Online Library - Documents: PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE

Resolutions by UN organs

General Assembly

International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of This Crime (A/RES/69/323)


Human Rights Council

2008 Resolution on Prevention of Genocide (A/HRC/RES/7/25)
2013 Resolution on Prevention of Genocide (A/HRC/RES/22/22)
2015 Resolution on Prevention of Genocide (A/HRC/RES/28/34)
2018 Resolution on Prevention of Genocide (A/HRC/37/L.44)
A/HRC/RES/43/29 (2020) Prevention of genocide



Articles by the Special Advisers

"Protecting Vulnerable Populations from Genocide" by Adama Dieng (Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide). Published in UN Chronicle, Vol. LIII No. 4 2016, December 2016


Other Documents

Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes
When To Refer To A Situation as Genocide


Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes

GAAMAC III - Third Global Meeting
Manual on Best Practices for the Establishment and Management of National Mechanisms for Genocide and Mass Atrocities Prevention
Women and atrocity prevention (Karen Smith)
The impact of COVID-19 on transitional justice and atrocity prevention
Link to other news articles


Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies

Preventing violent extremism and mass atrocities - A handbook for parliamentarians
How can Canada best support women in the field of conflict and atrocity prevention?, 2018
Mapping the Artificial Intelligence, Networked Hate, and Human Rights Landscape, 2018
A brief listing of some major works dealing with genocides and their comparative aspects


“PLAN OF ACTION for Religious Leaders and Actors TO PREVENT Incitement to Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes”. United Nations

“THE POWERS OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO ATROCITY CRIMES: A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT”. Asia- Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. 2021

“Atrocity Prevention and Outcomes of the Human Rights Council’s 46th Session”. Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. Summary. 2021

“The Future of Mass Atrocities and Atrocity Prevention. Report from the 2020 Sudikoff Interdisciplinary Seminar on Genocide Prevention”. UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM. 2021

“Practical Prevention. How the Genocide Convention’s Obligation to Prevent Applies to Myanmar. LEGAL BRIEF. Report #1: Identifying and Mitigating Risk Factors”. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

“Practical Prevention. How the Genocide Convention’s Obligation to Prevent Applies to Myanmar. LEGAL BRIEF. Report #2: The Denial of the Right to Citizenship and the Right to Participate in Public Affairs”. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

“Fundamentals of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention”. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Atrocity Prevention and Outcomes of the Human Rights Council’s 47th Session. 2021

Countries at Risk for Mass Killing 2021–22: Early Warning Project Statistical Risk Assessment Results. 2021