Center for the Prevention of Genocide

The Center for the Prevention of Genocide (CPG)is a center affiliated with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It was started in 2013 and grew out of the work the Committee on Conscience.[1][2][3] Their consultants include Jay Ulfelder, former director of the Political Instability Task Force.[4]

Early warning project

With assistance from Jay Ulfelder and others, CPG is building an early warning system for predicting potential conflicts and genocides.[4][5][6]

Media coverage

The work of CPG has been cited in news coverage of political events by publications such as the New York Times,[7][8][9] the Wall Street Journal,[10] Foreign Policy,[11][12] and AllAfrica.com.[13]

See also

References

  1. "About the Center for the Prevention of Genocide". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  2. Herr, Alexis (July 29, 2013). "New Name, Same Aim: The Committee on Conscience becomes the Center for the Prevention of Genocide". Assessing Atrocity. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  3. Avila, Angel (March 13, 2013). "Make Your Pledge: Center for the Prevention of Genocide United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Ulfelder, Jay (May 29, 2014). "Introducing A New Venue for Atrocities Early Warning". Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  5. "Early Warning Project". Center for the Prevention of Genocide. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  6. Ulfelder, Jay (April 7, 2012). "Building a Public Early-Warning System for Genocide and Mass Atrocities". Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  7. Landler, Mark (June 3, 2014). "Declassified U.N. Cables Reveal Turning Point in Rwanda Crisis of 1994". New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  8. Rothstein, Edward (April 25, 2013). "Bystanders, Not So Innocent ‘Some Were Neighbors,’ at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum". New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  9. Abramowitz, Mike (April 25, 2013). "Who Will Stand Up for the Responsibility to Protect?". New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  10. Benesch, Susan; Abramowitz, Michael (December 18, 2013). "A Prelude to Murder: Calling Humans Vermin. After a monk called them 'mad dogs,' a Buddhist mob killed 20 Muslims in Burma.". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  11. Lynch, Colum (May 1, 2014). "The U.S. Helped Create South Sudan. Can Washington Save It From Civil War?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  12. Lynch, Colum (December 19, 2013). "Can Samantha Power Wage a War on Atrocities in Central African Republic?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  13. "Rwanda: Experts Carry Out Postmortem of Genocide Against the Tutsi". AllAfrica.com. June 4, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.

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