Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect | United Nations

 

 

Translating the concept of genocide prevention as an international norm into a practical reality implemented at the regional and national levels that can also be implemented at the community level is a priority for the world.

Alice Wairimu Nderitu, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide

Portrait of Alice Wairimu Nderitu

Latest

 

KWIBUKA Flame of Hope monument unveiled at United Nations HQ on occasion of 30 years since the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

Key Documents

 

Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes

Key tool developed by the Office to assess the risk of atrocity crimes as well as atrocity prevention capacities and strategies. 

 

UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech

The UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech sets out strategic guidance for the UN system to address hate speech at the national and global level. 

 

When to refer to a situation as genocide

The question is often asked as to whether specific events, past or present, can be referred to as “genocide".

 

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.