We interviewed leading peacekeeping practitioners about how peace operations can most effectively prevent genocide and mass atrocities. Explore key findings from our report, the latest addition to our "Lessons Learned in Preventing and Responding to Mass Atrocities" project.
Thirty years after the genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country is in the grips of an escalating political crisis. In an interview with the Simon-Skjodt Center, Velma Šarić, founder and president of the Post-Conflict Research Center in Sarajevo, warns that without urgent international action, the risk of renewed violence and fragmentation of the state is growing.
South Sudan has a history of mass atrocities. Despite a peace agreement in 2018 ending a brutal civil war, risk factors for mass atrocities remain. A return to fighting in January 2025 between the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement and the SPLM In Opposition—along with a political breakdown at the highest levels of government—has created a very dangerous situation that is ripe for a return to large-scale, systematic attacks on civilians on the basis of their identity. This blog post outlines the recent crisis, what policy makers should monitor, and what can be done to help save lives.
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.
Twenty-six years after the end of the Bosnian war, the country could be on the brink of disintegration, while continued genocide denial, recent hate incidents, and divisive nationalism raise concerns about conflict escalation and civilian targeting.
Find information on historical cases of genocide and other atrocities.
