art as Atrocity Prevention: The Auschwitz Institute, Artivism, and the 2019 Venice Biennale,” an academic article by Dr. Kaitlin Murphy in Genocide Studies and Prevention.
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Statement
2021 Day of International Criminal Justice
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) celebrates July 17 as the annual Day of International Criminal Justice. This year’s observance marks the 23rd anniversary of the international community’s adoption of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Located in The Hague in The Netherlands, the ICC is the first and only permanent international criminal court that investigates and …
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Statement
Twenty Sixth Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide
Today, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide on July 11, 2021. In 1992, the Bosnian War erupted between three ethnic factions: Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks), Bosnian Serbs, and Croats. Facilitated by a declaration of independence by Bosnia and Herzegovina, which effectively ended the state of Yugoslavia, the ensuing conflict left over 100,000 people dead.
June 2021
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EventAIPG Co-organizes Global Summit to Support Nyayo House Memorialization Efforts
On June 16, the Auschwitz Institute, in partnership with the Center for Memory and Development in Kenya, organized a Global Summit to support the transformation, restoration, and rehabilitation of the Nyayo House — a government building in Nairobi often referred to as Nyayo House Torture Chambers — into an official site of memory. The Global Summit brought together Nyayo House survivors and their families, leaders from the Center for …
May 2021
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Statement
2021 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
The Auschwitz Institute recognizes today, May 29, as the annual International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. The commemorative date was established through A/RES/57/129, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003 to honor the individuals who have served as United Nations Peacekeepers since operations began in 1948. This year, the United Nations celebrates the 73rd anniversary of UN Peacekeeping, a unique and dynamic instrument to help …
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Event
Book Launch for A Troubled Sleep: Risk and Resilience in Contemporary Northern Ireland
On April 28, 2021, the Auschwitz Institute held a virtual book launch event for the latest publication by AIPG’s Director of Academic Programs, Dr. James Waller, entitled A Troubled Sleep: Risk and Resilience in Contemporary Northern Ireland. The launch event featured an introduction by AIPG’s Executive Director, Dr. Tibi Galis, followed by a presentation by Dr. Waller on the book’s contents before concluding with an interactive Q&A session. The …
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Training
2021 Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar – Online Edition
From March 22 to May 2, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) organized the first online edition of its Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention, developed with the support of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ), and the Claims Conference. The 2021 online edition of the seminar welcomed 23 international attendees from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Fiji, …
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Statement
2021 Cambodian National Day of Remembrance
Today, May 20, 2021, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks the annual National Day of Remembrance for the Cambodian Genocide. Beginning on this day in 1975, the country’s Khmer Rouge government, under the leadership of Pol Pot, carried out a series of atrocities that included mass executions, displacement, forced labor, and exposure to starvation and disease. During the brutality that took place …
April 2021
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Press Release
Artivism Opens at Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities is proud to announce the opening of Artivism today at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). The exhibition, which features the work of six artists and art collectives from around the world who use art as an instrument of activism in response to identity-based mass atrocities, will run through January 16, 2022. The CMHR edition of …
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Feature
WEPP and Secretary of Education of Paraíba Launch eBook
The Auschwitz Institute is pleased to announce the release of a new eBook, Citizenship, and Democracy in School in Times of COVID-19: An experience with schools of the socio-educational system of the State of Paraíba. This resource was created by the Warren Educational Policies Program (WEPP) in partnership with the Secretary of Education, Science, and Technology of the State of Paraíba in Brazil.
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Statement
Biden Administration Formally Recognizes Armenian Genocide on 106th Anniversary
Today the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks the one hundred and sixth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. This memorial observance, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, commemorates the date on which the implementation of a large-scale program of imprisonment marked a major escalation in the Ottoman Empire’s violent persecution of its Armenian population that would later be recognized as the Armenian Genocide. Due to …
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Press Release
AIPG Establishes Bucharest Office
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) is proud to announce the legal registration of its newest regional office in Bucharest, Romania. The establishment of AIPG’s Bucharest Office marks an important step towards broadening the Auschwitz Institute’s work at the global level. We remain committed to our vision of building a world that prevents genocide and other mass atrocities and look forward to expanding our programming and advancing our network in the Mediterranean Basin Region.
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Event
Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Holocaust Education
On March 25, 2021, in partnership with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) and its Warren Educational Policies Program – Celebrating the Life of Holocaust Survivor Naomi Kaplan Warren (WEPP) organized a screening of the film The Lesson: Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust in Europe by Elena Horn. The film screening was followed by a panel …
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Statement
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks April 7, 2021 as the annual International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, recalling that Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also killed. The Rwandan Genocide, which began on this day in 1994, was characterized by the systematic murder of over 800,000 Rwandans, most of which were members …
March 2021
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Statement2021 National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice in Argentina
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks March 24, 2021 as Argentina’s National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia). The public observance represents an occasion for public reflection on the legacy of the campaign of state-sponsored terror under the country’s military dictatorship that lasted from 1976 until 1983. March 24, the …
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Event
MERCOSUR IPPDH and AIPG Renew Cooperative Agreement on Human Rights
In February, the MERCOSUR Institute of Public Policies on Human Rights (IPPDH, its initials in Spanish) and the Auschwitz Institute renewed their Cooperative Agreement on Human Rights, signed for the first time in August of 2016. The agreement’s objective is to promote training and the development of networks for knowledge development and the exchange of experiences within the MERCOSUR sphere on the topic of human rights. This is accomplished …
February 2021
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Statement
WEPP Launches Distance Learning Platform
This February, the Auschwitz Institute’s Warren Educational Policies Program (WEPP) launched its Distance Learning Platform. The Platform will offer free virtual training for teachers and other educators that they can use in the development of educational projects throughout the world. Available in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, the platform will also serve as a useful resource for ongoing efforts taking place within the current context of the COVID-19 Pandemic by …
January 2021
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Seminar
Online Course on Conflict-Related Atrocity Crimes Prevention
Building on the success of the inaugural edition of the Auschwitz Institute’s course on Conflict-Related Atrocity Crimes Prevention, the latest edition of the course was held between November 9 and December 12 of 2020. Made possible through funding by the Government of the Republic of Ireland, the course comes as the result of a multi-year consultation process that involved an array of global experts. It is designed specifically for public officials working in ministries of defense and high-level security forces. The latest edition of the course was offered to prevention professionals in Africa, welcoming 24 participants from Burundi, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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Event
Presentation of results from AIPG’s Technical Assistance Project on Migration in Colombia and Ecuador
Over the final months of 2020, the Auschwitz Institute’s Latin American Program held virtual events to present the 2019 and 2020 results of its technical assistance project for the prevention of atrocities in the face of the current migration crisis in Colombia and Ecuador, which was supported by German Federal Foreign Office funding through the zivik funding program of the ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen). The first event, focusing on …
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SeminarOnline Course on LGBTI Rights from a Prevention Perspective
From November 16 through December 12 of 2020, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and other Mass Atrocities organized the second edition of its online course entitled “LGBTI Rights from a Prevention Perspective.” Organized specifically for a Latin American audience, the course welcomed the participation of 20 attendees from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, and Uruguay. The curriculum was designed by AIPG alumnus and instructor Mauricio Coitiño, a public policy specialist and one of the founding members of Ovejas Negras (Black Sheep), the largest LGBTI activist organization in his home country of Uruguay, which is positioned among the regional leaders for LGBTI protections.
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Statement
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) observes January 27, 2021 as the 16th International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. Marking the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, the United Nations General Assembly established this annual International Day in November of 2005 through General Assembly Resolution 60/7.
December 2020
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Feature
WEPP strengthens education on democratic citizenship and human rights in Brazil during COVID-19
In response to the impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic, especially in the area of education, AIPG’s Warren Educational Policies Program (WEPP) has facilitated a series of initiatives since March of this year to support its community of educators. These activities were developed within the context of the Citizenship and Democracy in School project, which has been organized in Brazil by the Auschwitz Institute since 2018.
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Statement
2020 International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities observes the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime today, December 9, 2020. The annual commemorative date was established in September of 2017 by the Sixty Ninth United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 69/323, which emphasizes the role of memorialization and the remembrance of victims …
November 2020
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Statement
AIPG congratulates Alice Wairimu Nderitu on her appointment as UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) is excited to announce that Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to replace the outgoing Mr. Adama Dieng as Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. AIPG applauds Ms. Nderitu’s selection, which reflects an appreciation of the vital expertise, investment, and innovation of the Global South on issues of genocide …
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SeminarIntroduction to Mass Atrocity Prevention Online Course in Romania
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) held its first online course in Romania from September 14 through October 4 of 2020. Organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania and the Public Ministry of Romania, the three-week online course entitled “Introduction to Mass Atrocity Prevention” welcomed military prosecutors, judges, diplomats, experts from different ministries, police officers, as well as representatives …
October 2020
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Event
Online Training for Law Enforcement on Promoting and Protecting Civil and Human Rights
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) completed the pilot version of its new online course for law enforcement personnel in the United States, entitled “Promoting and Protecting Civil and Human Rights,” which ran from September 18 until October 2, 2020. Organized in partnership with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, with funding from the Woodruff Foundation, and the Atlanta Police Department …
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FeatureNew AIPG Resources on Identity-Based Violence in Zambia
The June 2020 virtual seminar held by the Auschwitz Institute’s Africa Programs Office (APO) for Zambian government officials, part of AIPG’s Jo Cox Memorial Grant which is funded with UK aid from the British people, resulted in the launch of the Zambian National Committee for the Prevention of Mass Atrocities and the adoption of a National Action Plan for the Prevention of Identity Based Violence. The online event also …
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EventOnline Course on Conflict-Related Atrocity Crimes Prevention
From September 14 through October 17 of 2020, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) held the inaugural edition of its new online course on Conflict-Related Atrocity Crimes Prevention, AIPG’s first virtual training with a global reach. Operated in partnership with the Irish government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the course welcomed 29 participants from ministries of defense and security forces around …
September 2020
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EventCitizenship and Democracy in School during COVID-19 Contest
Within the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, education has suffered greatly. According to UNESCO, approximately 1.5 billion students in 190 countries around the world have been kept from school. In Brazil, schools are closed, with many young people left isolated at home and unable to study or spend time with their peers. In addition to the negative impact this this has on learning, prolonged home confinement and loss …
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Warren Educational Policies Program Launch Event
On September 1, 2020, the date on which Holocaust survivor Naomi Kaplan Warren would have celebrated her 100th birthday, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) held the virtual launch of the Warren Educational Policies Program (WEPP). This new initiative comes as the result of a collaboration between AIPG and the family of Naomi Kaplan Warren to honor her remarkable life.
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EventWebinar on Early Warning and Response to Identity-Based Violence with Uganda National Committee
In collaboration with The Uganda National Committee for the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and All Forms of Discrimination, the Africa Programs Office (APO) of the Auschwitz Institute organized an international virtual seminar event entitled “Early Warning and Early Response to Prevent Identity Based Violence.” 53 attendees from Uganda and other countries, both inside and outside of the African continent, participated in the August …
August 2020
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Training
New Online Courses on the Migratory Crisis in Colombia and Ecuador
On Monday, July 6, a new Fundamentals in the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities course was launched, presented as part of the working agenda of AIPG’s Technical Assistance Project on Atrocity Prevention in the Context of the Migration Crisis in Colombia and Ecuador. The project is being conducted with the active involvement of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Offices of the Ombudsman, and is supported with German Federal Foreign …
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Online Training Seminar in Zambia
As part of an ongoing series of programs to combat identity-based violence (IBV) in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, the Auschwitz Institute’s Africa Programs Office (APO) organized its first virtual seminar for government officials, as well as other prominent leaders and stakeholders in Zambia. Funded with UK aid from the British people through the Jo Cox Memorial Grant, the training seminar, entitled “Preventing Identity-Based Violence,” was held from …
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Statement
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) commemorates August 9 as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This global observance was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994 through the adoption of Resolution 49/214. The International Day marks the date of the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, which took place in 1982, and functions …
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StatementInternational Roma Genocide Remembrance Day
On this day, August 2, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities commemorates International Roma Genocide Remembrance Day. This date is devoted to the Roma Genocide or Porajmos (“the Devouring”), which took place during World War II as a result of the racial purification efforts by Nazi Germany and its Axis Powers allies. On April 15 of 2015, the European Parliament adopted a resolution that established August 2 as the annual international observance of this date, which is also officially commemorated on a national basis in a growing number of countries.
July 2020
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EventOnline Conference to Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide
On Friday, July 10, two Auschwitz Institute staff experts participated in an international digital roundtable and conference event organized by the Srebrenica Potočari Memorial Center, the University of Sarajevo’s Faculty of Political Science, and the Institute for Islamic Tradition of Bosniaks to mark the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide. Due to public safety concerns related to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, the virtual event was organized in lieu of …
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EventOnline Training for Educators in Brasília
Between June 15-18, the Auschwitz Institute’s Educational Policies Program (EPP) organized an online training for 35 teachers from the Federal District of Brasília, Brazil. AIPG collaborated with its partners from the Federal Prosecutor for the Rights of Citizens (PFDC), the Federal District’s Secretariat of Education (SEEDF), and the School for Professional Training in Education (EAPE) to implement the training. Conducted over four days, the seminar included 16 hours of …
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StatementDay of International Criminal Justice
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) celebrates July 17, 2020 as the annual Day of International Criminal Justice. This year’s observance marks the 22nd anniversary of the international community’s adoption of the Rome Statute, which later entered into force in July of 2002. The Rome Statute codified the four grave crimes that are popularly referred to as “mass atrocities”: genocide, crimes against humanity, …
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Statement
Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide on Saturday, July 11, 2020. One quarter-century ago, an estimated 8,373 members of the Bosnian Muslim community lost their lives in an event that would come to be recognized as the worst European mass killing since the conclusion of the Second World War. Former Secretary General of the United Nations …
June 2020
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Feature
New Edited Volume on Historical Dialogue and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities
The Auschwitz Institute is proud to announce the publication of a new resource for academics, practitioners, and other professionals involved in mass atrocity prevention. One of the latest entries in the Routledge Studies in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity series, Historical Dialogue and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities is an edited volume representing the outcome of a multi-year project undertaken by AIPG in collaboration with several of its partners.
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Event
High-level Virtual Roundtable Discussion on Peacekeeping
The Auschwitz Institute joined with the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations on May 29, the International Day for United Nations Peacekeepers, to hold a high-level virtual roundtable discussion entitled “Making the Moral Case for Peacekeeping,” which featured Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations. AIPG’s Director of Academic Programs and Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College, …
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Launch Event for Risk Monitoring and Prevention System for Human Rights Affectations in Colombia
On June 4, 2020, the Auschwitz Institute’s Latin America Program participated in the launch event for the new Risk Monitoring and Prevention System for Human Rights Affectations in Colombia. The event was organized by the Research and Prosecution Unit of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace and the Faculty of Political Sciences and Internal Relations of the Universidad Javeriana.
May 2020
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Statement2020 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
The Auschwitz Institute recognizes May 29 as the annual International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. The commemorative date was established through A/RES/57/129, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003 to honor the individuals who have served as United Nations Peacekeepers since operations began in 1948. Thus far, over one million Peacekeepers have carried out their duties under the UN banner, with over 3,900 peacekeepers losing their lives in …
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AIPG works to strengthen its educational community in Brazil during COVID-19
Since early March, AIPG has monitored the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having around the world. Emergency conditions around the world have had consequences on countless individuals and societies in areas well beyond public health. As an organization that works on the prevention of mass atrocities, the Auschwitz Institute is aware of the challenges wrought by the pandemic in terms of heightened social tensions and other risk factors. …
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Press Release
New AIPG Report: Truth Commissions and Their Contributions to Atrocity Prevention
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) is proud to present a new resource on transitional justice for the atrocity prevention community. The result of a research project supported by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, Truth Commissions and Their Contributions to Atrocity Prevention fills a gap in existing scholarship by examining the ways that these important mechanisms for transitional justice are able …
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Statement
2020 Day of Remembrance for the Cambodian Genocide
On May 20, 2020, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) commemorates the Cambodian Genocide, one of the most fatal genocides of the 20th century. During the brutality that took place between 1975 and 1979, approximately 1.7 million individuals – over 20% of the Cambodian population – lost their lives. Under the leadership of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge regime carried out a series …
April 2020
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Statement
105th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
Today, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) observes the one hundred and fifth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. This memorial date commemorates the day on which the implementation of a large-scale program of imprisonment marked a major escalation in the Ottoman Empire’s violent persecution of its Armenian population that would later be recognized as the Armenian Genocide. Due to the scale, duration, and …
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Feature
New AIPG Policy Brief on Implications of COVID-19 for Atrocity Prevention
During this time of unprecedented volatility, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) is working to provide the global atrocity prevention community with the necessary tools and other resources necessary to continue its essential work. To this end, our Director of Academic Programs, Dr. James Waller, has produced a Policy Challenge Brief that assists policymakers and other stakeholders in applying an atrocity prevention lens …
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Statement
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks April 7, 2020 as the annual International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, recalling that Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also killed. The Rwandan Genocide, which began on this day in 1994, was characterized by the systematic murder of over 800,000 Rwandans, most of which were members …
March 2020
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The Citizenship and Democracy in School project arrives in Paraíba
From March 4-6, the Educational Policies Program of the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) joined with its partners from the Paraiba State Secretary of Education and the Federal Public Ministry of Brazil to organize an event under the banner of the Educational Policies Program’s Citizenship and Democracy in School project. The event, held in the city of João Pessoa in Paraíba, Brazil, provided …
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StatementArgentina’s National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) marks March 24, 2020 as Argentina’s National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia). The annual public observance represents a time to reflect on the legacy of the campaign of state-sponsored terror under the country’s military dictatorship from 1976 until 1983. The day serves as an opportunity to remember and commemorate the victims and their families.
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Press Release
AIPG Awarded Jo Cox Memorial Grant for Identity-Based Violence Prevention in Africa
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) – formerly known as the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation – is honored to announce that it has been awarded a Jo Cox Memorial Grant, one of the most prestigious grants for work on atrocity prevention. This grant originates from UK Aid Direct, the challenge fund of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) for supporting the efforts of civil society organizations in achieving sustained poverty reduction.
January 2020
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Feature
2019 KSC-AIPG Global Fellowship
Ms. Braema Mathiaparanam, longtime human rights advocate, former parliamentarian, President of the MARUAH – a human rights NGO, and alumna of the 2018 Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention, served as the 2019 AIPG-KSC Global Fellow. Over the fall semester, Ms. Mathiaparanam brought decades of experiences on issues related to women’s issues, migrant workers, HIV, human rights, and atrocity prevention to Keene, New Hampshire…
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Second National Higher Education Leadership Consortium of Directors of Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Centers
On December 5-7, 2019, the second biennial edition of the National Higher Education Leadership Consortium of Directors of Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Centers was held at the University of Nebraska – Omaha and organized by the University’s Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy and Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Center for Human Rights. The event welcomed the participation of representatives from a diverse range of academic centers …
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Roundtable Discussion on Development and Atrocity Prevention
On the afternoon of December 2, 2019, the Auschwitz Institute joined with the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in New York City to organize a roundtable discussion entitled “Promoting Peaceful and Inclusive Societies: The Case for Greater Collaboration between the Development and Atrocity Prevention Agendas.” The discussion aimed to explore how development policy interfaces with the prevention of violent conflict and mass atrocities. It also addressed, …
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Statement
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) observes January 27, 2020 as the 15th International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. Marking the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, the United Nations General Assembly established this annual International Day in November of 2005 through General Assembly Resolution 60/7.
December 2019
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Statement
The Auschwitz Institute is changing its name
Beginning in 2020, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation will adopt our new name and will begin operating as the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities. While part of our name will be changing, none of our work will.
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Statement
2019 International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
The Auschwitz Institute marks today, December 9, as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. Established by the Sixty Ninth United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 69/323 in September of 2017, the International Day is observed each year on this date to mark the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and …
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Partnership
Memorandum of Understanding with the Global Campus of Human Rights
On November 7, 2019, the Auschwitz Institute signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Global Campus of Human Rights. The MoU provides a long-term collaborative framework for the development of activities related to anti-discrimination, transitional justice, protections of vulnerable populations, the promotion of human rights and democracy and other themes relevant to the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocities. Dr. Tibi Galis, the Auschwitz Institute’s Executive …
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Event
Seminar-Workshop on Atrocity Prevention related to the Migration Crisis in Ecuador
On November 26-27, the Auschwitz Institute and the Office of the Ombudsperson of Ecuador co-organized a seminar-workshop entitled “The Prevention of Mass Atrocities in the Context of the Current Migration Crisis in Ecuador,” with support from the German Federal Foreign Office through the Zivik Funding Program operated by the IFA (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen). The activity took place in the city of Quito and was attended by 27 representatives of …
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Seminar-Workshop on Atrocity Prevention related to the Migration Crisis in Colombia
On November 21-22, the Auschwitz Institute and the Office of the Ombudsperson of Colombia co-organized a seminar-workshop entitled “The Prevention of mass atrocities in the context of the current migration crisis in Colombia,” with support from the German Federal Foreign Office through the Zivik Funding Program operated by the IFA (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen). The activity took place in Bogotá and welcomed participants from national institutions, the Office of the …
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2019 Symposium for Alumni of the Raphael Lemkin Seminars
From November 12-16, 2019, the Auschwitz Institute joined with the Stanley Center for Peace and Security and the George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention at the American University of Paris (AUP) to hold “Integrating Prevention and Building Resilience in a Challenging Political Environment,” which served as the 2019 Symposium for Alumni of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar series. Located in Paris, …
November 2019
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Annual Meeting of Latin American Network Focal Points
The Latin American Network held its annual Focal Points Meeting on October 28-29 in Asunción, Paraguay. The meeting was co-organized by the Auschwitz Institute, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the Ombudsperson of Paraguay, the Stanley Center for Peace and Security and the UN OSAPG.
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Regional Seminar on the Civil and Human Rights of Roma
On October 15-18, 2019, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) organized “Countering Distortion through Governmental Action: Building the Capacity of Government Actors for Promoting and Protecting the Civil and Human Rights of Roma” with the support of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). The four-day regional training seminar was held in Bucharest, Romania and welcomed 20 participants. In addition to government officials, attendees included representatives of NGOs …
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Report
UN Report on the Right to Education and Atrocity Prevention
On October 18, 2019, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Dr. Koumbou Boly Barry, officially presented report A/74/243 to the General Assembly. Published in July, the report focuses on the manner in which the right to education contributes to the prevention of atrocity crimes and mass or grave violations of human rights. More specifically, the text recognizes that “education has a key role to play …
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Training Seminar in CAR on Preventing Identity-Based Violence
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) conducted a three-day training seminar entitled “The Prevention of Identify-Based Violence” on September 26-28, 2019 in Bangui, Central Africa Republic. The seminar, supported by UK aid from the British people, was organized in collaboration with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Central African Republic (CAR) National Committee on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of …
October 2019
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2019 National Seminar for Law Enforcement
On September 18-20, 2019, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) partnered with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (National Center) and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to hold the third edition of the National Seminar for Law Enforcement on Promoting and Protecting Civil and Human Rights. The event welcomed a new cohort of 23 police officers drawn from 12 different jurisdictions located …
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National Training Seminars in Romania
In September of 2019, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania and the Public Ministry of Romania, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) organized a pair of training seminars for the country’s public officials working on the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocities. The first, held in Iasi on September 9-11, welcomed 20 participants, including military prosecutors, judges, academics, forensic specialists, police …
September 2019
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Event2019 Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Promoting and Protecting Civil and Human Rights
On August 18-23, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held the 2019 Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Promoting and Protecting Civil and Human Rights, offering a version of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar tailored specifically for members of the U.S. Government. The seminar featured the participation of 18 representatives of the U.S. Commission on Human Rights, multiple Congressional offices, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department …
August 2019
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Feature
New Academic Article on National Mechanisms in the Great Lakes Region
Two of the Auschwitz Institute’s staff experts on atrocity prevention in the Great Lakes Region of Africa have collaborated to produce a new academic article appearing in the latest edition of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. Written by AIPR’s Africa Programs Director Dr. Ashad Sentongo and Academic Programs Officer for Africa and Transitional Justice Dr. Ashley Greene, “Assessing National Mechanisms for Atrocity Prevention in Africa’s Great Lakes Region” …
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Training Programs for the Toolkit for Teachers on Citizenship, Memory, and Peace Culture in El Salvador
Continuing the momentum created by the recent publication of the Toolkit for Teachers and Educators on Citizenship, Memory, and a Culture of Peace in El Salvador, the Educational Policies Program (EPP) of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) organized two training workshops on July 9 and 10 in San Salvador. The events were organized in collaboration with the National Institute for Teacher Training (INFOD) and the national Office of …
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Statement
2019 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) observes August 9 as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This global observance was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994 through the adoption of Resolution 49/214. The International Day marks the date of the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, which took place in 1982, and functions to continue the spirit …
July 2019
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Statement
Day of International Criminal Justice
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) celebrates Wednesday, July 17, 2019 as the annual Day of International Criminal Justice. This year’s observance marks the 21st anniversary of the international community’s adoption of the Rome Statute, which entered into force in July of 2002. The Rome Statute established the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a permanent body. Located in The Hague in The Netherlands, the ICC is dedicated to …
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Event
Seminar on Strategies for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention in Buenos Aires
On June 24 and 25, the Latin American Program of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina – Focal Point of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention – co-organized a seminar covering strategies for genocide and mass atrocity prevention. The activity was organized in accordance with AIPR’s regional agenda and its strategic institutional ties with Argentina’s …
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Statement
Twenty Fourth Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide on July 11, 2019. An estimated 8,373 Bosniaks lost their lives in an event that would come to be recognized as the worst European mass killing since the conclusion of the Second World War. Former Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has described the event as one that “will forever weigh on the collective conscience of the international community.”
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Event
Public Health, Mental Health, and Mass Atrocity Prevention Project Workshop
On June 9-10, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) partnered with the Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights to organize a Public Health, Mental Health and Mass Atrocity Prevention Project Workshop, with the support of White & Case LLP. The two-day workshop brought together 21 professionals and academics who represented the fields of public and mental health, atrocity prevention, human rights and international law, criminal …
June 2019
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StatementInternational Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
On June 19, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) observes the annual International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. The date was established by the United Nations General Assembly in June of 2015 for the purpose of raising awareness of the crimes related to sexual violence in conflict situations and to honor victims, survivors, and those working to end these practices. The commemorative date …
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Seminar-Workshop on the Prevention of Atrocities and Discrimination Against LGBTI Persons held in San José
Together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica and the support of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of LGBTI Peoples of the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) co-organized a seminar-workshop entitled “Strategies Against Discrimination from an Atrocity Prevention Perspective.” The activity involved the participation of 26 representatives from a range of national institutions including the Ministries of Justice, …
May 2019
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International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) recognizes May 29 as the annual International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. The date comes as a result of A/RES/57/129, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003 to honor the individuals who have served as United Nations Peacekeepers since operations began in 1948. Thus far, over one million Peacekeepers have carried out their duties under the UN …
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German Foreign Minister Maas Visits Artivism
On Saturday, May 11, 2019, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) and its project partners welcomed an official delegation from the German Foreign Ministry for a viewing of Artivism: The Atrocity Prevention Pavilion in Venice, Italy. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his colleagues were given a tour of the exhibition by members of the Artivism curation team and AIPR staff.
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Grand opening of Artivism: The Atrocity Prevention Pavilion
On May 9, 2019, more than 600 visitors gathered in Venice, Italy, for the opening of Artivism: The Atrocity Prevention Pavilion, an art exhibition organized by the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) to showcase the connections between art, human rights, and mass atrocity prevention. The exhibition, which runs alongside the 58th Venice Art Biennale, is housed in the beautiful Palazzo Dandolo and will be open to the …
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Annual Day of Remembrance for the Cambodian Genocide
On May 20, 2019, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) recognizes the annual Day of Remembrance for the Cambodian Genocide. In one of the most fatal genocides of the 20th century, approximately 1.7 million individuals – over 20% of the Cambodian population – lost their lives to the brutality that took place between 1975 and 1979. Under the leadership of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge regime carried …
April 2019
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104th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
Today, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) observes the one hundred and fourth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. This memorial date commemorates the day on which the implementation of a large-scale program of imprisonment marked a major escalation in the Ottoman Empire’s violent persecution of its Armenian population that would later be recognized as the Armenian Genocide. Due to the scale, duration, and character of the …
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Training Seminar on Early Warning and Early Response Mechanisms in Kinshasa
On April 15-17, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) joined with the National Committee for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and All Forms of Discrimination of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRCNC) to hold a Training Seminar on Early Warning and Early Response Mechanisms for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention. The three-day event, which was supported by …
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Second phase of the project on Citizenship and Democracy in School in Brazil
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) is proud to announce the opening of the second phase of its project in Brazil entitled Citizenship and Democracy in School, as well as the publication of an audiovisual product that summarizes the initiative’s work thus far. Developed during its pilot phase, which ran throughout 2018, the project’s primary objective is the promotion of the acquisition of knowledge and abilities related …
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International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks April 7, 2019 as the annual International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, recalling that Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also killed. The Rwandan Genocide, which began on this day in 1994, was characterized by the systematic murder of over 800,000 Rwandans, most of which were members of the Tutsi community. …
March 2019
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Argentina’s National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks March 24, 2019 as Argentina’s National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia). The annual public observance represents a time to reflect on the legacy of the campaign of state-sponsored terror under the country’s military dictatorship from 1976 until 1983. The day serves as an opportunity to remember and …
February 2019
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New Toolkit for Teachers and Educators on Citizenship, Memory, and a Culture of Peace in El Salvador
The Educational Policies Program of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) is pleased to announce the publication of Citizenship, Memory, and a Culture of Peace in El Salvador: A Toolkit for Teachers and Educators, an educational material designed to facilitate work on democratic citizenship, memory, and a culture of peace in schools and other educational spaces for children and adolescents in El Salvador. The Toolkit was created …
January 2019
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International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) observes January 27, 2019 as the 14th International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. Marking the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, the United Nations General Assembly established this annual International Day in November of 2005 through General Assembly Resolution 60/7.
December 2018
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National-Regional Seminar in Bolivia and Network Focal Points Meeting in the Dominican Republic
Within the framework of the agenda of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, AIPR, the Human Rights office of the Ministry of Defense of Bolivia, and the Stanley Foundation co-organized a training seminar entitled “The Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities and Protection of Indigenous Populations in Latin America.” This activity, the second national-level seminar with a regional scope, was held on October 25 and …
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Conference-Workshop on Atrocity Prevention in the Americas at Lehman College
On November 29-30 of 2018, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) joined with the Center for Human Rights and Peace Studies at Lehman College of the City University of New York to organize a two-day conference-workshop entitled “Atrocity Prevention in the Americas: Gender Violence, Citizen Security and the Role of the Police.” The event brought 11 academics and expert practitioners from across South, Central, and North America …
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2018 International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the date of the fourth annual International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime on December 9, 2018. Established by the Sixty Ninth United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 69/323, the International Day is observed each year on December 9 to mark the anniversary of the adoption …
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FES-NY Launches Policy Brief by AIPR Director and Chief of Staff
On the evening of December 4, 2018, Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) Executive Director Tibi Galis and Chief of Staff Jack Mayerhofer presented a new policy brief, focused on Germany’s 2019-2020 term as a member of the United Nations Security Council, at a launch event co-organized by AIPR and the brief’s publisher, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung-New York (FES). The launch, which was hosted by White & Case …
November 2018
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks Sunday, November 25, 2018 as the annual International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. First designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999, this date represents an opportunity for the international community to bring gender-based violence to the top of its agenda and bolster efforts that raise awareness of GBV and related issues at both national and …
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2018 Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar
On November 11-17, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) organized the annual Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar for the Prevention of Genocide in Oświęcim and Krakow, Poland. The 2018 edition of the seminar involved the participation of 21 attendees from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Romania, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, the U.S., Uganda, Uruguay, and Vietnam, alongside 6 fellows-in-residence, 4 …
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Experts Meeting on Conflict-Related Atrocity Crimes
Alongside the Cardozo Law School’s Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland, AIPR co-organized an Experts Meeting on the Prevention of Conflict-Related Atrocity Crimes at the offices of White & Case LLP in New York City on October 11-12, 2018. The meeting brought together …
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Private Sector and Prevention Roundtable Discussion
On October 2, 2018, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) partnered with the Social Science Research Council, the Stanley Foundation, and the BMW Group to hold a roundtable discussion event entitled “The Private Sector and the Prevention Agenda: A comparative view of Latin America and Africa.” Convened in Bogotá, Colombia, the event brought together 22 participants from around the world to share experiences and consider ways in …
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National Training Seminar in Romania
On September 27 and 28, 2018, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) co-organized a National Training Seminar for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocity with the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Romanian Diplomatic Institute in Bucharest. In addition to providing guidance on atrocity prevention policy and the ways in which prevention policy interfaces with the work of participants, the training seminar was held to …
October 2018
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Second International Meeting on Peace Culture in El Salvador
On October 2-5, 2018, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) co-organized the Second International Meeting on Peace Culture: Education, Memory and Human Rights in San Salvador alongside the Salvadoran Ministry of Education and the Instituto Nacional de Formación Docente (INFOD – National Institute for Teacher Training). The event welcomed more than 100 international and Salvadoran participants for discussions and reflections on the relationship between education, memory, and …
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2018 KSC-AIPR Global Fellowship
Created as the result of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) and the Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College (KSC), the KSC-AIPR Global Fellowship program offers an all-expenses paid fellowship opportunity to members of AIPR’s international alumni community of atrocity prevention professionals. KSC-AIPR Global Fellows spend a semester at KSC, immersing themselves in life on campus. Fellows work …
September 2018
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Discussion Event on Memory in New York
On Thursday, September 13, 2018, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held an informal and interactive panel discussion event at White & Case LLP in New York. Entitled “The Presence of the Past: How the U.S. Encounters Its Own History,” the event welcomed more than 50 friends and partners of the Auschwitz Institute and featured three expert panelists who considered a range of topics related to memory, …
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StatementInternational Day for South-South Cooperation
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation marks the date of Wednesday, September 12 as the annual United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation. This observance serves to recognize and commemorate the economic, social, and political successes realized in countries throughout the Global South, highlighting those in which cooperation among peers in the developing world directly contributed to these achievements. The International Day also acts as an opportunity to take …
August 2018
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Official Presentation of AIPR’s Regional Office in Argentina
On Thursday, August 16, 2018, the Auschwitz Institute officially presented its recently established regional headquarters with “AIPR in Argentina: Building Bridges for Prevention.” Opening the event, AIPR Executive Director Tibi Galis spoke about the mission, vision, and trajectory of the organization at the global level. For her part, Eugenia Carbone, Director of Latin American Programs and head of the regional office, shared details on AIPR’s working plans in Argentina …
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International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the annual International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances taking place today, August 30, 2018. The annual observance was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 65/209 in December of 2006. The same resolution provided for the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
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Latest advancements of the Project on Education for the Prevention of Mass Atrocities in Latin America
Since in 2016, the Educational Policies Program of the Auschwitz Institute has been working to develop two projects on education and prevention in El Salvador and Brazil, two member countries of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention.
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) observes August 9, 2018 as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This global observance was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994 through the adoption of Resolution 49/214. The International Day marks the date of the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, which took place in 1982, and functions to continue the …
July 2018
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Regional Workshop for Legislative and Executive Officials in Nakorn Pathom
On June 25-27, 2018, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) joined with The Stanley Foundation, the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APR2P), and the Institute for Human Rights and Peace Studies (IHRP) at Mahidol University to hold a regional workshop for legislative and executive officials from ASEAN and other Southeast Asian states on mass atrocity prevention. The three-day event, held in Nakorn Pathom, Thailand, represented …
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Day of International Criminal Justice
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) recognizes Tuesday, July 17, 2018 as the annual Day of International Criminal Justice. This year’s observance marks the 20th anniversary of the international community’s adoption of the Rome Statute, which entered into force in July of 2002.
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Twenty-Third Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide
Today, July 11, 2018, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), observes the twenty-third anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide. Commencing on this date in 1995, more than 8,000 Bosniaks lost their lives in an event that would come to be recognized as the worst European mass killing since the conclusion of World War II. While thousands of boys and men living in the town of Srebrenica, Bosnia and …
June 2018
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International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) recognizes June 19 as the annual International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. The date was established by the United Nations General Assembly on June 19, 2015 through A/RES/69/293 to raise awareness of the crimes related to sexual violence in conflict and the need to stop them, as well as to honor victims, survivors, and those working to …
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Seminar-Workshop on Human Mobility and Migration in Guatemala
On May 31-June 1, 2018, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation and The Stanley Foundation organized a seminar-workshop entitled “Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention and the Protection of Groups in Situations of Vulnerability: Displaced Peoples and Migrants in Latin America.” Taking place in Guatemala City, Guatemala, the event was held in collaboration with the United Nations Office of the Special Advisers on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect (OSAPG) …
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2018 Keene State College Summer Institute on Genocide Studies and Prevention
The 2018 edition of the biennial Keene State College (KSC) Summer Institute on Genocide Studies and Prevention took place between June 3-8 on the KSC campus in Keene, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the Summer Institute built on the success of the initial event, held in 2016, and welcomed 19 international experts for the week-long event dedicated to the study, research, and teaching …
May 2018
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Discussion Event Series on Universal Jurisdiction
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) joined with the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations to co-organize a series of two discussion events at the headquarters of the United Nations in May of 2018 on the topic of Universal Jurisdiction. These events were held to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the United Nation’s International Law Commission (ILC) and the body’s first official visit …
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International Day of UN Peacekeepers
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the observance of May 29 as the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. 2018 represents the 70th anniversary of the UN Peacekeeping initiative, with the first mission having commenced on this day in 1948 with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) deploying to monitor the ceasefire and armistice signed between Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria. Since that time, …
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Launch of 2018 Booklet on National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes
On May 15, 2018, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held a launch event at White & Case LLP in New York for the latest addition to its annual Booklet on National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes. The fourth entry in the regular publication series, the latest edition is entitled Integration into the State Architecture for Prevention and can be accessed here.
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Day of Remembrance for the Cambodian Genocide
Today, May 20, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the annual Day of Remembrance for the Cambodian Genocide, the date on which the atrocity began over 40 years ago. In one of the most fatal genocides of the 20th century, approximately 1.7 million individuals, over 20% of the Cambodian population, lost their lives to the brutality that took place between 1975 and 1979. Under the leadership …
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National Training Seminar at Police Academy in Bucharest
On May 10-11, 2018, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) joined with the Alexandru Ioan Cuza Police Academy to hold a National Training Seminar for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocity in Bucharest, Romania. Held at the Academy, the seminar welcomed 25 of the institution’s instructors as well as officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to participate in the event. The success of the program …
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Training Seminar for EAC Secretariat Officials in Kigali
In collaboration with the Secretariat of the East African Community (EAC), the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation organized a training seminar entitled “Learning from Experiences: Practical Approaches to Building State Capacity to Prevent Genocide and Mass Atrocities,” in Kigali, Rwanda on April 24-26, 2018. The event was carried out in cooperation with the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (CNLG), which acted in the capacity of the …
April 2018
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National Seminar for U.S. Law Enforcement in Atlanta
On Thursday, April 12 and Friday, April 13, 2018, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held the second annual edition of the National Seminar for Law Enforcement on Promoting and Protecting Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia. In collaboration with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (National Center) and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, AIPR welcomed 24 participating police officers from departments across …
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103rd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation recognizes the one hundred and third anniversary of the Armenian Genocide today, April 24, 2018. Carried out by the Ottoman Empire with the objective of exterminating its Armenian population, the tragic set of events has come to represent one of the first “modern genocides” to many scholars in the field. The Armenian Genocide, which comprises a range of atrocities perpetrated by the …
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Education Project Training Seminar in São Paulo
Moving forward with the implementation of the project “Education, Human Rights, and Prevention in Brazil,” the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) organized a training seminar in São Paulo on March 21-24, featuring the participation of 14 instructors belonging to the schools that will be working on the project during the 2018 scholastic year.
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International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, recalling that Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also killed. The annual commemorative date takes place on April 7, marking the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, which began on the same date in 1994.
March 2018
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National Training Seminar in Bogota
On March 14 and 15 of 2018, the first national training seminar on the topic of tools for the prevention of mass atrocities and early warning systems was held in Bogotá, Colombia. The event was organized by the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) and the Office of the Ombudsman of Colombia, in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy in Colombia and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The …
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Argentina’s Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) commemorates the date of March 24 as Argentina’s National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia). The annual public holiday serves as an opportunity to reflect on the consequences of the state-sponsored terror that occurred under the military dictatorship from 1976 until 1983, and to commemorate the victims of this …
February 2018
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EventSeminar for Armed and Security Forces in Mexico
Within the framework of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (SFA), and The Stanley Foundation co-organized a training seminar entitled “Regional Perspectives on Education for Mass Atrocity Prevention,” in collaboration with the Joint Office of the UN Special Advisers on Genocide Prevention and on the Responsibility to Protect (OSAPG). The …
January 2018
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International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) observes January 27, 2018 as the 13th International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. Designated to mark the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, the United Nations General Assembly established this annual International Day for Commemoration in November of 2005 through General Assembly Resolution 60/7.
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Mass Atrocity Prevention Education Project Update
The year of 2017 came to a close with several important milestones being accomplished in the development of the primary project of the Auschwitz Institute’s Educational Policies Program (EPP). A robust initiative, “Education for the Prevention of Mass Atrocities” has been under development since 2016 in Brazil and El Salvador, two member countries of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention.
December 2017
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EventAIPR Participates in Conference at Paris School of Business
On Saturday, December 9, 2017, the anniversary date of the adoption of the 1948 Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) participated in a conference organized by the Elie Wiesel Network of the European Grassroots Anti-Racist Movement (EGAM), The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU)-Europe, and the Nouvelles d’Arménie magazine, entitled “How to Stop the Killing”. The event, …
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National Seminar on Prevention in Guatemala
On December 7-8, 2017, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) co-organized a national seminar in Guatemala City with the Guatemalan Network for the Prevention of Atrocity Crimes, the Vice-Ministry of Violence and Crime Prevention, and the Office of the Ombudsman of Guatemala, in collaboration with the United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide (UN OSAPG). Entitled “Tools for the Prevention of Genocide …
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International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the third official International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime on December 9, 2017. Established through Resolution 69/323 of the Sixty Ninth United Nations General Assembly, the International Day is observed annually on this date to mark the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and …
November 2017
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2017 Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar
On November 12-19, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) organized the 2017 edition of the Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar for the Prevention of Genocide in Oświęcim and Krakow, Poland. This year, the Auschwitz Institute welcomed 25 international participants to the seminar from a variety of countries including Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Montenegro, Myanmar, Romania, Serbia, South Korea, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, …
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks Saturday, November 25, 2017 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This date was first designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999 and represents an opportunity for the international community to bring gender-based violence and related issues to the forefront and work to raise awareness of these issues on a national and international level. …
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EventNew Policy Paper on Social Media and Contemporary Conflict Response
On Thursday, November 9, 2017 the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held a launch event at the offices of White & Case LLP in New York to celebrate the publication of the third entry in its Sheri P. Rosenberg Policy Papers in Prevention series. Entitled A Shifting Paradigm: Social Media and the changing nature of conflict and conflict response, the latest addition to the series is written …
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VIII Focal Points Meeting of the Latin American Network
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), in its capacity as Technical Secretariat, co-organized the VIII Focal Points Meeting of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention in collaboration with the Stanley Foundation and the United Nations Office of the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect (OSAPG). The meeting, which took place October 16 and 17, 2017 in New …
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MOU Signed with Salvadoran Office of the Ombudsman and Ministry of Education
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) is honored to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Office of the Ombudsman and Ministry of Education of El Salvador, covering the themes of education and prevention. The MOU was officially signed as part of the opening day of the VIII Focal Points Meeting of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, which …
October 2017
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National Training Seminar in Bucharest
In partnership with the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Romanian Diplomatic Institute, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation recently held a National Training Seminar for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocity in Bucharest. Taking place on October 12-13, the event represented AIPR’s first national-level training seminar in Romania and welcomed 25 participants drawn from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Justice, Defense, Education, as well …
September 2017
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Roundtable on Atrocity Prevention for German Parliament
On July 13, 2017, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) joined with German human rights organization Genocide Alert and the Parliamentarian Staff Members Association on Foreign Policy (AVSP) to organize a roundtable discussion on atrocity prevention at the German parliament. The event was held just weeks after the German government declared the prevention of genocide and other grave human right violations to be a national priority in …
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EventUnited Nations Interactive Dialogue on the Responsibility to Protect
On September 6, 2017, the President of the United Nations General Assembly convened the latest edition of the annual Informal Interactive Dialogue on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). The Dialogue, which was held to mark the release of the UN Secretary General’s ninth annual report on the topic entitled “Implementing the Responsibility to Protect: Accountability for Prevention,” provided an opportunity for member states to discuss accountability in relation to …
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International Day for South-South Cooperation
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation marks the date of September 12 as the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, recognizing the critical role played by developing countries on the global stage. Cooperation between States in the Global South is not only a symbolic act of solidarity and collective of self-reliance, but also represents a viable collaborative framework for realizing tangible improvements to countries’ individual and collective political, …
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Working Group Meeting for Educational Policy Program Project Held in Brasilia
On August 28, 2017, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) organized the first Working Group Meeting for the project entitled “Education, Human Rights and Prevention.” The event, which was held in partnership with the Special Secretariat for Human Rights of Brazil’s Ministry of Human Rights and Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office, took place at the Attorney General’s Office in Brasilia. The meeting was convened with the purpose of …
August 2017
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International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the annual International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30, 2017. First observed in 2011, this annual commemoration was established by the UN General Assembly through Resolution 65/209, which was adopted in December of 2006. The resolution provided for the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
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Regional Training Seminar in Kigo, Uganda
In collaboration with the Uganda National Committee for the Prevention of Genocide, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation recently organized a Regional Training Seminar on the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities with the support of the German Federal Foreign Office. The event took place from August 23-25, 2017 at the Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa in Kigo, Uganda. More than 15 participants from National Committees …
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) observes August 9, 2017 as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994 through Resolution 49/214, the annual observance commemorates the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982. This year’s observance marks the 10th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, originally signed …
July 2017
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Day of International Criminal Justice
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) recognizes Monday, July 17, 2017 as the annual Day of International Criminal Justice, marking the 19th anniversary of the international community’s adoption of the Rome Statute. The Rome Statute, which entered into force in July of 2002, established the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a permanent body, headquartered in The Hague, with “the power to exercise its jurisdiction over persons for …
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AIPR publishes policy paper on business and atrocity crimes
On the evening of Wednesday, June 28, 2017, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) launched its most recent addition the Sheri P. Rosenberg Policy Papers in Prevention series. The second entry in the series, titled “Getting Down to Business: Uncovering the Roles Played by Enterprises in Enabling and Preventing Atrocity Crimes,” was written by Ms. Tatiana Gos, AIPR’s Academic Program Officer for Latin America.
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AIPR marks 22nd anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the observation of the twenty-second anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide on July 11, 2017. Beginning on July 11, 1995, more than 8,000 Bosniaks perished in what would become known as the worst mass killing in Europe since the end of World War II. The former Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, has described the event as one …
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EventSummer Institute on Large Scale Violence and Its Aftermaths at Kean University
From June 25-29, 2017, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) partnered with the Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights (CLIHHR) and the host institution, Kean University, to conduct a summer institute entitled “Large-Scale Violence and Its Aftermaths“. The five-day event was co-convened by the American Ethical Union, Clark University’s Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Columbia University’s Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability, the …
June 2017
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2017 Raphael Lemkin Seminar for the Latin American Network held in Poland
From June 4 to June 10, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation held the 2017 edition of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar for the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention in Poland, with the support of the UN Office of the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and on the Responsibility to Protect (OSAPG), the Centre for Dialogue and Prayer in Oświęcim, the International Holocaust …
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6th Global Diplomacy Lab held in Buenos Aires
From June 18-21, 2017, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) joined with the Global Diplomacy Lab (GDL) initiative to hold the 6th iteration of the series in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Global Diplomacy Lab works as a “platform for “exploring a new and more inclusive diplomacy which goes beyond traditional politics” and is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, the Robert …
May 2017
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Launch of 2017 Booklet on National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes
On May 16, 2017, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held a launch event for the 2017 edition of its Booklet on National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes at White & Case LLP in New York. The third entry in the annual publication series produced by AIPR, this year’s booklet is entitled “Pursuing Institutionalization of the Prevention Agenda” and includes a thematic focus …
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International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks May 29 as the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. The annual commemorative date was established by the UN General Assembly in 2003 through A/RES/57/129 in order to honor the memory of UN Peacekeepers who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of peace. In the period since the first UN Peacekeeping Mission was initiated in 1948, more than 3,500 men …
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KNC Training Seminar in Nakuru
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) and the Kenya National Committee for the Prevention and Punishment Prevention of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and All Forms of Discrimination (KNC), held a training seminar on the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities in Kenya on May 10-12, 2017, with the support of the German Federal Foreign Office. The multi-day seminar, which was held at Sarova Lions Games …
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2017 and 2018 AIPR-KSC Global Fellows Announced
Beginning in the autumn of 2017, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) and Keene State College (KSC) will offer a new joint Global Fellowship initiative which will welcome scholars and practitioners who have attended and participated in AIPR’s programming to the KSC campus for a fully funded semester-long fellowship. Global Fellows, who will reside at KSC for the duration of the fellowship, will immerse themselves in life at …
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Day of Remembrance for the Cambodian Genocide
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks May 20, 2017 as the annual Day of Remembrance for the Cambodian Genocide. Under the leadership of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge regime carried out numerous atrocities including mass executions, displacement, forced labor, and exposure to starvation and disease between 1975 and 1979. The atrocities committed by the regime left approximately 1.7 million individuals dead or more than 20% of …
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9th BMW Global Table in Bogotá
On May 4-7, 2017, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation partnered with the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt to convene the 9th BMW Foundation Global Table in Bogotá, Colombia. The event, titled “Responsibility, Trust and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Societies,” brought participants together in order to work towards better identifying and analyzing factors that are critical to the success of peacebuilding efforts in societies that have emerged from a period of strife.
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AIPR co-organizes Global Parliamentarians meeting in The Hague
On April 13-14, 2017, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), the Stanley Foundation, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P), the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), and the Hague Institute for Global Justice (THI) co-organized a two-day event entitled “Global parliamentarians: The role of the legislative branch in building national mechanisms for atrocity prevention.” The meeting brought together more than 25 current …
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Launch of the 2016 Annual Report of the Technical Secretariat of the Latin American Network
On the evening of Tuesday, April 25, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, in its role as Technical Secretariat of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, held a launch event for the 2016 Annual Report of the Technical Secretariat of the Latin American Network at the Consulate General of Colombia in New York City. The event welcomed representatives of several member countries of the …
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Inaugural National Seminar for Law Enforcement on Civil and Human Rights Protection
On Thursday, April 20 and Friday, April 21, 2017, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held the inaugural National Seminar for Law Enforcement on Civil and Human Rights Protection in Atlanta, Georgia. The event, co-organized by the National Center for Civil and Human Rights and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, welcomed 20 police officers from departments across the eastern U.S. to the National Center for a two-day …
April 2017
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EventKenyan National Committee Retreat to Rwanda
The Auschwitz Institute, in collaboration with the Kenyan National Committee (KNC) for the Prevention of Genocide, held a Benchmarking Meeting and Retreat in Kigali, Rwanda on March 19-24, 2017. The primary goal of the program was to learn from the experiences of Rwandan civil society and government actors about methods for memorializing past atrocities. The KNC has decided to establish a “Never Again” Memorial to commemorate various forms of mass violence …
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102nd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
Today, April 24, 2017, represents the observance of the one hundred and second anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which was comprised of a multitude of atrocities carried out by the Ottoman Empire. Conducted with the ultimate goal of exterminating the Armenian population, the horrific event is considered by many to be one of the first “modern genocides.” Beginning to reach its peak in 1915, the genocide continued throughout the …
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Press ReleaseJames Waller wins 2017 IAGS Engaged Scholarship Prize
Dr. James Waller, Director of Academic Programs at the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, has recently been awarded the 2017 Engaged Scholarship Prize from the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)!
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EventAndrea Gualde delivers keynote address at Clark University conference
Ms. Andrea Gualde, Senior Adviser for Latin American Programs at the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, delivered the keynote address at a recent academic conference hosted by Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. The event, entitled “Emerging Expertise: Holding Accountability Accountable,” was held on April 6-9 and explored the concept of accountability as a theoretical concept, methodological concern, moral principle, legal …
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International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
The International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda, observed on April 7, 2017 marks the twenty-third anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, which began on the same date in 1994. The atrocity, characterized by the systematic murder of over 800,000 Rwandans – the vast majority of which belonged to the Tutsi community – ignited following the assassination of the sitting President, Juvénal Habyarimana. The violence would continue for …
March 2017
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Dr. Ramírez Barat holds meetings on AIPR’s Educational Project in El Salvador
Dr. Clara Ramírez Barat, Director of AIPR’s Educational Policies Program, travelled to El Salvador to conduct follow-up consultation meetings related to the activities of the Educación, Derechos Humanos y Prevención (Education, Human Rights and Prevention) Project on March 15-16, 2017. The project, which began with an initial consultation in July of 2016 in San Salvador, is being carried by the Auschwitz Institute in collaboration with the Salvadoran Procuraduria para …
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US NGO Support Program held in St. Paul
On March 23-24 of 2017, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held a pilot version of a new initiative to provide support to NGOs working on behalf of the Muslim, Latino/a, Native American, African American, LGBTIQ+, immigrant, and other marginalized communities in the United States. The event, organized in collaboration with the Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights and hosted by Metropolitan University in St. …
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EventNew FIO Publication Presented in Bogota
AIPR recently participated in an event entitled “Mujeres Entretejiendo Territorios de Paz” (Women Weaving Peace Territories), organized by The Office of the Ombudsman of Colombia, along with UN Women, Javeriana University, the Embassy of Sweden to Colombia and the Iberoamerican Federation of the Ombudsman (FIO) in Bogota, Colombia on March 8 and 9, 2017. In the context of International Women’s Day, the activity sought to explore the role that …
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Argentina’s Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) commemorates March 24 as Argentina’s Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Día de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia). This day, an annual public holiday throughout Argentina, serves as an official remembrance of the period of state-sponsored terror that occurred during the military dictatorship between the years 1976 and 1983.
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Press ReleaseJohn Haworth joins AIPR’s International Advisory Board
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) is proud to announce that Mr. John Haworth, longtime Senior Executive for the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in New York City, has joined its International Advisory Board. As the Senior Executive of the George Gustav Heye Center, NMAI’s location in lower Manhattan, Mr. Haworth oversaw the opening of Infinity of Nations, an exhibit housing one of the world’s largest collections …
February 2017
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AIPR Facilitates KNC Planning Meeting in Naivasha
Facilitated by AIPR’s Africa Programs, the Kenyan National Committee for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and All Forms of Discrimination (KNC) held a Strategic Planning Meeting on February 22-24, 2017 in Naivasha, Kenya. KNC members, including representatives of the security sector, political sector, Uwiano Platform for Peace, and civil society attended the Strategic Planning Meeting.
January 2017
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In Memoriam: Dr. Phyllis Harrison-Ross
It is with great sadness that the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) announces the loss of our beloved Advisory Board Member, Dr. Phyllis Harrison-Ross. For many years Dr. Ross served as an inspiring and deeply committed advisor to the work of AIPR, particularly through her support of the Global Raphael Lemkin Seminars, of our Africa Programs, of numerous events held in the New York City area, and, …
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International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks January 27, 2017 as the 12th International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. The annual observance was created in 2005 by the United Nations General Assembly to coincide with the historical anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Death Camp. The theme for this year’s International Day of Commemoration is “educating for a better future.” In line …
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Press ReleasePer Bergling joins AIPR’s International Advisory Board
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) has the honor of announcing that Dr. Per Bergling, Professor of Law at Umeå University, has joined its International Advisory Board. In addition to his career in academia, Dr. Bergling has far-reaching experience as a practitioner in the fields of international law and foreign policy, having served as Senior Advisor at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Principal Legal Advisor at the Folke Bernadotte …
December 2016
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EventAndrea Gualde speaks at AMIA in Buenos Aires
On December 15, 2016, Ms. Andrea Gualde, Senior Latin American Program Adviser of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), spoke on behalf of the organization at an event held by the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) commemorating Jewish citizens who had been forcibly disappeared during the country’s military dictatorship. Current estimates for the period of 1976 until 1983 place the number of Jewish youth in Argentina who …
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AIPR co-organizes regional training seminar on early warning and response in Kenya
In collaboration with Kenya’s Office of the Great Lakes Region within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) organized a regional training seminar entitled “Early Warning and Early Response for the Prevention of Mass Atrocities” with the support of the German Federal Foreign Office. The weeklong seminar beginning on December 14, 2016 in Naivasha, Kenya involved the participation of more …
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Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum joins AIPR’s International Advisory Board
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) is proud to announce that Professor Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum has joined its International Advisory Board. As the Telford Taylor Visiting Clinical Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, she manages the School’s Benjamin B. Ferencz Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic. Professor Getgen Kestenbaum has previous worked as Program Director at the Virtue Foundation, a non-profit implementing rights-based sustainable …
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AIPR co-organizes regional training seminar with Tanzanian National Committee
On December 7-9, 2016, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held a regional training seminar in conjunction with the Tanzanian National Committee for the Prevention of Genocide (TNCPG). The three-day seminar in Dar es Salaam, entitled “Deepening the Institutionalization, Networking and Capacity Building of National Committees for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention”, brought together approximately 35 participants from the Great Lakes region of Africa. In addition to Tanzania, …
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Donald Steinberg joins AIPR’s International Advisory Board
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) is honored to announce that Donald Steinberg has joined its International Advisory Board. Amb. Steinberg, who currently serves as President and CEO of World Learning – an international nonprofit organization that provides education, exchange, and development programs in more than 60 countries – has more than 35 years of experience with government and nongovernmental organizations, and expertise in international relations and development. Amb. Steinberg …
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AIPR marks the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the date of December 9, 2016 as the second official International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. The annual International Day was established through Resolution 69/323, which was produced during the Sixty Ninth Session of the UN General Assembly, to coincide with the anniversary of the body’s adoption …
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Dr. James Waller discusses release of Confronting Evil at Cardozo Law
On Thursday, December 1, 2016, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) co-sponsored an event marking the publication of Dr. James Waller’s latest book, Confronting Evil: Engaging Our Responsibility to Prevent Genocide, alongside the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, New York University’s Liberal Studies and its law school’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, as well as the evening’s host, Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo …
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StatementJosh Halloway joins AIPR’s International Advisory Board
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) is proud to announce the decision of Mr. Josh Halloway to join its International Advisory Board. As a writer based in Los Angeles, Mr. Halloway recently won a WGA Award from the Writer’s Guild of America and has also been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his contributions to the Jimmy Kimmel Show, where he currently works. AIPR is excited to …
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EventVII Focal Points Meeting of the Latin American Network held in Quito
On November 28 and 29, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), the Office of the Ombudsman of Ecuador, the Stanley Foundation, and the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG), co-organized the VII Focal Points Meeting of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention in Quito, Ecuador.
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AIPR convenes meeting on education project in Brazil
In collaboration with the Brazilian Special Secretary for Human Rights and the Ombudsman Office of Brazil, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) organized a consultation meeting on November 30, 2016, in Brasília, Brazil on the project entitled “Education for the Prevention of Mass Atrocities”, which is being carried out under the banner of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention. Representing AIPR, Dr. Clara …
November 2016
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AIPR welcomes Ilene H. Lang to its International Advisory Board
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) is honored to announce that Ms. Ilene H. Lang, pioneering female executive in the field of technology and former President and CEO of Catalyst, has joined its International Advisory Board. In addition to having led numerous successfully organizations, Ms. Lang has served as a board member, coach, and investor in women-led technology companies. She was also recently a member of the National …
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AIPR holds 2016 Global Lemkin Seminar
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) successfully held the latest edition of the Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar for the Prevention of Genocide between Sunday, November 6 and Sunday, November 13 in Oświęcim and Krakow, Poland. This year, AIPR was honored to welcome 24 participants from countries around the world including Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Guatemala, Kenya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, the Netherlands, Peru, Slovenia, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, …
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Dr. Ramírez-Barat participates in regional consultation on transitional justice
On November 9-10, 2016, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Mr. Pablo de Greiff, organized an event to facilitate a regional consultation on transitional justice in the Asia-Pacific region, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Director of the Educational Policies Program of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), Dr. Clara Ramírez-Barat, was invited to participate in the program …
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AIPR marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) observes Friday, November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Designated by the UN General Assembly in 1999, this International Day serves as an opportunity for governments, international organizations and NGOs around the world to participate in public awareness raising initiatives.
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Press ReleaseDr. Jennifer Welsh joins AIPR’s International Advisory Board
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) has the distinct honor of welcoming Dr. Jennifer Welsh to its International Advisory Board. The former Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General on the Responsibility to Protect, Dr. Welsh currently serves as Professor and Chair of International Relations at the European University Institute in Florence and is a Fellow at Somerville College, University of Oxford. Prior to this, she taught as a Professor of International …
October 2016
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AIPR co-organizes International Workshop on Historical Dialogues and Mass Atrocity Prevention
On October 20-22, 2016, AIPR and Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) held an International Workshop on Historical Dialogues and Mass Atrocity Prevention with the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. The Workshop invited 21 academics and expert practitioners from around the world to present their work and participate in discussions oriented around the intersection of the two titular fields: historical dialogues …
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AIPR co-organizes Latin American Parliamentarian Dialogue in Cartagena
On October 3 and 4, 2016, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) co-organized the First Dialogue for Latin American Parliamentarians, “Strengthening Strategies for Prevention”, alongside the Stanley Foundation, in Cartagena, Colombia. The activity, which involved the participation of the United Nations Office of the Special Advisor for the Prevention of Genocide, was conceived as an opportunity for reflection and the exchange of experiences and proposals on how to …
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Dr. Waller launches newest book Confronting Evil at Columbia University
On Thursday, September 29, 2016, Dr. James Waller, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation’s Director of Academic Programs and Cohen Professor for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College, gave remarks and answered questions at an event marking the launch of his latest book: Confronting Evil: Engaging our Responsibility to Prevent Genocide.
September 2016
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Press Release
Owen Pell elected President of AIPR’s Board of Directors
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) is proud to announce that Owen Pell has been selected as President of our Board of Directors. Following the recent passing of AIPR’s beloved Founder and original Board President, Mr. Fred Schwartz, the Board of Directors moved unanimously to appoint Mr. Pell to the position.
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AIPR participates in CIM’s 7th International Peace Week
From September 16 to September 21 of 2016, the Center for Peacebuilding (CIM) in Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina, hosted its 7th International Peace Week. The Peace Week event, which was supported by the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, brought international scholars and activists from the fields of human rights and peacebuilding to Sanski Most to join Bosnian youth for several days of work and instruction on the …
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AIPR participates in seminar on sites of memory and reparations in Quito
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) participated in an international seminar entitled “The Importance of the Creation of Spaces of Memory within the Process of Intangible Reparations,” which was organized by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Culture and Patrimony and the Office of the Ombudsman of Ecuador from September 19-21 in Quito. This new initiative comes as a part of the efforts being undertaken by Ecuador with the objective of strengthening …
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AIPR co-hosts high-level Roundtable Discussion on Universal Jurisdiction
On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) co-hosted an interactive roundtable discussion at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York alongside the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the UN and the Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón (FIBGAR). The event, entitled “Universal Jurisdiction: From Nuremberg to Our Days,” featured a panel made up of high-level experts who have participated in three of …
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AIPR organizes course on prevention with the Universidad Externado de Colombia
The Latin American Program of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation launched the first training initiative on the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities developed jointly with a university in the region. Organized in collaboration with the Faculty of Finances, Government, and International Relations of the Universidad Externado de Colombia, the Course on Early Warning Mechanisms and Public Policy for the Prevention of Mass Atrocities was conducted between …
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AIPR marks the UN Day for South-South Cooperation
South-South cooperation continues to feature as one of the international community’s primary priorities for inclusive development. Highlighting global action that puts the economic, social, and political equality of developing countries at the forefront, South-South cooperation emphasizes solidarity and mutual benefit through collaborative initiatives. As such, AIPR marks the date of September 12 as the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, recognizing the critical role played by developing countries on the …
August 2016
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AIPR observes the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30, 2016. The International Day was established through the approval of Resolution 65/209 by the UN General Assembly and was first observed on this day in 2011.
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Fred Schwartz (1931-2016)
It is with great sadness that AIPR announces the loss of our beloved Founder and Board President, Fred Schwartz. A pioneering force, Mr. Schwartz founded the Auschwitz Institute in 2006 and served as President of its Board of Directors until his death.
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AIPR marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) observes August 9, 2016 as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The annual observance was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994 through Resolution 49/214. The International Day serves to commemorate the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, which took place in 1982. The theme of this year’s observance is “Indigenous Peoples and Education,” …
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AIPR co-organizes Lemkin Seminar and Focal Points Meeting of the Latin American Network in Montevideo
Alongside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, the Stanley Foundation, and the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG), the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) co-organized the VI Focal Points Meeting of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention on July 25, 2016 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Andrea Gualde participates in 6th BMW Foundation Global Table
On June 23–26, 2016, the 6th BMW Foundation Global Table was organized by the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, in partnership with The Hague Institute for Global Justice. The BMW Foundation Global Table program brings together decision-makers from across Europe and the emerging powers to hold strategic dialogues that raise awareness of the importance of shared leadership. The initiative works to examine and develop new perspectives on contemporary global challenges through dialogue that exists …
July 2016
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AIPR co-organizes meeting on new education project in El Salvador
On July 12 and 13, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), in collaboration with the Ombudsman’s Office of El Salvador (PDDH), organized the first meeting regarding a project entitled “Education, Human Rights, and Prevention” in the city of San Salvador, El Salvador. This project, the first to be developed under the banner of AIPR’s new Educational Policies Program, has the objective of designing a pair of educational projects with a preventive dimension in two member countries of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention.
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AIPR marks Day of International Criminal Justice
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) commemorates Sunday, July 17, 2016 as the Day of International Criminal Justice, marking the 18th anniversary of the international community’s adoption of the Rome Statute. The commemorative date was established by the Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the 2010 Review Conference on the Rome Statute, held in Kampala, Uganda.
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AIPR observes 21st Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks July 11, 2016 as the twenty-first anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide. The genocidal event, which began on July 11, 1995, saw over 8,000 Bosniaks lose their lives in what would become the worst mass killing in Europe since the end of World War II. The Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has described the event as one that …
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2016 Raphael Lemkin Seminar Alumni Meeting held in Venice, Italy
From June 22-25, 2016, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held the 2016 Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention Alumni Meeting in Venice, Italy. Building on AIPR’s academic approach, which utilizes the power of place, the meeting was planned to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the establishment of the city’s Jewish Ghetto.
June 2016
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Keene State College holds Summer Institute for Genocide Studies and Prevention
From June 6-9, 2016, the Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College (KSC) hosted the first in a series of biennial Summer Institutes for Genocide Studies and Prevention. Under the direction of Dr. James Waller, Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State and Director of Academic Programs for the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), the Summer Institute hosts university-level professors, post-doctoral …
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StatementAIPR signs Memorandum of Understanding with East African Community
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) is proud to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Prevention of Genocide and other Mass Atrocities with the East African Community (EAC) on May 23, 2016.
May 2016
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Press ReleaseAIPR welcomes Emily Simoness to International Advisory Board
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation is honored to welcome Ms. Emily Simoness as the newest member of its International Advisory Board. Ms. Simoness is the Founder and Executive Director of SPACE on Ryder Farm, a non-profit artists residency program held on an organic farm in Brewster, New York. Outside of SPACE, Ms. Simoness has acted at several of the nation’s premier theatrical venues as well as developed …
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StatementAIPR marks the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
On May 29, 2016, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. With the first official mission beginning on this day in 1948, the United Nations asserts that its continued peacekeeping efforts have functioned as a “legitimate, reliable and effective tool in facilitating the transition from conflict to peace.“ At present moment, the United Nations maintains 16 peacekeeping efforts on four continents. …
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AIPR applauds Executive Order on Atrocity Prevention and Response
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) welcomes and applauds the recent Executive Order made by US President Barack Obama on May 18, 2016 entitled “A Comprehensive Approach to Atrocity Prevention and Response.” The Executive Order represents a significant step towards the institutionalization of the Atrocities Prevention Board (APB) and its integration into the federal government of the United States. It also reiterates the President’s declaration that “preventing …
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AIPR observes Day of Remembrance for the Cambodian Genocide
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks the annual Day of Remembrance for the Cambodian Genocide on May 20, the date on which the atrocity began over 40 years ago. In one of the most fatal genocides of the 20th century, approximately 1.7 million individuals, over 20% of the Cambodian population, lost their lives to the brutality that took place between 1975 and 1979. Under the leadership of …
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Dr. Waller delivers Yom HaShoah Address at The Taft School
On Thursday, May 5, 2016, Dr. James Waller, Director of Academic Programs at the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), delivered an address to 600 students at The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut as the Yom HaShoah Morning Meeting Speaker. Following his talk, Dr. Waller held a Q&A session with students and visited with classes throughout the day.
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Liz Stern joins AIPR’s International Advisory Board
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) is proud to announce that Ms. Liz Stern has joined its International Advisory Board. Ms. Stern is the founder of Global Giving Advisors, a philanthropic consulting firm. A former investment banker, Ms. Stern has a robust background that includes work in public health, education, and humanitarianism on the global stage. As a member of the International Advisory Board, Ms. Stern will serve …
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AIPR launches 2016 Edition of Booklet on National Mechanisms
On Wednesday, May 4, 2016, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held a launch event for the 2016 edition of its Booklet on National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes at White & Case LLP in New York. The second entry in the annual series, this year’s publication is titled “Durable Solutions to Challenges in Effective Prevention”.
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AIPR co-organizes Training Seminar for Armed and Security Forces in Mexico
Within the framework of training activities on prevention held regularly by Mexico, a seminar entitled “Tools for the Education of Armed and Security Forces with a Focus on Prevention” was held on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 in Mexico City. Organized by the Mexican Intersecretarial Commission for International Humanitarian Law (CIDIH Mexico) and the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) in collaboration with the United Nations Office of the Special …
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EventDr. Ramírez Barat participates in UNDP panel on Victim Participation in Transitional Justice
On Tuesday, April 26, 2016, the Director of the Education Policies Program of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), Dr. Clara Ramírez Barat, participated in a panel discussion held by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York.
April 2016
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AIPR participates in Joint Service Academy Symposium on Prevention
On Saturday, April 23, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation’s Coordinator of the Office of the Executive Director and New York Liaison for Africa Programs, Jack Mayerhofer, participated in the Joint Service Academy Mass Atrocity Prevention Symposium in Washington, DC. Organized by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at West Point, and the Never Again Initiative at the United States …
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AIPR’s Dr. James Waller delivers lecture to intelligence community representatives in Washington, DC
On Friday, April 22, the Director of Academic Programming at the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), Dr. James Waller, delivered a lecture entitled “Becoming Evil – How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing” to an audience comprised of members from the US intelligence community at the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Washington, DC.
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EventDr. James Waller speaks at Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium
Dr. James Waller, Director of Academic Programs for the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), delivered a keynote address at the 2016 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium at the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The Symposium, which began in 2009, is an annual event co-sponsored by the host, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) as well as the Command and General Staff College Foundation.
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Statement
AIPR commemorates the Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
2016 marks the one hundred and first anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Beginning on April 24, 1915 and continuing through the duration of the First World War, the horrific event began with the mass imprisonment of Armenian leaders and intellectuals in Constantinople (present day Istanbul) by the Ottoman regime. Over the next several years, the Armenian population living within the Ottoman Empire was subjected to numerous atrocities, carried out …
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AIPR and IPPDH launch virtual meeting space for the Latin American Network
As part of a joint initiative between the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) and the MERCOSUR Institute of Public Policies on Human Rights (IPPDH), through its International School of Public Policies on Human Rights, a new tool for communication and interaction between alumni of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar for the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention has been launched.
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Statement
AIPR observes the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
April 7, 2016 marks the twenty-second anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. Adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 23, 2004 (A/RES/58/234), the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda takes places each year on April 7, the date on which the systematic killing of Tutsi, moderate Hutu, and other Rwandan citizens commenced after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana in 1994.
March 2016
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EventAIPR participates in Atrocity Prevention and Development Workshop in Kampala
On March 22 and 23, 2016, the Director of AIPR’s Africa Programs, Dr. Ashad Sentongo, participated in a workshop in Kampala, Uganda entitled, “The Role of Atrocity Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect in Development Cooperation”.
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Statement
AIPR marks Argentina’s Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) recognizes March 24 as Argentina’s Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Día de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia). This day, a public holiday in Argentina, commemorates the period of state terror which took place during the military dictatorship in power from 1976 until 1983.
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AIPR Conducts Training Seminar in Dar es Salaam
On March 15-17, 2016, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), in partnership with the Tanzanian National Committee for the Prevention of Genocide (TNC) and with the support of the German Federal Foreign Office, carried out a training seminar for genocide and mass atrocity prevention in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The training, which is the third in a series of programs planned with the TNC, was titled, “Mass …
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AIPR launches Annual Report of the Technical Secretariat of the Latin American Network
On the evening of March 8, 2016, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held a launch event for the 2015 Annual Report of the Technical Secretariat of the Latin American Network (available in both English and Spanish) at the offices of White&Case LLP in New York City.
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AIPR launches new Training Resource Manual for Prevention
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) launched the Training Resource Manual for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention in the Great Lakes Region of Africa (also available in French) at the offices of White & Case LLP. Designed to provide guidance and insight into the nature and practice of prevention, the Training Resource Manual for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention in the Great …
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AIPR co-organizes educator workshops in New York
On Thursday, March 3 and on Friday, March 4, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held a two-part workshop event for Middle School and High School educators in the New York area. The workshop, carried out in partnership with the National Museum of the American Indian, Facing History and Ourselves, and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, focused on the themes of identity, membership and the making …
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Third cycle of Lemkin Seminar for the Latin American Network begins in Poland
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), together with the Office of the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG), and the Stanley Foundation, along with the support of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), began the third cycle of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar for the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention. The weeklong training took place February 14-21, 2016, in Poland.
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AIPR staff and Lemkin alumni attend GAAMAC II Meeting in Manila
On February 2-4, 2016, staff from the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation and alumni of its Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention attended the Second International Meeting of Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC). The event, entitled “Preventing Atrocities by Strengthening National Atrocity Prevention Architecture”, took place in Manila, Philippines.
February 2016
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Statement
Genocide Prevention Act introduced in US Senate
Ben Cardin, Democratic Senator from Maryland and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, alongside his colleague Senator Thom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, has officially introduced the Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2016 to the floor of the United States Senate.
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AIPR co-hosts panel event at New York City Bar
On Wednesday evening, February 3, 2016, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation co-hosted a panel discussion event with the New York City Bar Association. Gathering at the Bar Association’s historic headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the four-person panel discussed topics related to National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Genocide, state bodies that include representatives from different areas of government relevant to the prevention of mass atrocities.
January 2016
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Statement
AIPR commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) marks January 27, 2016 as the 11th annual International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. During its 42nd Plenary Session in 2005, the UN General Assembly established this date, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Death Camp, as the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.
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EventAIPR to participate in GAAMAC II International Meeting in Manila
On February 2-4, 2016, representatives of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation will attend and participate in GAAMAC’s Second International Meeting (GAAMAC II). Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC) is an inclusive, state-led network created in 2013 by states and NGOs joining together to engage in atrocity prevention and provides a platform for exchange, dialogue, and the dissemination of learning and best practices in prevention.
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AIPR holds training seminar in Kampala
On December 14-16, 2015, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held a training seminar in Kampala, Uganda entitled “Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention in East and Southern Africa Today: National Committees for Genocide Prevention Learning from Past Experiences, Facing New Challenges”. The seminar was carried out with the support of the German Federal Foreign Office and involved the participation of thirty individuals from regional governments, National Committees for Genocide …
December 2015
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StatementAIPR observes International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) joins the United Nations, governments, and many other organizations around the world, in observing December 9, 2015 as the first International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. In September of 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring that the International Day of Commemoration and …
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AIPR Co-organizes Activities in Brasilia
During the week of November 30 to December 4, 2015, AIPR helped to carry out two activities of great importance in Brasilia, Brazil. The Seminar on the Prevention of Genocide and other Grave Violations of Human Rights opened the programming, organized by the Federal Attorney for Citizen’s Rights of the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Federal Public Ministry and by the Secretariat of Human Rights, in collaboration with …
November 2015
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Seminar
2015 Global Lemkin Seminar Takes Place in Poland
On November 8 through November 14, 2015, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held the ninth Global Edition of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention. This year, we welcomed 24 participants from the following countries: Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, the Philippines, Morocco, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Slovenia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Argentina, Brazil and the Netherlands. 11 instructors and …
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Statement
AIPR Observes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation commemorates the date of Wednesday, November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The theme of this year’s observance is: Prevention. Preventing violence against women remains a crucial priority within the broader genocide and mass atrocity prevention agenda. Such violence not only adversely affects the victims’ health, but also diminishes their ability to participate and hold prominent positions …
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SeminarAIPR Participates in Regional Conference in Ethiopia
On November 19-20, Dr. Ashad Sentongo, AIPR’s Director for Africa Programs, participated in a regional conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event, titled “Peace in the Horn of Africa: Can Federalism Help?”, was hosted by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in collaboration with the Center for Federal Studies at Addis Ababa University. Academics, practitioners, and relevant stakeholders were invited to share experiences and views on how federalism can improve internal …
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Owen Pell Presents Work of Latin American Network to IHRA
Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation Board Member Owen Pell traveled to Hungary to present the work of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) and the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (the Latin American Network) to delegates at the annual plenary meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on November 4, 2015. The IHRA, with 31 member states and 10 observer states …
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AIPR Launches New Publications Series
On November 19, 2015, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation held a celebratory launch event in New York for the first publication under its new banner: the Sheri P. Rosenberg Policy Papers in Prevention (PPP). The series’ debut launch is entitled “Reparations for Crimes Against Humanity as Public Policy – Argentina’s Relationship with the Past: From the Individual to the Collective as a Tool for Prevention,” and was …
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AIPR Holds Reconstructing Atrocity Prevention Book Launch Event
On November 17, 2015, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law hosted a launch event for the release of Reconstructing Atrocity Prevention, an edited volume on the field of atrocity prevention. Hosted by Cardozo Law, the event featured a panel of the book’s contributors and significant involvement from the audience, which included many prominent actors in the field.
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AIPR Operates Seminar-Workshop in Uruguay
Within the framework of the commitment of the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Uruguay (Focal Point of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention) and the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation carried out a Seminar-Workshop on “Tools for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities as Grave Violations of Human Rights” on November 5-6, 2017 in Montevideo. The activity was made possible through collaboration with …
October 2015
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Feature
Special Adviser Dieng Sends Congratulatory Letter to Latin American Network
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, recently wrote to the Focal Points of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (the Network) to congratulate them on the Network’s Declaration, which was adopted at the IV Focal Points Meeting in Santiago, Chile. The Declaration represents a further step towards the consolidation and formalization of the objectives and areas of work …
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AIPR Participates in High-Level Policy Dialogue on Non-Recurrence in Stockholm
On October 14 and 15, 2015, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), in its role as Technical Secretariat of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, participated in an event entitled “High-Level Policy Dialogue on Guarantees of Non-Recurrence: From Aspiration to Policy – Challenges and Lessons Learned in Preventing Human Rights Violation”. The Dialogue, organized by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion …
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AIPR Participates in CRIES Journal Launch Event
On Monday, October 5, 2015, the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP) held an event at the UN Church Centre for the launch of a special edition of the academic journal Pensamiento Propio, published by the Argentina-based organization la Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (CRIES). The special issue of the publication, entitled “Latin America and the Responsibility to Protect: Divergent Views from the South?” commemorates …
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FeatureWhite and Case Commended by Financial Times for Collaboration with AIPR
International law firm White & Case LLP was recently honored in the 10th anniversary edition of Innovative Lawyers for its collaborative endeavors with the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR). Produced annually by the Financial Times, the Innovative Lawyers publication serves as a special report that highlights firms and individuals working to change and improve law or how it is practiced. An electronic version of the publication is …
September 2015
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AIPR Conducts Training at FBI Human Rights Forum
On Thursday, September 24, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation led multiple training modules at the International Human Rights Forum, a series of training and educational seminars with participants from various organizations within the Federal Government of the United States.
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The Life and Work of Professor Sheri Rosenberg
Please join us in honoring and remembering the life and work of Professor Sheri Rosenberg – our friend, colleague, and mentor, on October 20 at 6p.m. at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
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UN Holds Informal Interactive Dialogue on the Responsibility to Protect
On Tuesday, September 8, 2015, the United Nations General Assembly held an informal interactive dialogue event centered on the responsibility to protect (R2P). The seventh iteration of the annual event, this year’s dialogue was given the title “A vital and enduring commitment: implementing the responsibility to protect”, which it shares with the recent report by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (A/69/981) on the tenth anniversary of the principle …
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AIPR Celebrates the United Nations’ Day for South-South Cooperation
A growing platform in both size and importance for inclusive development on the international scene, South-South cooperation continues to play an important role in identifying and refining goals for global development. In 2002, the Office of the UN Secretary-General produced a report entitled Measures to promote and facilitate South-South cooperation, which outlined the progress made since 1978 in the development of South-South initiatives and provides several concrete recommendations for …
August 2015
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AIPR Observes the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation marks the occasion of Sunday, August 30, 2015, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Enabled by a persistent culture of impunity, “enforced” or “involuntary” disappearances continue in countries across the world in clear contravention of international law.
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TrainingAIPR Conducts Training Seminar with Kenyan National Committee
NAIROBI, KENYA – The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, in collaboration with the Kenyan National Committee for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, conducted a training seminar for members of the Committee in Nairobi, Kenya between July 29 and 31, 2015. The training was dedicated to the memory of Ms. Joan Namazzi Kagezi, who was murdered by unknown assailants on March 30, 2015. She served as Senior State Attorney at the Ministry of Justice of Uganda and was an alumna of AIPR’s Raphael Lemkin Seminar. Ms. Kagezi fought tirelessly against genocide, war crimes, human trafficking, terrorism, and crimes against humanity.
The opening ceremony of the training featured the participation of was graced by the presence of the Argentine Ambassador, Bibiana Jones, as well as a representative from USAID in Kenya.
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AIPR Participates in EAC Workshop
Between August 5 and 7, AIPR’s Director of African Programs, Dr. Ashad Sentongo, participated in a workshop organized by the East African Community (EAC) in Nairobi, Kenya. The list of participants included representatives from religious, academic, political, and humanitarian organizations from Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), and other various bodies of civil society.
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Statement
AIPR Celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Established by the passage of Resolution 49/214 at the United Nations General Assembly in December of 1994, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is celebrated annually on August 9. This date is a commemoration of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in 1982. On the occasion of last year’s observance, UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon …
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Report
Declaration of the Latin American Network Adopted at IV Focal Points Meeting
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation is pleased to share the text of the recently adopted Declaration of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention.
July 2015
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Statement
AIPR Commemorates International Criminal Justice Day
Friday, July 17, marks the 17th anniversary of the international community’s adoption of the Rome Statute. Since the treaty’s initial acceptance in 1988, 123 states have ratified or acceded to the Statute, which entered into force in July of 2002. The Statute formed the basis for the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the world’s first international judicial body dedicated to enforcing individual accountability in grave criminal matters. …
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Statement
AIPR Honors the 20th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide
Twenty years have passed since the atrocities committed in July of 1995 in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during which over 8,000 Bosniaks lost their lives in ethnic violence. The massacre, which constitutes the worst mass-killing in Europe since the conclusion of the Second World War, was described by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan as a “grim reminder of man’s inhumanity to man.”
June 2015
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Report
AIPR Launches Booklet on National Mechanisms for Prevention
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – On June 9, 2015, AIPR launched the first edition of our National Mechanisms for the Prevention of Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes Booklet. Hosted by White & Case, LLP, the event featured remarks by Davide Zaru, Political Officer, UN Office of the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect, Owen Pell, Partner, White & Case, LLP, Dr. James Waller, …
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Seminar
AIPR Co-Organizes Latin American Lemkin Seminar and Focal Points Meeting
SANTIAGO, CHILE – From May 25-28, 2015, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, the Human Rights Directorate of Chile’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Stanley Foundation co-organized the Latin American edition of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention. The Latin American edition of our Lemkin Seminar is intended for public officials from member countries of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity …
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AIPR Contributes to Latin America Seminar Series
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR – On June 8 and 9, 2015, AIPR joined with the Salvadoran Office of the Ombudsman for the Defense of Human Rights to initiate the first workshop-seminar on Tools for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities as Grave Violations of Human Rights in El Salvador. The goals of the workshop included promoting reflection and discussion among national public officials and representatives of civil society regarding the …
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Statement
Sheri Rosenberg’s Legacy: Remembering our Friend, Colleague and Mentor
Sheri Rosenberg passed away on May 22, 2015, after a brave battle with cancer. As a scholar and activist, Sheri dedicated her life to preventing mass atrocities and helping those whose lives were affected by them. Her contributions revolutionized international law and significantly advanced the field of prevention.
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AIPR Co-Organizes Videoconference on Prevention
On May 11, 2015, AIPR co-organized the second videoconference between the governments of Honduras and Argentina specifically on the topic of prevention. The activity, Tools for the Implementation of a National Plan Against Discrimination with a Focus on Mass Atrocities Prevention, was organized with the Directorate of Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Argentina and the Directorate of Human Rights, Justice, Governance and Decentralization …
May 2015
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Statement
AIPR Honors International Day of UN Peacekeepers
May 29 marks the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. Since the first UN peacekeeping mission was established on May 29, 1948, the UN has launched 71 peacekeeping operations across the globe. Approximately 125,000 UN peacekeepers serve in 16 active missions today.
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Statement
AIPR Marks Cambodia’s Day of Remembrance
Cambodia’s Day of Remembrance is celebrated each year on May 20, a date marking the Khmer Rouge’s first wave of mass killings. More than 1.7 million Cambodians—one fourth of the population—died during the regime’s rule from April 17, 1975, to January 6, 1979.
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ReportAIPR Launches Latin American Network Annual Report
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – On Monday, May 4, 2015, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation launched the 2014 Annual Report of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention [ English | Spanish ] at the law offices of White & Case LLP. Founded in March 2012, the Latin American Network is the region’s leading initiative fostering capacity building and policy development in this field. …
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SeminarAIPR Participates in Special Courts for Africa Conference
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – On April 27 and 28, 2015, the International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights (CIPDH), in collaboration with UNESCO, held a seminar at Radio Nacional Auditorium titled, “Genocide and War Crimes: Challenges for International Justice in Light of Special Courts for Africa.” Focusing on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTW) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), the seminar explored post-conflict experiences …
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EventAIPR Board and Staff Honored by Center for Peacebuilding
SANSKI-MOST, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA – Three members of the AIPR community are being honored as 2015 Peace Ambassadors by the Center for Peacebuilding (CIM) in Bosnia & Herzegovina. They include AIPR Academic Programs Director Dr. James Waller and AIPR Board Members Sheri Rosenberg and Jan Cohen.
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StatementArmenian Genocide Remembrance Day
This year, 2015, marks the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. Its first phase began on April 24, 1915, as the Ottoman government arrested and murdered hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople, or modern-day Istanbul. The killing expanded into brutal massacres of the male Armenian population across Ottoman lands and the deportation of Armenian women, children, and the elderly into the Syrian Desert. More than one million …
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In Memoriam
On March 30, 2015, Ms. Joan Kagezi, Senior State Attorney at the Ministry of Justice of Uganda and Raphael Lemkin Seminar Alumna, was assassinated in Kampala. In recent months, she had been heading a team at the Ministry handling cases involving accused al-Shabab militants. From these events, it is clear that Joan was killed because of her unyielding dedication to her work in justice and atrocity prevention.
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SeminarAIPR Co-Organizes US Atrocity Prevention Course
Washington DC – From April 8 – 10, 2015, the US Institute of Peace (USIP) and AIPR co-organized the first edition of the US Inter-Agency Course on Atrocity Prevention. The three-day interactive training familiarized participants with the mechanics of atrocity prevention, including US and international institutional prevention frameworks, the identification of early warning signs, and risk assessment.
April 2015
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Seminar
AIPR Co-Organizes Panama Seminar for Prevention
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA – On March 23 and 24, 2015, AIPR co-organized with the UN Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG) and Panama’s Office of the Ombudsman a national training seminar for officials from the National Police, National Border Service, National Aero-Naval Service, and the Institutional Protection System. The seminar served as an introductory forum to discuss genocide and mass atrocity prevention policies in …
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Statement
AIPR Marks Rwanda’s International Day of Reflection
April 7 marks the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. Twenty-one years ago today, a wave a genocidal killing spread across the country in the hours following the assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana. During the 100 days between April 7, 1994 to mid July 1994, up to one million Rwandans were killed—roughly 20 percent of the national population.
March 2015
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Seminar
AIPR Launches Sarajevo Seminars for Prevention
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA – On March 18, 2015, AIPR launched a new initiative to engage communities across Bosnia and Herzegovina—religious, governmental, academic, and civil society—and work with them towards developing a network of organizations that will educate and act in the spirit of genocide and mass atrocity prevention. The Raphael Lemkin Seminars for National Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention included a seminar from March 19 – 20 for …
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Statement
Argentina’s Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice
March 24th marks Argentina’s Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (leer mas en Espanol). This day commemorates the period of state terrorism from 1976 to 1983—a reign of terror wrought with murders, torture and disappearances. Decades later, many still do not know the fate of their loved ones.
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R2P at 10: AIPR Participates in Global Symposium
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA – Nearly ten years ago at the 2005 World Summit, 191 representatives and leaders of UN Member States met in New York and agreed upon, among other important principles, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm. “Each individual State has the responsibility to protect its populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity,” reads Paragraph 138 of the 2005 Summit Outcome Document. “This responsibility …
January 2015
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R2P and the Responsibility to Rebuild: A New York City Panel Discussion
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – On January 13, 2015, AIPR and the New York City Bar Association co-organized a panel discussion to address challenges within the existing international legal framework for the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocities. The event, “Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities: International Law and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P),” challenged panelists to consider why, nearly a decade after heads of state and government agreed …
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Statement
AIPR Statement on 70th Anniversary of the Liberation Of Auschwitz
Seventy years ago today Soviet troops entered Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Monowitz, liberating the approximately 7000 prisoners that remained in the Nazi concentration and extermination camps. To commemorate this day, in 2005 the UN General Assembly designated January 27 as the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, urging member states “to develop educational programmes that will inculcate future generations with the lessons of the …
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EventAIPR Conducts ICGLR Regional and National Committees Training
KAMPALA, UGANDA – From January 7 – 9, 2015, AIPR co-organized a convening for International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) regional and national committees devoted to genocide and atrocity crime prevention. The three-day activity gave ICGLR and state representatives a space to share best practices and learn about the latest trends in prevention. Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, the Stanley Foundation and the ICGLR Secretariat co-organized this interactive …
December 2014
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AIPR Co-Organizes Discussion with Parliamentarians on R2P Pillar Two
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – On 11 December 2014, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, the UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and White & Case LLP co-organized a forum for parliamentarians from governments across the globe to react to and discuss Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s 2014 report, “Fulfilling Our Collective Responsibility: International Assistance and the Responsibility …
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Latin American Network Focal Points Meet in Panama
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA – On December 4, 2014, AIPR, in conjunction with the Stanley Foundation, the UN Office of the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect (OSAPG), and the Office of the Ombudsman of Panama, organized the third Focal Points meeting of the Latin American Network for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities. Focal Points are charged with their respective government’s or …
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Happy Holidays Season
WISHING YOU
AND YOUR LOVED ONES
A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON
TOGETHER
WE ARE BUILDING A WORLD
THAT PREVENTS GENOCIDE
AND OTHER MASS ATROCITIES
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AIPR Honors 66th Anniversary of Passage of UN Genocide Convention
Sixty-six years ago today—on December 9, 1948—the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide passed unanimously in the UN General Assembly and became the first United Nations human rights treaty. It has since been ratified or acceded to by 146 states.
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Training
Lemkin Seminar Leverages Power of Place to Bolster Prevention
OŚWIĘCIM, POLAND – From November 16 to 23, 2014, AIPR held it’s seventh Global edition of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention, welcoming 24 government officials from an array of countries, including Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Brazil, Ecuador, Georgia, Kenya, Lao, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Netherlands, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and the United States. Twelve instructors and seven observers also joined AIPR for the weeklong training in Krakow …
November 2014
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Prevention at Home: New York Activities
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Sustainable genocide and mass atrocity prevention starts at home—a fact that drives our work within the United States. AIPR’s first U.S. program was the U.S. Military edition of our Raphael Lemkin Seminar. In 2010 and 2011, the Auschwitz Institute brought mid-ranking officers from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Oswiecim, Poland, for one week of education in …
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TrainingAIPR Conducts Global Trainings with Latin American Network
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – Regional ownership is an important factor in effective long-term genocide prevention practice and policy. Towards this end, AIPR has been extremely busy in late 2014 supporting localized approaches to prevention for Latin American governments, including fostering interactive trainings and cross-border exchanges of information and advice between member states of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention.
October 2014
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Workshop
AIPR Participates in International Standards for Use of Force Workshop
LIMA, PERU – From October 28 – 30, 2014, Peru’s National Commission on International Humanitarian Law, the Center of Studies on Justice and Human Rights and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights held an interactive workshop to promote international standards in the use of the force among judges, prosecutors and security forces.
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Training
AIPR Co-Organizes Tanzania Training
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – As part of the Auschwitz Institute’s mission to strengthen national mechanisms devoted to genocide and mass atrocity prevention, AIPR’s Africa Program recently co-organized a three-day training of Tanzania’s National Committee for the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and all forms of Discrimination (TNC). This seminar was the second in our series of trainings for the TNC and focused specifically …
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Rabbi Scott Bolton Joins AIPR
Rabbi Scott Bolton serves as the spiritual leader of Congregation Or Zarua on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. He served as head of school for two private day schools, before moving into a congregational position. His work in Jewish educational circles includes evaluating texts and preparing curricula that seek to celebrate and engender cultural identity while promoting understanding regarding the dignity of difference. “Educating everyone, from government officials to youth—tomorrow’s …
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PartnershipAIPR Partners with the Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsman
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – As Secretariat of the Latin American Network, AIPR creates strategic institutional linkages to strengthen domestic prevention policies. Towards this end, AIPR is supporting the work of Latin American Ombudsman Offices and has developed a strategic alliance with the Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsman (FIO).
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EventAIPR Participates in Karski Memory and Responsibility Conference
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – On September 19, 2014, AIPR’s Executive Director Tibi Galis, Director of Policy and Planning Samantha Capicotto, and Board Member Sheri Rosenberg participated in the Jan Karski 2014 International Conference on Memory and Responsibility at Loyola University Chicago.
September 2014
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Feature
Ban Ki-moon and UN Member States Praise Latin American Network
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – On September 8, 2014, the United Nations General Assembly held its 6th annual informal interactive dialogue on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) on the theme of the UN Secretary-General’s new report, “Fulfilling Our Collective Responsibility: International Assistance and the Responsibility to Protect.”
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Event
Paraguayan Chapter of Latin American Network Hosts Dialogue on Prevention
ASUNCIÓN, PARAGUAY – On August 27 and 28, 2014, the Paraguayan chapter of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention held an event featuring government officials and civil society representatives that aimed to strengthen their national mechanism for genocide and mass atrocity prevention. Representatives of Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay and Spain, plus AIPR Director of Latin American Programs Eugenia Carbone and officials from the UN Office …
August 2014
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Statement
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
August 30, 2014, marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Enforced or involuntary disappearances continue to occur in regions across the globe at an alarming rate. Each and every disappearance represents a gross violation of both the victim and the victim’s family, who oftentimes never learn the true fate of their loved one. Disappearances violate a range of human rights, including the right to security, dignity, …
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Statement
AIPR Celebrates Recovery of Missing Grandson Number 114
Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 6, 2014 – Estela de Carlotto, founder of Argentinian human rights group Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, announced yesterday that she has recovered her grandson after more than three decades of tireless searching. Ms. Carlotto has spoken at an AIPR alumni meeting, local genocide prevention seminars and at the launching the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention. She is a tireless fighter …
July 2014
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Event
Waller Outlines How Ordinary People Can Commit Genocide
BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS – On Thursday, July 24, 2014, Auschwitz Institute’s Academic Programs Director James Waller delivered a lecture to approximately 40 middle and high school teachers on how ordinary people can become perpetrators of genocide. “To explain behavior is not to excuse the behavior,” said Waller. “To understand is not to forgive.”
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StatementAIPR Statement on International Criminal Justice Day
July 17, 2014, marks the 16th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, the treaty that led to the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC is the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the gravest crimes in the international community. The Court has a mandate to investigate, charge and try people suspected of genocide, war …
June 2014
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Training
AIPR Co-Launches Bosnia-Herzegovina Lemkin Seminar
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA – On June 26, 2014, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation co-launched the Raphael Lemkin Seminar for National Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, an initiative to develop a highly trained network of community leaders in Bosnia-Herzegovina and equip them with the professional tools and the personal commitment to prevent genocide and mass atrocities. The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs hosted the event at Sarajevo’s …
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Training
AIPR Co-Organizes Latin American Network Focal Points Meeting and Raphael Lemkin Seminar
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, in conjunction with the Stanley Foundation, the UN Office of the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide and Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, co-organized a Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention Focal Points Meeting and four-day Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Network participants. The Focal Points meeting took place on June 16, 2014, and was followed by the seminar from June 17 – 20, 2014.
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AIPR Participates in Global R2P Focal Points Meeting
GABORONE, BOTSWANA – On June 12 – 13, 2014, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation participated in the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Global Network of R2P Focal Points. The meeting was co-hosted by the governments of Botswana and the Netherlands, in association with the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. Representatives from more than 30 governments attended the first R2P Focal Points meeting to be held …
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Press Release
Auschwitz Institute Featured in ILSA Quarterly Magazine
May 2014
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Sentongo Participates in Colloquium on Dialogue for Mass Atrocity Prevention
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – On May 30, 2014, AIPR Director of African Programs Dr. Ashad Sentongo participated in “Difficult Dialogues: Prevention of Mass Atrocities in Practice,” a colloquium exploring ways to facilitate dialogue processes in at-risk situations to prevent mass atrocities. Sentongo’s presentation, “Challenges Faced by Dialogue Practitioners,” drew from his experiences working with States and civil society in vulnerable regions across Africa.
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Statement
AIPR Statement on International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
May 29 marks the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, established by the UN General Assembly in 2002. This day of observance serves two chief purposes: To honor the memory of UN peacekeepers who have lost their lives while serving – more than 3,200, including 106 women and men in 2013; and to salute the more than 111,000 peacekeepers serving in 17 missions today.
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Statement
AIPR Statement on Cambodian Day of Remembrance
May 20 marks the annual Day of Remembrance for the Khmer Rouge genocide. From 1975 until 1979, Cambodia experienced one of the worst genocides of the 20th century, during which around 1.7 million people perished through systematic mass murder, starvation, disease, and forced labor – one quarter of the population.
April 2014
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Event
Waller Delivers Keynote at Rwandan Genocide Commemoration
NOTRE DAME, INDIANA – On April 26, 2014, AIPR Academic Programs Coordinator Dr. James Waller delivered the keynote commemoration at a remembrance ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. His address, “Towards Remembrance, Unification, and Renewal,” outlined the challenges posed by these three issues both for Rwanda and the world. More than 200 people attended the ceremony at Notre Dame University’s McKenna Hall.
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Training
AIPR Co-Organizes Mexico Seminar on Mass Atrocity Prevention
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – Close to one hundred government officials, academics and representatives from civil society organizations attended an AIPR co-organized seminar on the international mechanisms for the prevention of mass atrocities. The training took place from April 23 – 24, 2014, at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and the Museum of Memory and Tolerance.
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Event
AIPR’s Eugenia Carbone Participates in Carabineros Conference
SANTIAGO, CHILE – On April 8, 2014, AIPR’s Director for Latin America Eugenia Carbone participated in the Prevention of Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities Conference, a one-day event organized by theCarabineros de Chile, the uniformed Chilean national police force and gendarmerie.
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Latin American Network Highlighted in Genocide Prevention Conference Report
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention is a regional mechanism that “immensely” contributes towards the prevention and punishment of atrocity crimes, according the Chair’s conclusions of the International Conference on Genocide Prevention. The Chair’s final report summarized the proceedings of the recent two-day conference, where representatives of 125 states, most represented at ministerial level, plus dozens of relevant regional and international organizations, …
March 2014
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Training
AIPR Co-Organizes Inaugural Tanzania Seminar on Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – From March 19 to 21, 2014, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation co-organized a seminar on genocide and mass atrocity prevention for twenty Tanzanian government and civil society leaders. Participants included members of the Tanzania National Committee for the Prevention of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, and all Forms of Discrimination, representatives from grassroots peace committees, and officials from the Center for …
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Samantha Horn Highlights Latin American Network at Geneva Event
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – On Wednesday, March 5, 2014, Samantha Horn, AIPR’s Director of Policy and Planning, presented the history and accomplishments of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention to civil society organizations and representatives of the international community. The event was held to consider and share best practices in the creation and consolidation of mechanisms for prevention and early warning of genocide and mass atrocities, …
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Galis Offers Advice and Assistance at Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes Meeting
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – From March 4 – 6, 2014, AIPR Executive Director Tibi Galis, Director for Latin America Eugenia Carbone, Latin America Program Coordinator Christopher Kousouros, and Associate Stephanie Alvarez attended the first international Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC) meeting. GAAMAC is a state-led initiative to prevent mass atrocity crimes, specifically focused on prevention at the national and regional levels. GAAMAC supports states engaged in …
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Training
AIPR Conducts Costa Rican Training in Genocide Prevention
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – On March 3, 2014, a training seminar on tools for genocide and mass atrocity prevention was held for Costa Rican officials with responsibilities in the areas of human rights and international humanitarian law. The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica and AIPR, in collaboration with the Office of the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide.
February 2014
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Waller Delivers Keynote at Understanding Atrocities Conference
CALGARY, CANADA – On February 20, 2014, Dr. James Waller, AIPR Academic Programs Director and Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College, delivered a keynote address at “Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide,” a conference hosted by Mount Royal University.
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Sentongo Outlines Challenges and Solutions to Crisis in South Sudan
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – On February 12, 2014, AIPR Director for Africa, Dr. Ashad Sentongo, was the featured speaker at a breakfast meeting with Addis Ababa-based political and security policy experts. The event, “Power-Sharing and Ethnic Conflict: Options of State Stability in South Sudan,” was organized by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Ethiopia to foster an exchange of opinions between experts towards generating concrete and practical policy recommendations to national and international institutions.
November 2013
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AIPR Founder and President Fred Schwartz Receives 2013 Townsend Harris Medal
NEW YORK, November 15, 2013 – AIPR Founder and President Fred Schwartz was recently awarded the 2013 Townsend Harris Medal for outstanding postgraduate achievement by the Alumni Association of The City College of New York/CUNY. Previous Townsend Harris Medalists include former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, Astronaut Mario Rancor, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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Workshop
AIPR Hosts Uganda Workshop to Assess Mass Atrocity Prevention Needs
KAMPALA, UGANDA, November 12, 2013 – AIPR Director for Africa, Ashad Sentongo, facilitated a civil society workshop last month to inform development of a training manual for International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) leaders. Once completed, the manual will build capacity of ICGLR officials to formulate policies and implement effective programs for genocide and mass atrocity prevention. Twenty civil society representatives from Uganda’s Kampala, Jinja, and Mbale districts attended …
October 2013
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EventAIPR Director for Latin America Eugenia Carbone Highlights Genocide Prevention in Colombia
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, October 29, 2013 – AIPR’s Director for Latin America, Eugenia Carbone, and Fabian Oddone, Chief of Section, Foriegn Policy, Embassy of Argentina in Colombia, participated in the Augusto Ramirez Ocampo Course in International Humanitarian Law at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Academic Programs Director Waller Delivers West Point Lecture
NEW YORK, October 22, 2013 – James Waller, AIPR Academic Programs Director and Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College, delivered a lecture on September 26, 2013, titled, “The Psychology of Perpetration,” at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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Tibi Galis Chairs World Bank Panel on Intersection of Development Policy and Mass Atrocity Prevention
WASHINGTON DC, October 15, 2013 – Auschwitz Institute Executive Director Tibi Galis moderated a panel discussion last week that explored how development policy can contribute to the prevention of mass atrocities in post-conflict and fragile states. The October 10 event, “Mass Atrocity Prevention as a Development Imperative in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Countries,” took place at the IMF-WB Civil Society Policy Forum within the World Bank’s Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development. Panelists …
September 2013
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Feature
“Reconstructing Atrocity Prevention” Authors Meet in NYC
NEW YORK, September 26, 2013 – A group of scholars and national and international policy practitioners gathered this week for a workshop at Manhattan’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where they discussed their contributions to a forthcoming volume on the prevention of mass atrocities, tentatively titled, “Reconstructing Atrocity Prevention.”
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Feature
Latin American Network Recognized by UN Member States
NEW YORK, September 12, 2013 – The Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention continues to gain global recognition, most recently at the United Nations.
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Tibi Galis Delivers Lecture at Diplomatic Academy of Peru
NEW YORK, September 3, 2013 – On August 19, 2013, AIPR Executive Director Tibi Galis and Latin America Program Director Eugenia Carbone visited the Javier Perez de Cuellar Diplomatic Academy of Peru , an education and training center for Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Galis delivered a lecture on the process of genocide prevention and introduced attendees to the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention .
August 2013
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Feature
Tibi Galis Delivers Keynote Address for Carabiniers of Chile Human Rights Training Program
NEW YORK, August 21, 2013 – On August 8, 2013, AIPR’s Executive Director Tibi Galis and Latin America Program Director Eugenia Carbone attended the Human Rights, Policing Function and Use of Force training program in Santiago, Chile, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Human Rights Department of the Carabiniers of Chile . Attendees included regional Human Rights Department liaison officers, special unit officials, …
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Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention Highlighted by UN Secretary-General
NEW YORK, August 9, 2013 – Earlier this month, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released The Responsibility to Protect: State Responsibility and Prevention, his fifth Report on R2P since 2009. This Report singles out the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention as an example of a “partnership for prevention.” The Network, co-organized by the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, …
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AIPR Welcomes Newest Members of Team Supporting Latin American Network for Mass Atrocity and Genocide Prevention
NEW YORK, August 6, 2013 – The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation’s team supporting the Latin American Network is expanding by taking on board two new colleagues from Argentina: Andrea Gualde and Eugenia Carbone. Mrs. Gualde, a professor at Universidad Di Tella, served as Director General of Legal Affairs within the Ministry of Human Rights in Argentina. Mrs. Gualde will come on the team as the AIPR Senior Adviser for …
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AIPR Appoints Two Specialists to African Network Directorships
NEW YORK, August 2, 2013 – The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation is pleased to announce the addition of Ms. Laura Collins and Dr. Ashad Sentongo to the directing team of the African Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention. Ms. Collins has been appointed to the position of Director of Francophone Affairs and European Relations, and Dr. Sentongo will take up the role of Director of African …
July 2013
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Feature
Sixteen Member Countries Participate in the First Training Seminar of the Latin American Network
OSWIECIM, POLAND, July 30, 2013 – Sixteen member countries of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention participated in the Network’s first training seminar in Poland this June. The seminar consisted of five intensive days of training in Oswiecim, where the Auschwitz concentration camp is located, including two guided visits of the camp (Auschwitz I and Birkenau). The seminar concluded with one day of training in …
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Special Advisor Delivers Keynote Address at First Training Seminar for the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention in Auschwitz
OSWIECIM, POLAND – Adama Dieng, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, delivered the keynote address in Auschwitz at the first training seminar for the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention . Sixteen of the 18 member states of the Network were represented by their Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Defense, Naval Academies, and Offices of the Ombudsman.
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Feature
Holocaust Commemoration Event Held in Paraguay
Asunción, July 9, 2013 – The Museum of Memory held a screening of the documentary entitled, “El Retratista,” a testimony of a former photographer of Auschwitz, a notorious Nazi concentration camp.
June 2013
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Feature
Global Network of National R2P Focal Points Meet in Ghana
New York, June 18, 2013 – On June 11th and 12th, 2013, AIPR Executive Director Tibi Galis attended the Meeting of the Global Network of National R2P Focal Points, co-organized by the Ghanaian and Danish governments, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra. With a theme of “Preventing Atrocities: Capacity Building, Networks, and Regional Organizations,” the meeting’s program …
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Experts Meet in Tanzania to Develop Micro and Macro Genocide Prevention Strategies
NEW YORK, June 11, 2013 – Policymakers from 22 countries gathered May 27 and 28 at the Arusha International Conference Center in Arusha, Tanzania, for “Best Practices and New Opportunities in Genocide Prevention: Governmental Action, Technology, and Regional Contexts,” to share with one another their experience and expertise in organizing government and formulating policy to prevent genocide and mass atrocities on the national, regional, and sub-regional levels.
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USAID Holds Consultation With Civil Society Organizations Regarding Atrocities Prevention Board
NEW YORK, June 6, 2013 – On May 20th, AIPR’s Dani Mitzner and Lily Samuels attended a civilian consultation held by USAID at the National Press Building in Washington, DC. Approximately 30 civil society organizations attended to hear USAID representatives speak about the initiatives they have undertaken in accordance with their responsibilities to the Atrocities Prevention Board (APB). The speakers from USAID were:
April 2013
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Report
Auschwitz Institute Releases Summary of New York Conference on Mass Atrocity Prevention
NEW YORK, April 30, 2013 – Amid growing awareness of the need for effective policy to prevent genocide and mass atrocities, the Auschwitz Institute today releases a summary of the proceedings of the February conference “Deconstructing Prevention: The Theory, Policy, and Practice of Mass Atrocity Prevention.”
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Auschwitz Institute Creates World Bank Community of Practice on Development and Mass Atrocity Prevention
NEW YORK, April 29, 2013 – Continuing its push to mainstream genocide prevention across the policymaking spectrum, the Auschwitz Institute this month created the Development and Mass Atrocity Prevention Community of Practice under the aegis of the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Developmentat the World Bank.
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Paraguay Launches National Mechanism for Genocide Prevention
NEW YORK, April 24, 2013 – The Paraguayan government last week in Asunción launched a national mechanism for genocide prevention to formulate policy and coordinate government response to potential risks of genocide.
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Commemoration of Rwandan Genocide Focuses on Prevention of Future Atrocities
NEW YORK, April 16, 2013 – Auschwitz Institute executive director Tibi Galis stressed the need for civil society to help governments protect their populations from genocide, at an event on Sunday marking the 19th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which more than half a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slain by Hutu extremists in the space of just three months.
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Canadian Forum Focuses on Organizing Government to Prevent Genocide
NEW YORK, April 3, 2013 – Amid the current stalemate over Security Council action to bring mass atrocities to an end, a recent forum in Canada focused on the potential for progress in national policy for genocide prevention.
March 2013
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Roundtable at World Bank to discuss development policy to prevent mass atrocities
New York, March 28, 2013 – The Auschwitz Institute is bringing together a panel of practitioners April 18 at the World Bank in Washington, DC, to discuss how development policy can contribute to prevention of mass atrocities.
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Central American Ombudsmen Agree to Establish Early Warning System for Genocide Prevention
NEW YORK, March 25, 2013 – The Central American Council of Human Rights Ombudsmen agreed to establish an early warning system for genocide prevention during its 46th plenary conference, held March 18–20 in Panama City, Panama.
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States Gather in Dar es Salaam to Build Constituency for Atrocity Prevention
NEW YORK, March 20, 2013 – Auschwitz Institute Executive Director Tibi Galis (standing far left in photo) attended the High Level Working Meeting on Prevention of Atrocities March 18–20 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The theme of the meeting, organized by the Swiss and Tanzanian governments, was “Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect: Towards a Community of Commitment; Building Common Ground and Strengthening Complementarity.”
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Press Release
New Approaches to Preventing Genocide
New approaches to preventing genocide outlined at Cardozo Law conference – experts Present Expanded Recommendations for International Response.
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Romeo Dallaire Stresses Rebuilding After Atrocities as Crucial to Prevention of Future Crimes
NEW YORK, March 6, 2013 – Canadian Senator Romeo Dallaire stressed the rebuilding of society after atrocity crimes as crucial to preventing atrocities in the future, in a speech here last week to a packed auditorium of over 250 scholars, policymakers, students, and activists. [ video here ; full text below]
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Press Release
Germany Funds Lemkin Seminar Alumni Meeting in Arusha
March 4, 2013, NEW YORK – The Auschwitz Institute today signed an agreement with the Federal Foreign Office of Germany to support a meeting of Lemkin Seminar alumni in Tanzania this May.
February 2013
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Feature
Auschwitz Institute Awards Raphael Lemkin Prize to Genocide Scholar Barbara Harff
Auschwitz Institute president Fred Schwartz awarded the 2013 Raphael Lemkin Prize to Dr. Barbara Harff this week at Cardozo Law School in New York, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cause of genocide prevention.
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Deconstructing Prevention: The Theory, Policy, and Practice of Mass Atrocity Prevention
February 25 and 26, 2013, the Auschwitz Institute will cohost a conference in New York City titled “Deconstructing Prevention: The Theory, Policy, and Practice of Mass Atrocity Prevention .”
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Press Release
Africa Takes Great Stride Toward Preventing Atrocities in Golden Jubilee Year
New York, February 20, 2013 – The African Union yesterday in Addis Ababa signed an agreement with the nonprofit Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation to create the African Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, marking a historic step forward in the continent’s commitment to prevent atrocities and build a peaceful and prosperous future.
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Press Release
Auschwitz Institute Signs Letter Urging Obama
Prevention and Protection Working Group Update: Auschwitz Institute signs letter urging Obama to continue prioritizing prevention of mass atrocities
January 2013
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Remembering to Look Forward: Auschwitz, Argentina, and Genocide Prevention in 2013
On this day 68 years ago, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz–Birkenau concentration and extermination camp , created and operated by German Nazis. It is of course a day to remember. To remember the facts. To remember the horror. To remember the people. But it is also a day to remember to look forward. More than 1.3 million children, women, and men lost their lives in the camp, according to the Auschwitz–Birkenau State …
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Auschwitz Institute Joins World Bank Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development
The Auschwitz Institute has joined the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development , a partnership of over 100 organizations convened by the World Bank Group for the purpose of “generating innovative legal solutions to development challenges.”
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Interview with Laura Collins and Samantha Horn
”Interview with Laura Collins and Samantha Horn”, December 14, 2012. AIPR Lemkin Seminar Program Director Samantha Horn and Program Coordinator Laura Collins discuss AIPR’s regional networks for genocide and mass atrocity prevention at the ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin, Germany
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Genocide Prevention as Peacebuilding: The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
”Genocide Prevention as Peacebuilding: The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation”, December 14, 2012. Talk by AIPR Lemkin Seminar Program Director Samantha Horn and Program Coordinator Laura Collins at the ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy , Berlin, Germany
November 2012
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Event
Auschwitz in the context of the prevention of crimes of genocide
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum: Auschwitz in the context of the prevention of crimes of genocide
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Fight Against Genocide in Rwanda
National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (Rwanda): The Raphael Lemkin Seminar for the Prevention of Genocide
October 2012
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Latin American Network Update
Latin American Network Update: [bilingual, Spanish/English] 14 of 18 countries establish focal points; work begun on curriculum for Lemkin Seminar Latin America ; national initiatives under way in 9 countries
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Press Release
What Does It Mean to Prevent Genocide?
Nation of Change: “What Does It Mean to Prevent Genocide?” Blog post by AIPR Communications Officer Alex Zucker
September 2012
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Auschwitz Institute Featured in New Report on Global Efforts to Prevent Mass Atrocities
New York, September 26, 2012 – A new report highlighting organizations around the world that work to prevent mass atrocities describes the Auschwitz Institute as “creating a community of leaders committed to the prevention of genocide.”
June 2012
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What Does It Mean to Prevent Genocide? Tibi Galis Speaks at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
New York, June 14, 2012 – Tibi Galis, executive director of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR), spoke at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs June 12 on the topic “What Does It Mean to Prevent Genocide?”
April 2012
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Auschwitz Institute Praises U.S. Creation of Atrocities Prevention Board
New York, April 23, 2012 – The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation commends the creation of the U.S. Atrocities Prevention Board, announced today by President Barack Obama at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington, DC.
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Press Release
Auschwitz Institute President Receives Award for Raising Awareness of Genocide
New York, April 16, 2012 – Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) president Fred Schwartz received the Susan J. Herman Award this month from the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College.
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AIPR Launches Latin American Network
Auschwitz Institute Launches Latin American Network for Genocide Prevention
March 2012
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Press Release
Thanks to UN genocide prevention adviser
Auschwitz Institute sends thanks to UN genocide prevention adviser
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Press Release
Prize to Prof. Deborah Lipstadt and Gen. Wesley Clark
Auschwitz Institute Awards Genocide Prevention Prize to Prof. Deborah Lipstadt and Gen. Wesley Clark
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Press Release
Genocide Prevention: Lessons from Auschwitz
United Nations Association of the UK: ”Genocide Prevention: Lessons from Auschwitz“
February 2012
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Days of Remembrance 2012
Dr. James Waller , the Auschwitz Institute’s Affiliated Scholar, has been invited by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to speak at this year’s Days of Remembrance luncheon, on April 19. The theme for 2012 is Choosing to Act: Stories of Rescue. Dr. Waller will comment on the involvement of ordinary people in the Holocaust, which is his area of expertise.
January 2012
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Ban Ki-moon Declares 2012 Year of Prevention
New York, Jan. 20, 2012 – In a major speech this week on the international community’s efforts to combat mass atrocities, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for 2012 to be the Year of Prevention.
December 2011
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Auschwitz Institute Chief Nonprofit Partner of U.S. Government in Preventing Genocide
New York, Dec. 15, 2011 – The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) is now the U.S. government’s chief nonprofit partner in making genocide prevention a reality.
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Seybolt Trains Diplomats on Genocide Prevention in Auschwitz
University of Pittsburgh: Seybolt Trains Diplomats on Genocide Prevention in Auschwitz
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At Auschwitz about Genocide
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum: At Auschwitz about Genocide
August 2011
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Press Release
Auschwitz Institute Praises Obama Directive on Atrocity Prevention
New York: The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation is delighted by President Barack Obama’sannouncement of a new Atrocities Prevention Board that will prioritize the prevention of genocide and other atrocity crimes and improve the U.S. government’s mechanism for responding to such crimes.
May 2011
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Lemkin Prize Laureate Carla Del Ponte Comments on Mladic Arrest
Carla Del Ponte, former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,said last week’s arrest of Ratko Mladic was “very important for international justice” and “a success” for the tribunal she once headed.
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Press Release
AIPR Signs Cooperation Agreement With Rutgers–Newark
May 12, 2011, New York — The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) today signed an agreement establishing a partnership with the Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, in Newark.
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AIPR Director Tibi Galis Speaks on Genocide Prevention at UN
Tibi Galis, executive director of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, spoke at the United Nations April 27 in a seminar titled ” Preventing and Responding to Genocide and Mass Atrocities .”
April 2011
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Press Release
AIPR signs funding agreement
AIPR signs funding agreement with German government for November 2011 Lemkin Seminar
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Press Release
Huffington Post: Tibi Galis On Preventing Genocide
Huffington Post: Profile of AIPR Executive Director Tibi Galis
February 2011
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Press Release
NYT: Reflecting on the Essence of Auschwitz
New York Times: Letter to the Editor from AIPR founder and president Fred Schwartz
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Event
Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities: What More Can Be Done?
Briefing: Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities: What More Can Be Done? Feb. 24, 1:30–2:30 p.m., 385 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
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Press Release
NYT: Auschwitz Shifts From Memorializing to Teaching
New York Times: Auschwitz Shifts From Memorializing to Teaching
January 2011
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Feature
Violence continues in Ivory Coast
More than six weeks after presidential elections, violence is ongoing in Ivory Coast . Tibi Galis, executive director of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, said, however, he was encouraged that two of the West African presidents sent to try to negotiate an end to the conflict came from countries that have taken part in AIPRÃs genocide prevention program.
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Feature
U.S. Senate Adopts Historic Bill on Genocide Prevention
On Dec. 22, 2010, U.S. Senators voted unanimously in favor of a groundbreaking act “recognizing the United States national interest in helping to prevent and mitigate acts of genocide and other mass atrocities against civilians, and supporting and encouraging efforts to develop a whole of government approach to prevent and mitigate such acts.”
October 2010
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Event
Truth, Memory, Justice, and Recovery Conference
Conference: Submit papers or register now for ”Truth, Memory, Justice, and Recovery”, the Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, July 19–22, 2011, in Buenos Aires
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Press Release
You cannot learn this anywhere else in the world
AIPR in the News: “You cannot learn this anywhere else in the world:” A report from the latest Raphael Lemkin Seminar
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Feature
Argentina and Genocide Prevention Today
New York, Oct. 20 – Since the repeal of amnesty laws in 2003, Argentina has reopened trials against those responsible for murder, torture, rape, abduction, and kidnapping during the country’s 1976–1983 ” Dirty War .”
July 2010
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Press Release
Democratic Voice of Burma: “Preventing genocide in Burma”
Democratic Voice of Burma: “Preventing genocide in Burma” Analysis by AIPR Communications Officer Alex Zucker
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Press Release
The Argentina Independent: “Constructing a Collective Memory”
The Argentina Independent: “Constructing a Collective Memory in Argentina” Report from AIPR’s April conference in Buenos Aires
May 2010
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Press Release
Sierra Leone Scores Another One for the Peace Team
Human Rights blog, Change.org: Sierra Leone Scores Another One for the Peace Team
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Press Release
HELO magazine: Memunatu Pratt about transitional justice
HELO magazine: Lemkin Seminar alumna Memunatu Pratt talks about transitional justice and peacebuilding in Sierra Leone
April 2010
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Press Release
Tibi Galis about upcoming conference in Argentina
Foreign Policy Association: Executive Director Tibi Galis talks to the War Crimes blog about AIPR’s upcoming genocide-prevention conference in Argentina
March 2010
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James Waller at Keene State College
Congratulations, Jim! AIPR Affiliated Scholar James Waller named Cohen Endowed Chair for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College in New Hampshire.
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Event
Genocide and ‘Responsibility to Protect’: The Evolution of International Law
Wednesday, March 10, at the Center for Jewish History, Lemkin Center instructor Sheri Rosenberg will be part of a panel discussion titled “Genocide and ‘Responsibility to Protect’: The Evolution of International Law.”
February 2010
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Event
27th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series
April 13 AIPR Affiliated Scholar James Waller will speak on “Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Mass Murder” as part of the 27th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series in Rohnert Park, CA.
January 2010
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Newsletter: Genocide Prevention News
January 29: We sent out the first issue of our new newsletter, Genocide Prevention News. Enter your e-mail address on any page of our website to receive future issues.
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Event
Reminder: Diplomacy and Genocide, Challenges for the Future
Monday, February 1, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Center for Jewish History, Diplomacy and Genocide: Challenges for the Future , a panel discussion inspired by the legacy of Raphael Lemkin. Cosponsored by AIPR.
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James Waller delivers a talk at Greensboro College
Also on February 1: AIPR Affiliated Scholar James Waller delivers a talk at Greensboro College , NC, on “Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing.”
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James Waller will speak on “Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Mass Murder”
AIPR Affiliated Scholar James Waller will speak on “Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Mass Murder” at the Third Annual Powell & Heller Family Conference on Holocaust Education , March 18–20, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA.
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AIPR’s innovative approach to genocide prevention
Ethics on the Air: Listen to Executive Director Tibi Galis discuss AIPR’s innovative approach to genocide prevention on WBAI 99.5 FM. Recorded Jan. 22, 2010.
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Press Release
Genocide Prevention: On the Air & On the Ground
Press Release: ”Genocide Prevention: On the Air & On the Ground” AIPR moves on with its mission into 2010
December 2009
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Event
Get your ticket now! Diplomacy and Genocide: Challenges for the Future
Get your ticket now! Diplomacy and Genocide: Challenges for the Future — February 1, 2010, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., the Center for Jewish History presents a panel discussion inspired by the legacy of Raphael Lemkin. Cosponsored by AIPR.
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Press Release
Foreign Policy: “Never Again?”
Foreign Policy: ”Never Again? What the Holocaust can’t teach us about modern-day genocide” Andrew Stroehlein of the International Crisis Group writes about AIPR’s latest Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention
November 2009
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Press Release
War and Peace blog, Change.org: ”Send Your Government Officials to Auschwitz to Learn
War and Peace blog, Change.org: ”Send Your Government Officials to Auschwitz (To Learn How Best to Prevent War Crimes)“
October 2009
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Event
James Waller to speak October 15 at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA
AIPR Affiliated Scholar James Waller to speak October 15 at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA
September 2009
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Press Release
The Daily Tell: Interview with Tibi Galis and Alex Zucker of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
The Daily Tell: Interview with Tibi Galis and Alex Zucker of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
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The Daily Tell: ”Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation strives to stop genocide ”
The Daily Tell: ”Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation strives to stop genocide ” Article by AIPR Communications Officer Alex Zucker
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Jewish Image: ”Preventing Genocide”
Jewish Image: ”Preventing Genocide” article by AIPR Communications Officer Alex Zucker
August 2009
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German Funding
August 10, 2009, New York – The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) today signed an agreement with the German government allocating German funds to pay for two officials from developing countries to take part in one of the AIPR’s 2009 Raphael Lemkin Seminars for the Prevention of Genocide.
July 2009
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Press Release
The East African: Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor of The East African by AIPR Communications Officer Alex Zucker
June 2009
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Press Release
Donate to train officials from Congo-DRC
June 17, 2009, New York – The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) today launched its first fundraising campaign in its mission to stop genocide before it happens.
Donors can visit our Web site to contribute: https://old.auschwitzinstitute.org/donate/ .
February 2009
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Dr. James Waller named AIPR Affiliated Scholar
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Dr. James Waller has been named AIPR Affiliated Scholar. For more information about Dr. Waller, please visit our Staff page.
January 2009
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SeminarAIPR Co-Organizes Raoul Wallenberg Seminar for Advanced Holocaust Education
The Raoul Wallenberg Seminar for Advanced Holocaust Education brought government officials from ministries of education and culture to the site of the former German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, Poland, for education and training by the field’s leading scholars and practitioners in Holocaust memorialization and education and their importance to the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities. AIPR, in partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, and …
