Five Ways to Make the U.S. Atrocity Prevention Strategy Work
Real challenges remain, but the strategy represents important progress. Here's what civil society experts want to see next.
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Atrocity Prevention Lessons Learned: Common Theme in New US Strategy and Simon-Skjodt Center Project
One strong theme in the new US government’s United States Strategy to Anticipate, Prevent, and Respond to Atrocities is the importance of evaluation, learning, and adaptation. These elements of the strategy reflect the same basic tenets that motivated the Simon-Skjodt Center to conduct the project, “Lessons Learned in Preventing and Responding to Mass Atrocities”—namely, that atrocity prevention efforts should be informed by what has been learned about how to accomplish this goal, and that continued learning is crucial to help address gaps in our current knowledge.
New US Atrocity Prevention Strategy Signals Potential and Challenge
This new strategy marks the first time the US government has made public a written strategy concerning mass atrocities, signaling the potential for a stronger, more coordinated effort across the US government.
Starvation of Civilians in Tigray, Ethiopia: Justice Options
Although conflict frequently disrupts food systems, in the case of Ethiopia there are credible reports that parties to the conflict have destroyed food, crops, livestock, and civilian infrastructure such as water sources and that the Ethiopian federal government is responsible for deliberately starving civilians.
Simon-Skjodt Center Director Kikoler Addresses International Religious Freedom Summit
Remarks delivered on June 27, 2022, by Simon-Skjodt Center Director Naomi Kikoler at the International Religious Freedom Summit.
Early Warning Comparison Survey: Methodological Reflections
For the ninth year in a row, the Early Warning Project ran a comparison survey in December to solicit wisdom-of-the-crowd opinions on countries' relative risks for new mass killing. Due to less participation this year, we take the opportunity to reflect on two aspects of the survey methodology.
Four Ways the U.S. Can Help Prevent Mass Atrocities in Afghanistan
The Taliban’s takeover has increased the risk of mass atrocities in Afghanistan. Here’s how the United States can help prevent them.
Experiencing Forced Displacement: Burma
Between August 25 and September 4, 2017, Rohingya villages across Burma’s Rakhine State experienced what they would each come to know as their own “Massacre Day.” Read about their experiences of forced displacement.
Simon-Skjodt Center Director Delivers Remarks on the Need for Accountability in Syria
Remarks delivered by Naomi Kikoler, director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, at the Embassy of France’s screening of the film “Bringing Assad to Justice.”
Ukraine and the Urgency of Accountability
Evidence of Russian atrocities against the Ukrainian people is mounting, with each day bringing fresh horrors. The calls for criminal accountability for the atrocities being committed in Ukraine must be met with States’ durable commitment to provide political backing, funding, and other resources needed to lay a foundation for accountability.
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Country Case Studies
Find information on historical cases of genocide and other atrocities.