Reports by Country

Afghanistan

• "Mass Atrocity Crimes Against Women and Girls in Afghanistan." (PDF) Summary Report from Roundtable Discussion. Joint publication of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide and the United States Institute of Peace, June 2024

• "Policy Options for Preventing Mass Atrocities in Afghanistan." (PDF) Summary Report from Atrocity Prevention Workshop. Joint publication of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide and the United States Institute of Peace, August 2023

Bangladesh

• “Breaking Cycles of Distrust: Preventing Mass Atrocities in Bangladesh” (PDF), Early Warning Project, November 2017

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• “International Decision Making in the Age of Genocide: Srebrenica 1993–1995,” Rapporteur's Report, June 2015

Burma

• "What Could Changing Conflict Dynamics Mean for the Risk of Mass Atrocities in Burma?" (PDF), Andrea Gittleman and Denise-Nicole Stone, April 2024

• “Risk of Mass Atrocities against the Rohingya Post-coup” (PDF), Kyra Fox, August 2021

• “Burma’s 2020 Elections and Ongoing Atrocity Risks Facing the Rohingya Population” (PDF), October 2020 “Practical Prevention: How the Genocide Convention’s Obligation to Prevent Applies to Myanmar, Report #2”(PDF), Erin Rosenberg, October 2020

• “Practical Prevention: How the Genocide Convention’s Obligation to Prevent Applies to Myanmar, Report #1” (PDF), Erin Rosenberg, May 2020

• “'They Tried to Kill Us All': Atrocity Crimes Against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State” (PDF), Bearing Witness Trip Report, November 2017

• “'They Want Us All To Go Away': Early Warning Signs of Genocide in Burma” (PDF), May 2015

Cameroon

• “Preventing and Mitigating Mass Atrocities in Northwest and Southwest Cameroon: Identifying Policy Options.” May 2023

• “Expert Meeting on Assessing Atrocity Risk in Northwest and Southwest Cameroon: Rapporteur's Report” (PDF), Alex Vandermaas-Peeler, April 2021

• “Risk for Mass Atrocities in Cameroon” (PDF), Download Report in French (Télécharger le rapport en Français), Kyra Fox and Andrea Gittleman, June 2020

Central African Republic

• “The Obama Administration And The Struggle To Prevent Atrocities In The Central African Republic” (PDF), Charles Brown, November 2016

China

• “‘To Make Us Slowly Disappear’: The Chinese Government’s Assault on the Uyghurs” (PDF), November 2021

Côte d’Ivoire

• “Efforts to Ensure a Peaceful Presidential Election in Côte d’Ivoire in October 2020” (PDF), Download Report in French (Télécharger le rapport en Français), Arsène Brice Bado, Centre de Recherche et d'Action pour la Paix, September 2020

• “The Private Sector and Atrocity Prevention: Lessons from Côte d’Ivoire’s 2010-11 Electoral Crisis and the Role of the Business Community in Preventing Violence in 2020” (PDF), Download Report in French (Télécharger le rapport en Français), Mollie Zapata, March 2020

• “Election Uncertainty: Preventing Atrocity Crimes in Côte d’Ivoire” (PDF), Download Report in French (Télécharger le rapport en Français), Arsène Brice Bado and Mollie Zapata, July 2019

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• “Building Relationships, Building Peace: The Role of Civilians and Civil Society in Preventing Mass Atrocities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo” (PDF), Congo Research Group, July 2020

Ethiopia

• "A Way Forward for Justice and Accountability in Ethiopia" (PDF), Ambassador Stephen Rapp, Andrea Gittleman, Danica Damplo, November 2023

• “Justice Options for Ethiopia” (PDF), Sarah McIntosh, October 2022

• “Human Rights Investigations in Ethiopia and Paths Forward for Justice: Rapporteur's Report” (PDF), Isabelle Turner and Tallan Donine, November 2021

India

• "Risk of Mass Atrocities in India" (PDF), February 2024

Indonesia

• “Don’t Abandon Us”: Preventing Mass Atrocities in Papua, Indonesia, July 2022; Unduh laporan dalam bahasa Indonesia (“Jangan Abaikan Kami”: Mencegah Kekejaman Massal di Papua, Indonesia)

Iraq

• “Communities at Risk: Protecting Civilians In The Fight Against The Islamic State” (PDF), Naomi Kikoler, October 2016

• “'Our Generation is Gone': The Islamic State’s Targeting of Iraqi Minorities in Ninewa” (PDF), Naomi Kikoler, November 2015

Mali

• “Regions At Risk: Preventing Mass Atrocities In Mali” (PDF), Download Report in French (Télécharger le rapport en Français), Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim and Mollie Zapata, April 2018

• “Dangerous Speech in Central Mali: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the DogonFulani Relationship” (PDF), Ibrahim Abdoul Hayou Cisse, October 2016

Mozambique

• “Risk of Mass Atrocities in Mozambique” (PDF), Mollie Zapata, May 2021

Rwanda

• “International Decision Making in the Age of Genocide: Rwanda 1990–94” (PDF) Rapporteur's Report, 2014

South Sudan

• "'A perfect storm is gathering': Risk of Mass Atrocities in South Sudan" (PDF), November 2024

• “Worsening Risk of Mass Atrocities in South Sudan” (PDF), Naomi Kikoler and Sarah McIntosh, January 2023

• “Immediate Risk of Mass Atrocities in South Sudan” (PDF), Sarah McIntosh, February 2022

• “Strategic Peacebuilding: The Role of Civilians and Civil Society in Preventing Mass Atrocities in South Sudan” (PDF), Nyathon H. Mai, The Sudd Institute, July 2020

• “From Independence to Civil War: Atrocity Prevention and US Policy toward South Sudan” (PDF), Jon Temin, July 2018

Sri Lanka

• “Preventing Atrocities in a State Unwilling to Address its Past: The Role of Civilians and Civil Society in Sri Lanka” (PDF), Anushani Alagarajah, Dharsha Jegatheeswaran, and Laxana Paskaran, Adayaalam Centre for Policy Research, July 2020

Sudan

• "'The Dead Became Uncountable': Mass Atrocities in Sudan" (PDF), Danica Damplo, January 2024

• “Sudan at the Crossroads: A Report on the Museum’s Bearing Witness Trip” (PDF), Mike Abramowitz and Andrew Natsios, October 2010

Syria

• “Is the Worst Yet to Come? Ongoing Mass Atrocity Risks in Syria” (PDF), Download Report in Arabic (تحميل التقرير بالعربية), Naomi Kikoler and Janelle Roberts, March 2018

• “Protecting Syrian Civilians: The Road Not Taken” (PDF), Ambassador Frederic C. Hof, December 2017

• “Genocide in Syria: Could the United States Have Prevented It?” (PDF), FREE-Syria, December 2017

• “Subsidizing Rebels, Taxing Atrocities: Saving Lives in Civil Wars” (PDF), Andrew H. Kydd, August 2017

• “Critical Junctures in US Policy toward Syria: An Assessment of the Counterfactuals” (PDF), Mona Yacoubian, August 2017

• “An Agent-Based Model of Counterfactual Opportunities for Reducing Atrocities in Syria, 2011–2014” (PDF), Ian Lustick, Miguel Garces, and Thomas McCauley, August 2017

• “Evaluating Counterfactual US Policy Action in Syria, 2011–2016: A Review of Empirical Evidence from Related Cases” (PDF), Daniel Solomon, August 2017

• “A Survey of Expert Judgments on the Effects of Counterfactual US Actions on Civilian Fatalities in Syria, 2011–2016” (PDF), Lawrence Woocher, August 2017

• “Syria Bearing Witness Trip”   Mike Abramowitz, February 2014

Uganda

• "An Uncertain Future: Preventing Mass Atrocities in Uganda" (PDF) Dr. Ashleigh Landau, October 2024

Ukraine

• “Mass Atrocities in Ukraine: Assessing Risks of Significant Escalation: Rapporteur's Report” (PDF), Daniel Solomon, October 2022

• “International Legal Options for Prevention and Justice in Ukraine” (PDF), Download the Report in Ukrainian (Міжнародно-правові можливості попередження злочинів та правосуддя в Україні), or Download the Report in Russian, (Международно-правовые возможности предотвращения преступлений и правосудие в Украине), March 2022

Zimbabwe

• “Scenarios Of Repression: Preventing Mass Atrocities In Zimbabwe” (PDF), Early Warning Project, November 2016