The 2023 Raphael Lemkin Champions of Prevention

News and Events

Key Documents

Framework of Analysis for ATROCITY CRIMES A tool for prevention

Key tool developed by the Office to assess the risk of atrocity crimes as well as atrocity prevention capacities and strategies. The Office encourages its use by international, regional and national actors.


Launch of the UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech

The UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech.


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WHEN TO REFER TO A SITUATION AS “GENOCIDE”
Guidance Note 1


Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

The Genocide Convention was the first human rights treaty adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9 December 1948, it codified for the first time the crime of genocide and signified the international community’s commitment to ‘never again’ after the atrocities committed during the Second World War.

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