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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.

This arc reveals both the African Union’s strengths and weaknesses in stopping atrocity crimes, and what it might yet accomplish.

Reinvigorating the atrocity prevention agenda requires focusing on accountability.

It is crucial that UN member States take responsibility to address the situation in Ethiopia as the risk of genocide grows.

As the case moves to the next stage, their voices must be central in the case that Canada and the Netherlands have put before the Court. 

Only a neutral body like the ICHREE can conduct a comprehensive investigation into the atrocities in Tigray and other conflicts in Ethiopia. Ending its mandate risks complicity…

The U.S. can more effectively anticipate and halt atrocities worldwide through prioritizing atrocity prevention and leveraging tools.

It is not too soon to consider the role of accountability, particularly criminal accountability, in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

Congress can bring justice for victims of crimes against humanity by passing a statute with universal jurisdiction.

Even at the U.N., no clear direction has emerged. In June, the U.N.’s top official on R2P, George Okoth-Obbo, said he would resign from his role as Special Advisor after just…