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Responding to Genocide Today

How Will You Meet the Challenge of Genocide?

How Will You Meet the Challenge of Genocide?

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Watch eyewitness testimony from Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. Explore a timeline on the concept and law of genocide. Find out who is at risk today. View hundreds of photos from Sudan, the Congo, Chechnya, and elsewhere. Read stories about people like you making a difference. Write your own pledge to take action. Visit the new cutting-edge installation From Memory to Action: Meeting the Challenge of GenocideMore »

International Law

International Law

Only in recent history has international law evolved to define and punish mass atrocities against civilians. Here we provide approachable articles and resources that describe its evolution. More »

Fifteen Years Later: Forward or Backward in the Balkans

Fifteen Years Later: Forward or Backward in the Balkans

On Thursday, July 15, the Museum marked the 15th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica with a conference that reevaluated American and European Union engagement with Bosnia and the region. More »

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First Verdict for the Cambodia Tribunal

On July 26, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia delivered its first verdict for the crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge, who were responsible for at least 1.5 million deaths from 1975 - 79. More »


Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast

Strength in hand

July 15, 2010

Beba Hadzic, from Srebrenica, describes how she lead women survivors from the 1992 – 1995 Bosnian war to create Bosfam, a knitting collective that functions to generate income, provide support, and seek answers to the questions that remain central to survivors’ struggles. More »


Genocide Prevention Task Force

Co-chaired by Madeleine Albright and William Cohen, the Genocide Prevention Task Force released its final report on December 8, 2008. More »