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The Genocide Prevention Program (GPP) of the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University engages the United Nations Member States and other regional and sub-regional organizations in building a network of states and local communities committed to making the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities possible through state policies and practices.
International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)
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The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has been concerned with genocide prevention since its inception and has taken the lead in this area through the Protocol for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity and All forms of Discrimination signed on 29 November 2006 by Heads of State and Government of the Member States of ICGLR.
In collaboration with the Office of Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, ICGLR organized the foundation seminar on 22-23th September 2010 in Kampala, Uganda. On that occasion, the Regional Committee for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity and All forms of Discrimination was launched. Focal points from each Member State were identified and the Regional Committee’s Work Plan was approved. The Regional Committee appointed by consensus Ambassador Balthazar Habonimana of Burundi as the President; Emily Chweya from Kenya as the Vice-President; and Lucien Yaliki from the Central African Republic as the Rapporteur.
The Governance Commons
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In collaboration with Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess, Co-Directors of Conflict Information Consortium at the University of Colorado, GPP is developing a genocide prevention knowledge base on the portal of the Governance Commons.
Engaging Governments on Genocide Prevention (EGGP)
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The Engaging Governments on Genocide Prevention (EGGP) program has been a confluence of institutional collaborations to create a global hub of United Nations member states' government officials to prevent future acts of genocide. This has been done primarily through a week-long training of UN member states' diplomatic, intelligence, military and human rights personnel. Through this training workshop, the state officials are empowered with skills, motivation, and access to resources to confront genocide at the state level. Diplomatic, intelligence, military and human rights personnel do not frequently train together, yet they often cooperate within their governments and in international organizations and alliances. EGGP creates a unique educational and interactive space by bringing together such diverse officials for intensive, candid, and participatory training sessions, in an effort to link disparate knowledge communities, ranging from academia to government agencies. It therefore prepares the conditions for a community of leading officers from participating countries to practice a new architecture of state-formation.
| VIDEO: Message by Andrea Bartoli, addressed to the first ICGLR Tanzanian National Committee Seminar |
| VIDEO: Message to the ICGLR Regional Committee from Andrea Bartoli |
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 | GPANet Report 2010: Prevention and Mitigation of Genocide and Mass Atrocities February 2011 |
| A report of the Genocide Prevention Advisory Network conference held at the Point of View Center of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution in June 2010 | |