Whether in the midst of a crisis or far away, each of us has some degree of influence and hence a share of responsibility for the consequences of our choices.
Wherever you are, whatever you do, you can help make this century more humane than the last one.
States have a responsibility to protect their own populations from genocide and related crimes against humanity. Where they may fail, all of us must do all we can to prevent disaster.
By signing the iR2P pledge, you affirm not just your revulsion at mass killing, but also your determination to use your own power, whatever your status or interests, to do something about it.
“I have both the right and the duty to write to you, for my heart is seething with indignation, and I was not endowed with the gift of speech merely to make myself an accomplice by remaining silent.”
So wrote Armin T. Wegner in 1933, in an open letter to Adolf Hitler to express his deep [...]
Building a genocide monitoring and alert system is one of 16 top ideas shortlisted by Google’s ‘10 to the 100‘ initiative, after reviewing more than 150,000 ideas submitted by people in 172 countries. Google will give $10 million to organisations in the best position to help implement the five ideas that receive the most votes by Thursday [...]
The UN General Assembly is not an easy place to find consensus on anything, so it came as a welcome surprise to hear that its member states have agreed to work to further international understanding on effective collective action to prevent and (failing that) to halt mass atrocities. During the debate in July, numerous statements [...]