Each year our Early Warning Project’s Statistical Risk Assessment produces a list of countries ranked in order of risk for mass killing. So how can one use the assessment to identify countries to prioritize? When we analyze our data, we look for countries in four rough categories: (1) Highest–Risk, (2) Consistently High-Risk, (3) Significant Shifts, and (4) Unexpected Results.
An assault on the city of El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan is imminent, and brings with it the risk of a genocidal massacre. There are still steps policymakers can and must take to prevent genocide and save the lives of civilians currently at risk of being murdered on the basis of their identity.
Nearly 70 percent of the population in Rwanda is under 35, with most young people having been born after the 1994 genocide. Today, while many of Rwanda’s youth are still reconciling with the trauma of the past, they are finding new ways to bring communities together for a more peaceful future.
The Simon-Skjodt Center’s update to the Tools for Atrocity Prevention resource indicates some advances and continuing gaps in understanding how to use different policy tools to help prevent mass atrocities.
In October 2023, the Simon-Skjodt Center’s Sudikoff Interdisciplinary Seminar on Genocide Prevention focused on the intersection between global climate change, climate response, and mass atrocities. One question raised during the seminar was how “climate security” relates to atrocity prevention. We asked two experts on climate security, Lauren Herzer Risi and Apurva Dave, to discuss.
In part two of our conversation with Lauren Herzer Risi and Apurva Dave exploring “climate security” and its relationship to atrocity prevention, they discuss what these complex dynamics should mean for policy action to address climate-related risks of mass atrocities.
A community of 8,000 Syrians is receiving lifesaving supplies for the first time since 2019, thanks to one organization’s creative use of a little-known US government aid program.
The Simon-Skjodt Center, US Institute of Peace, and multi-media advocacy project and exhibition, Nobody’s Listening, convened a discussion on tangible actions for the Iraqi and US governments to address the needs of the Yezidi community.
The Museum of Civilian Voices has preserved over 100,000 firsthand accounts from civilians affected by war. Two years after Russia’s large-scale military invasion of Ukraine, they share why storytelling is critical for national memory, justice, and survival.
We talked with climate security expert Tobias Ide about how local and international efforts to help communities adapt to climate change can also help prevent mass atrocities.
Find information on historical cases of genocide and other atrocities.