November saw the escalation of violence along the northern border with Ethiopia as Marsabit County (and the town of Moyale in particular) has witnessed a rash of attacks which have imperiled the region. Similarly, the continuing conflict between Muslims and Christian communities along Kenya’s east...
The Responsibility to Protect doctrine, instituted in 2005, exemplifies the dominant paradigm for action during mass atrocities: international intervention. While R2P places primary responsibility on states, the international community is nonetheless positioned as the final authority on issues of...
A Report from the 12th Session of the Assembly of State Parties of the ICC The Sentinel Project’s policy advisor Dr. Kjell Anderson recently attended the twelfth session of the Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Assembly of State Parties, consisting of the...
Rohingya refugees carry rice distributed by WFP to their house in Nayapara camp. UNHCR – S. Kritsanavarin – Nov 2008 Violence against Rohingya Muslims has remained relatively steady this month. The attacks usually seem to take the form of either direct assault to a person or group, or...
Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day. It may surprise you to find coverage of this event on a genocide-prevention blog, but there’s actually a big overlap between the two tragedies of genocide and AIDS. To see this connection clearly, we need only examine the continuing aftermath of the...
Earlier this week, we returned from our first visit to Kenya since initiating the Tana Delta Misinformation Project last month. Abhishek, John, and I made a brief planning visit to get things started and I want to share a quick update with everyone following our progress. The goal of this trip was...
In this last post of our blog series on the humanitarian use of drones we look at two closely related issues that call into question the current use of armed drones and raise a serious point of discussion for the humanitarian use of this technology. These two issues are transparency and...
Over the first 3 months of 2012, our sources show instances of Stages 1 (Classification) 3 (Dehumanization) 4 (Polarization) and 5 (Preparation) of Gregory Stanton’s Eight Stage model of the genocidal process. Events and analysis of this quarter were highlighted with concerns addressing...
A few weeks ago we discussed the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for social good, and presented ways in which drones could contribute to genocide prevention. But while there is great humanitarian potential for drones, several challenges lie ahead. Chief among these is a lack of safeguards...
I wrote about a series of events, witnessing the universal father-son bonds and the impact when they were lost by deadly attacks upon Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine. Father-and-Son Moments Lost Written April 2013 A bearded man and little boy with the same eyes share a yoghurt drink on a bench in...
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