Announcements and Recent Analysis

US Confirms Chemical Weapons Used in Syria

On June 13, the White House issued a statement confirming the Assad regime has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, against the opposition.

Susan Rice and Samantha Power Named to New Roles in Obama Administration

President Obama announced on Wednesday afternoon that Susan E. Rice will become national security adviser to the Obama administration, replacing Tom Donilon. The President also named Samantha Power, a former National Security Council official, to replace Ms. Rice as American ambassador to the United Nations.

Kuti and the Antanov

The Center for the Prevention of Genocide asked Andrew Berends, an experienced documentary filmmaker who is in the Nuba Mountains to document the war there for a new film, to share some of his photos and reflections on what he is seeing in this land that has been virtually cut off from outside assistance or eyewitnesses.

What You Do Matters: Confronting Genocide Today Event in NYC

The Museum is hosting a panel discussion in New York City featuring Judge Thomas Buergenthal, a survivor of the Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen concentration camps, international jurist and law professor, and Eugenie Mukeshimana, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and founder of the Genocide Survivors Support Network.

José Efraín Ríos Montt Genocide Conviction Overturned

On Monday, May 21, Guatemala’s Constitutional Court set aside the May 10 conviction of former military ruler José Efrain Ríos Montt for genocide and crimes against humanity, ordering the trial court to reconvene the trial from where it stood on April 19.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Welcomes Verdict in Ríos Montt Case in Guatemala

Verdict in Case of Former Guatemalan Military Ruler Charged with Genocide

A Guatemalan court has convicted former military ruler José Efrain Ríos Montt of genocide and crimes against humanity committed against Mayan communities during the fiercest fighting in the country’s long civil war.

Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing in Burma

A recent Human Rights Watch report describes crimes against humanity being committed against Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State as well as organized attempts to ethnically cleanse this population.

White House Delivers Update on Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention Efforts

As the fact sheet illustrates, preventing the world’s worst crimes requires a broad set of policies and actions.

A Conversation with Deputy National Security Advisor Antony Blinken

In his role on the National Security Council, Antony Blinken, a descendent of Holocaust survivors, plays an instrumental role in formulating US government policy for preventing genocide and mass atrocities.