Useful info

Definition of genocide (UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide)

The difference between genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing.

History of the term genocide.

The International Criminal Court (ICC), and how it works.

The implications of genocide designations.

APPG parliamentary briefings

Russia in Ukraine - is this genocide? - for general debate on Ukraine (26 April 2022)

Women and Genocide - for debate on International Women’s Day, 2022 (9 March 2022)

Holocaust Memorial Day - for Holocaust Memorial Day debate 2022 (27 January 2022)

Preventing atrocity in Bosnia-Herzegovina - for backbench debate (2nd December 2021)

APPG research

Atrocity spotlights: brief research summaries providing insight into particular countries or issues.

Report: The Cost of Doing Nothing (2017) - report on the UK’s responsibility to protect civilians from genocide and crimes against humanity, based on work begun by Jo Cox MP (1974-2016) and Tom Tugendhat MP, and completed by Alison McGovern MP and Tom Tugendhat MP. Provides recommendations on getting the balance right between premature and inappropriate military intervention on the one hand, and complete inaction on the other.

Useful links

The following list provides links to organisations and institutes working and undertaking research on genocide, crimes against humanity, and their prevention. This list is non-exhaustive. As well as the organisations listed below, many of our institutional partners undertake research and policy work related to genocide and crimes against humanity. You may also be interested in the work of related APPGs.

Genocide Watch - non-profit organisation raising awareness of genocide and providing excellent analysis of genocide risks

International Association of Genocide Scholars - international network of genocide scholars, providing research and policy resources

Early Warning Project - assessing risk globally to provide warning signals of mass atrocities around the world

Human Rights Watch - international NGO investigating and reporting on human rights abuses globally

United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention - office of the Special Advisors on Genocide Prevention, and the Responsibility to Protect

Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention - based at Binghamton University and providing research and teaching on prevention

European Centre for the Responsibility to Protect - Leeds University institute advancing R2P through research, education, and policy

Centre for Advanced Genocide Research - USC Dornsife centre examining the origins of genocide and conditions enabling resistance

Yale Genocide Studies - programme conducting research and providing training internationally to map genocide and collate evidence

Kings University London War Crimes Research Group - a hub for researchers and practitioners working on war crimes

Aegis Trust - preventing genocide and mass atrocities through education, advocacy, and memorialisation

Holocaust Memorial Trust - working to prevent future genocides by remembering the past

Coalition for Genocide Response - UK based coalition working to prevent genocide

Protection Approaches - UK based NGO working on identifying and preventing identity-based violence

Accountability Unit - UK based NGO working on gender based rights in conflict settings.

European Network on Genocide - network of the European Council

Genocide Alert - German NGO undertaking research and providing policy advice on atrocity prevention