One of the newest members of our team, Tom Balemesa, was fortunate enough to attend the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) second annual conference on Preventing Violent Conflict. This is his report. The field of peacebuilding has evolved over time and the USIP conference examined where it is...
Welcome back everyone, I just wanted to write a blog post to inform you all on some of the things that have been going on with our team! If you have not read my previous post, my name is Rahma Adnan, and I am a recent addition to the research team at the Sentinel Project, and I am currently...
The CUTC (http://cutc.ca/) conference is a major event that draws students interested in science, technology and entrepreneurship across Canada each year. This year we were invited to set up a table at the Tech Expo part of the event. We don’t usually do a lot of group outreach like this, so...
As we reported in an earlier blog post, the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy in the United States has initiated a project to study mass atrocity response operations (MARO). These efforts seek to articulate a doctrine by which military forces all around the world would be able to plan and...
In a recent TED Talk called “Evil – What Makes People Go Wrong?”, social psychologist Philip Zimbardo discussed the situational pressures that can lead people to commit what he terms “evil” acts against others, including torture, cruelty, killing, and genocide....
UN Dispatch has reported a statement from the United Nations which warns of the possibility of genocide in Ivory Coast, where opposing sides continue to face off over a disputed presidential election in late 2010. Francis Deng, the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and Edward Luck,...
CNN recently published an op-ed piece by Chris Taylor and Anthony Zinni, “Military needs response plan to genocide.” In it, Taylor and Zinni outline the need for a standard military doctrine to guide responses to genocide and mass atrocities. Such events present significant challenges...
An exciting new initiative launched by actor George Clooney, Google, several anti-genocide NGOs and the United Nations will use commercial satellites to monitor Sudan in preparation for the upcoming referendum on independence for the southern half of the country. The coincidentally-named Satellite...
The Advocate General of Argentina, in concert with a humanitarian organization, has called upon the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH). The CIDH is a branch of the Organization of American States, and its attention has been called in this case following the killing of two people from...
Survival International, an NGO dedicated to defending the rights and ensuring the survival of indigenous peoples around the world, has posted the video below. Called “The Gunmen,” the video features members of the Guarani group living in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil telling how they are...
On 31 October 2010, the Sentinel Project core team gathered together in Toronto to conduct our Annual Strategic Review (ASR). The aim of this meeting was to examine our progress over the past year, highlight strengths and weaknesses, and set goals for the year ahead. On the topic of strengths, the...
On 28 October 2010, the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide hosted an event about the role of hate speech in the genocidal process. Guests at the talk, entitled “Dangerous Speech on the Road to Genocide,” saw Professor Susan Benesch of the World...
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