Meetings
IWM Tour with Caro Howell
On the 23rd January on, the week of Holocaust Memorial Day, the APPG is offering Members and Peers a tour of the new Holocaust Galleries at the Imperial War Museum with Director-General Caro Howell.
Roundtable - Atrocity Prevention Strategy
Join Baroness Kennedy, Lord Alton and civil socity representivies to discuss how the UK could introduce an intergrated atrocity prevention stratagy.
Speaker Reception
A reception in Mr Speaker house marking the 75th anniversary of the Genocide Convention.
State Responsibility and the Yazidi Genocide, Report Launch
On July 6th 2022, the APPG for the Prevention of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, and the APPG for the Yazidi will co-sponsor a High-Level Panel in Parliament, convened by the Yazidi Justice Committee. The panel will launch a major international report advancing the issue of state responsibility for the Yazidi genocide.
Read the report here.
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Women and Youth in Preventing Violence and Promoting Peace
A series of sessions, as part of the Preventing Violence, Promoting Freedom of Belief, Fringe Conference on Gender and Youth (fringe event to the World Freedom of Belief or Religion Ministerial (5-6 July).
The sessions will include discussions of legal frameworks for preventing violence and promoting peace, and panel discussions and briefings from representatives from Central African Republic, Rwanda, Iraq, Israel and Bosnia-Herzegovina on the place of women and young people in peace-building and prevention.
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Commemoration for the Argentinian Day of Memory, Justice and Truth
Commemorating the Argentinian Day for Memory, Justice, and Truth, with representatives from Argentina, including president of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo.
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Emergency meeting on Persecution in India
The intensification of hate speech, violence, and the threat of violence against ethnic and religious minorities intensified over recent weeks to the degree that we now consider it high risk. This joint meeting with the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Belief or Religion discussed how we can work to support minorities in India, and prevent further violence.
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Lessons from the Holocaust in preventing atrocity today
On the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Prevention of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity will be discussing how lessons from the Holocaust can be brought forward to help us prevent atrocities today, with a particular focus on the current situation in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Speakers:
Olivia Marks-Woldman OBE, Chief Executive, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
Dr Martin Stern MBE, Holocaust survivor
Safet Vukalić, Bosnian survivor
A recording of the meeting can be accessed by registering here.
2021 AGM and reflection on prevention today
Including reflection on genocide prevention in contemporary times from:
Dr. James Smith, CEO Aegis Trust
Olivia Marks-Woldman, OBE, CEO, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
Dr Homira May Razai, Chairperson of Hazara Committee in the UK (HCUK), Hazara Refugee
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Co-founder, Coalition for Genocide Response, IBAHRI Programme Lowyer
Nayaaz Hashim, Genocide80Twenty Student
Read the minutes here.
Atrocity prevention in Bosnia-Herzegovina
With events escalating, this meeting convened to discuss actions the UK can take to support Bosnia-Herzegovina, and to prevent a repeat of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.
One year on: the Ethiopian Crisis and International Response
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Prevention of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea invite you to an online event marking the one-year anniversary of armed conflict in Ethiopia, and reflecting on responses by the international community.
Speakers:
UN Special Advisor on Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect, Alice Wairimu-Nderitu
Rita Kahsay, Tigray Youth Network
Meaza Gebremedhin, Human Rights Advocate
Tom Tugendhat MP, Foreign Affairs Committee
William Davison, Senior Analyst for Ethiopia, The International Crisis Group
To view the meeting recording, register here.
A Holocaust Memorial for the Future
Holocaust survivors joined with MPs to discuss the proposed Holocaust Memorial next to the Houses of Parliament.
Speakers included:
Amber Rudd, Home Secretary
Lord Alf Dubs, Kindertransport survivor and parliamentarian
Professor Agnes Kaposi, Holocaust survivor
Steven Frank, Theresienstadt survivor
Hanneke Dye, Holocaust survivor
Philippe Sands QC, International Human Rights Lawyer
Sir Peter Bazalgette, Chair of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation
Video and report can be accessed here.
Read more on the Aegis Trust website, including calls for the memorial to include an Atrocity Prevention Centre.
Atrocity Prevention post-Brexit
As the government deals with Brexit, atrocity prevention is at risk of being side-lined. This meeting discussed ways to keep atrocity prevention in focus in the uncertain political environment, including reflections on lessons from the Obama Atrocity Prevention Board, and opportunities for a UK Atrocity Prevention Centre.
Speakers:
Sarah Brockmeier, Global Peace Policy Institute, Berlin
Naomi Kikoler, Simon Skjodt Centre for Prevention of Genocide, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Notes from the meeting can be accessed here.
Read more on the Aegis Trust website, including centring atrocity prevention at the heart of foreign policy.
