Thousands of people were killed by Iranian security forces in days of protests in January 2026. Meanwhile, in the same month, the killing of two protesters in Minneapolis shone a light on the use of ...

A group of western nations intend to form an atrocity prevention coalition for Sudan following a scathing UN report that ...

The Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018, which overwhelmingly passed across party lines in the House and Senate, institutionalizes atrocity prevention in the U.S. government.

In the United States, April is designated as Genocide Prevention and Awareness Month and is aimed at commemorating and raising awareness about genocides that occurred in the past, including the ...

On July 14, 2025, British Parliamentarians, as supported by civil society organizations, launched a new initiative on atrocity crimes prevention, the Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes (Standing Group) ...

Social media is often criticized for fueling misinformation and violence, but it could actually play a role in preventing genocide and mass atrocities – if used strategically. A new paper co-authored ...

1 Constant Méheut, “After Monastery Shootout, Residents Say Kosovo Villages Feel Like a ‘Jungle,’” New York Times, October 2, 2023. 2 Mark Landler, “In Northern Ireland Town, Painful Memories Lie ...

Please join the Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies for a panel discussion and reception to mark the launch of the newly updated ...

President Obama visits the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Monday morning where he will announce a new Atrocities Prevention Board and discuss steps that the U.S. can take to avoid ...

Mandya: DC Kumara directed officials to take stringent action in cases related to atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST).A.