With the risk of mass atrocities rising globally, the U.N. special adviser for the prevention of genocide serves as the U.N.’s nerve center for identifying threats of large-scale violence that could lead to atrocity crimes such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. This critical role provides early warnings to the secretary-general and Security Council and recommends actions to prevent or halt them all while strengthening practitioner understanding of the key drivers of atrocity risk, including hate speech and genocide denial.
Join USIP for a conversation on the importance of documentation in the pursuit of accountability for crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war as well as lessons for current international accountability efforts for atrocities in other conflict-affected countries, such as Ukraine, Afghanistan and Ethiopia.