Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities
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Mission Statement
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) is building a world that prevents genocide and other mass atrocities. Through education, training, and technical assistance, we support States to develop or strengthen policies and practices for the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocities. We also encourage and support the cooperation of States through regional and international networks to advance prevention.
About This Cause
More than seven decades after the Holocaust, genocide and other mass atrocities remain a constant threat to global peace and security. Today’s violence in Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Burma, and elsewhere around the world is a daily reminder of the staggering consequences of the international community’s failure to act. In response, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) has dedicated itself to facilitating the construction of a world that prevents genocide and other mass atrocities. Genocide can occur anywhere, but it does not happen overnight. It comes as the result of distinct political and social actions and is preceded by a steady stream of warning signs. Since its inception in 2008, the Auschwitz Institute has worked on a global scale, using the knowledge and experience of leading atrocity prevention experts to equip and empower government officials with the tools and understanding that they need to effectively confront these warning signs – an approach that no other organization has taken in the field. More than a decade of curricular development has allowed AIPG to operationalize the identification of critical risk factors, providing officials with concrete frameworks to respond to these warning signs before they can gain deadly momentum, protecting the fundamental human rights of their populations. With regional offices in New York, New York; Oswiecim, Poland; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Kampala, Uganda, the Auschwitz Institute works with government officials across the globe to empower them with the necessary information, tools and networking capacities to design, implement, and sustain effective laws and policies that prevent genocide and other mass atrocities. Since its inception, the Auschwitz Institute has trained and provided ongoing support to over 7,700 government officials from more than 90 countries. The power of Auschwitz – its reality, its memory, its legacy – transcends place and inspires AIPG’s international programming. To this end, the Auschwitz Institute holds educational, training, and capacity building programs on sites of past atrocities to harness their power of place, providing powerful opportunities for foundational learning and the creation of a personal commitment to the prevention of future mass atrocities by participating officials. As a result of AIPG’s unique methodology of providing long-term training and support, many participating officials have played a key role in the successful development and implementation of policies and practices that prevent mass atrocities in their home countries and at the international level. After completing a foundational learning program, participants become members of AIPG’s “2Prevent” alumni community, which allows for ongoing communication and interaction between members. This not only promotes an active exchange of best practices and ideas, but also functions as a platform for the Auschwitz Institute to provide continued training and professional development opportunities. Recognizing that there is no effective universal policy prescription to the threat posed by genocide, AIPG works to support the development of regional solutions to regional challenges. For example, the Auschwitz Institute’s Latin American training curriculum for public officials focuses on themes such as memory, truth, and justice, migration patterns, the role of the security sector, and the rights of indigenous and LGBTI+ populations. In the Great Lakes Region of Africa, by contrast, the curriculum focuses on halting electoral violence, the development of early warning systems, gender mainstreaming, and the role played by youth in the prevention of future atrocities. Taking this into account, the Auschwitz Institute also encourages and supports robust cooperation between states on preventive efforts as a core part of its mission. The Auschwitz Institute accomplishes this through the formation and development of regional and international networks, to which it lends support and technical assistance. Alumni of Auschwitz Institute training and capacity-building programs have utilized these networks to collaborate with their peers across ministries and national governments to design and implement innovative policies that increase respect for fundamental human rights and prevent atrocities. One of these regional networks, the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, to which AIPG serves as Technical Secretariat, has been described by Adama Dieng, former Special Adviser to the Secretary General of the United Nations on the Prevention of Genocide, as a “vibrant, solid, committed, and leading actor in the global architecture of genocide and mass atrocity prevention.” AIPG works to prevent genocide and other mass atrocities around the globe through its: Latin America Program, Africa Programs, Mediterranean Basin Network for Atrocity Crimes Prevention, Warren Educational Policies Program, Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar for the Prevention of Genocide, U.S. Transitional Justice Programs, and Research and Online Education Programs.