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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum » Genocide Prevention Blog
8M ago
Thinking about strategies—how a set of actions will yield impact—should help policy makers increase the likelihood of preventing mass atrocities. The Simon-Skjodt Center’s new report offers a framework to encourage thinking holistically about which prevention tools used together are likely to have the greatest impact ..read more
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum » Genocide Prevention Blog
9M ago
Remarks delivered by Naomi Kikoler, director of the Museum's Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide ..read more
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum » Genocide Prevention Blog
9M ago
In June 2023, the Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide brought together Burmese civil society leaders to discuss the mass atrocities being committed against civilian populations by the Burmese military and what the United States can do to mitigate these threats and prevent future atrocities. The following is a summary of the key points made by the speakers ..read more
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum » Genocide Prevention Blog
10M ago
The apparent creeping normalization of the Assad regime has deepened the trauma of millions of Syrians, many of whom have family or friends who are still detained or missing ..read more
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum » Genocide Prevention Blog
10M ago
Simon-Skjodt Center Director Naomi Kikoler speaks at our June 21, 2023 event, Living Under Threat: Civilians Across Burma ..read more
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum » Genocide Prevention Blog
11M ago
The high profile nature of the arrest warrants illuminates the intensity and severity of harm children suffer, and underscores the importance of carving a path towards accountability for the girls and boys whose victimhood has so often been obscured by adult-centric understandings of situations of mass atrocity ..read more
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum » Genocide Prevention Blog
1y ago
Rising political instability in Chad since the April 2021 death of the country’s longtime president has sparked concern of increasing mass atrocity risks. This instability risks worsening underlying and interrelated dynamics across the country. Urgent action is needed to respond to these risks ..read more
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum » Genocide Prevention Blog
1y ago
On January 19 and 24, the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide convened our 2023 Sudikoff Interdisciplinary Seminar on Genocide Prevention. This blog distills the seminar’s key themes on social media platforms, the risks of mass atrocities, and opportunities for atrocity prevention ..read more
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum » Genocide Prevention Blog
1y ago
In February, the Early Warning Project launched its latest global risk assessment report, identifying Pakistan, Yemen, and Burma/Myanmar as highest risk for experiencing a new mass killing in 2022 or 2023 ..read more
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum » Genocide Prevention Blog
1y ago
On March 23, 2023 Simon-Skjodt Center director Naomi Kikoler delivered this testimony to the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party ..read more