atrocities/mass atrocities

Ukrainians are fighting a war for the US and NATO that the alliance cannot afford to lose to a dictator in the Kremlin.

Україна, США та НАТО не можуть дозволити собі програти цю війну диктатору в Кремлі.

States must invest in “alternative” sites for atrocity prevention because “primary” sites such as the Security Council are foreclosed.

A court decision confirmed the conviction of ex-President and previous junta leader Desi Bouterse for the 1982 murders of 15 political prisoners.

What stories or topics merited more attention in 2023, with a particular eye toward what might inform law and policy conversations in 2024?

Too many on either side speak to themselves as if the other side didn’t exist or isn’t relevant.

The international community failed 20 years ago to stop mass atrocities and genocide in Darfur, and is now failing again.

A plea for the equal application of international law to protect against atrocities in the Israel-Hamas War.

To reinvigorate US leadership, consider why US action on the 2008 Albright-Cohen blueprint has not translated into more success.

States and international organizations must make the Responsibility to Protect a priority and integrate it into wider policy and programming.

Prevention and the responsibility to protect are subordinated to other UN agendas, and special advisers too often sidelined.

The excesses of atrocity should not distract from the quieter, quotidian violence that started long before the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.