Mass atrocity prevention: A resource guide.

Interested in how to translate knowledge of mass atrocity risks into practice? This site presents some of the most important and useful resources in the field. It is intended as a guide to navigating the nexus between policy and research. It is by no means an exhaustive list, but rather an introduction to some particularly useful resources, and it includes descriptions that help distinguish between them. Whether an activist or student of atrocity prevention, the resources presented here provide a great starting point for understanding this complex field.

This list will be continuously expanded and updated. Please use the contact form to suggest resources that should be added to the list.

See this post for an outline of the risk assessment and early warning research field.

An introduction to the field

A few policy documents and a research based introductory book provide a good place to start for anyone interested in learning more about mass atrocity prevention. Read more.

Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect is a New York-based advocacy organization that promotes the R2P norm. It is a great source on ongoing and imminent crises, R2P documents and the fundamentals of R2P. Read more.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Early Warning Project

This project uses quantitative and qualitative methods to assess where risks of mass atrocity violence is high. The focus is on risks of future violence, rather than ongoing atrocities. Read more.

Genocide Watch

Genocide Watch is an advocacy group that aims to “raise awareness and influence public policy concerning potential and actual genocide.” Their analyses are based on the concept of ten stages of genocide. Read more.