We invite you to contribute to the prevention of atrocities by supporting one or more of the following programs that not only work to address the underlying conditions that give rise to atrocity risk factors, but also promote the inclusion of marginalized groups in the prevention of atrocities and encourage accountability for atrocity crimes. Please see below a brief description, point of contact for each program available to support now. For the project’s concept note and more information on how your institution or foundation can fund one of these projects, please get in touch with the person identified as the contact person for the program.
We invite you to contribute to the prevention of atrocities by supporting one or more of the following programs that not only work to address the underlying conditions that give rise to atrocity risk factors, but also promote the inclusion of marginalized groups in the prevention of atrocities and encourage accountability for atrocity crimes. Please see below a brief description, point of contact for each program available to support now. For the project’s concept note and more information on how your institution or foundation can fund one of these projects, please get in touch with the person identified as the contact person for the program.
Our Latin American Program (LAP) initiative, Irregular Migration and Associated Risks in Latin America from an Atrocity Prevention Approach: Tools for the Prevention of Human Trafficking, aims to enhance the preventive capacities of key actors and improve protection and social integration for victims and witnesses of these crimes. The project plans to improve living conditions, integrity, and security for migrants in transit or settlement through research, training, and networking activities available to leaders and civil society organization members from six Latin American countries.
This initiative will focus on extensive research into the causes, effects, and methods of human trafficking. By integrating elements and concepts from the field of atrocity prevention, it seeks to identify risk factors and indicators, develop long-term, multi-stage prevention strategies, provide recommendations for public prevention policies, and create training tools for key actors in security, migration, and human rights across Latin America.
For the project’s concept note and more information on how your institution or foundation and/or an institution or foundation you know can fund Irregular Migration and Associated Risks in Latin America from the Atrocity Prevention Approach: Tools for the Prevention of Human Trafficking, please contact Eugenia Carbone, Director of the Latin American Program, at eugenia.carbone@auschwitzinstitute.org.
Our Research and Online Education (ROE) Program’s project Memorialization and Prevention is seeking funding in order to continue supporting memory spaces in contributing to atrocity prevention through their exhibitions and programming. This project builds on research conducted over the last four years during which the project team established the largest database in the world of spaces of memory and created a set of best practices for memory spaces to mitigate risk factors for atrocity. AIPG published these findings in 2023 as Beyond Remembering: An Atrocity Prevention Toolkit for Memory Spaces.
To date, AIPG has been able to collaborate with and support the work of six community memory spaces in Cambodia, Colombia, Guatemala, and South Africa to transform the lessons of the Toolkit into concrete programs that contribute to contemporary atrocity prevention. With your support, we will be able to fund additional proposals from memory spaces to integrate the best practices from the Toolkit into a new or existing program, thereby better positioning their site to contribute to the mitigation of context-specific risk factors for identity-based violence in their community. The ROE team will provide technical assistance and evaluate the impact before, during, and after project implementation.
For the project’s concept note and more information on how your institution or foundation can fund Memorialization and Prevention, including how previously funded memory spaces have integrated the toolkit into their programs, please get in touch with Dr. Kerry Whigham, Director of Research and Online Education, at kerry.whigham@auschwitzinstitute.org.
Our Public Health Programs (PHP) initiative, Preventing Mass Atrocities Through Protecting Migrant Health in Costa Rica, will address the significant human rights challenges arising from the sharp increase in migration to Costa Rica in the last two years. This initiative will operationalize the right to health for vulnerable migrant populations by building the capacity of key government stakeholders to recognize early indicators for atrocity crimes in the context of migrant health, and foster a comprehensive system of protection and prevention for migrant health in the country. In conjunction with relevant government officials and civil society organizations, this initiative also aims to develop a new health protocol to help standardize and streamline the provision of health services for incoming migrants and asylum seekers.
Through your support, this project will achieve two key objectives:
AIPG will collaborate with the Costa Rican Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the General Directorate of Migration and Foreigners to implement this two-year programme.
For the project’s concept note and more information on how your institution or foundation and/or an institution or foundation you know can fund Preventing Mass Atrocities Through Protecting Migrant Health in Costa Rica, please get in touch with Joanna Pozen, Director of Public Health Programs, at joanna.pozen@auschwitzinstitute.org.
Our Africa Programs Office (APO) initiative, Youth and Gender Mainstreaming in Peacebuilding and Violence Prevention (PVP) in South Sudan, will build the capacity of women and youth to effectively engage in PVP nationally and locally. This initiative builds on consultations AIPG held in Juba with national and local leaders during which they underscored that women and youth’s involvement in preventing various forms of violence in South Sudan, including political, military, and inter-communal violence, continues to be lacking. By promoting the active inclusion of these traditionally marginalized groups, this initiative will advance more locally driven, sustainable solutions to prevent violence and foster peace throughout the country.
Through your support, this project will offer a unique opportunity to equip women and youth with the skills and resources needed to effectively address conflicts and violence in South Sudan. Our objective is to empower these actors to play a key role in discussions and decision-making processes at grassroots and national levels by supporting them to develop and execute targeted activities. AIPG will collaborate with the South Sudan National Committee on the Prevention of Genocide to implement this two-year programme.
To support AIPG and the South Sudan National Committee on the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity to encourage the active inclusion of marginalized groups in maintaining peace in South Sudan, please contribute to the Youth and Gender Mainstreaming in PVP in South Sudan initiative.
For the project’s concept note and more information on how your institution or foundation or an institution or foundation you know can fund Youth and Gender Mainstreaming in PVP in South Sudan, please get in touch with Dr. Ashad Sentong at: ashad.sentongo@auschwitzinstitute.org
Our Warren Educational Policies Program’s initiative, Education and Conflict Forum in Ukraine initiative will tackle the profound impact of the ongoing conflict on Ukraine's educational system and social fabric. In collaboration with our local partner, LingvaLexa, we will establish an online expert forum that will meet periodically over 18 months to raise awareness among Ukrainian policymakers and other relevant stakeholders about the harmful effects of the conflict on the education system and discuss mitigation strategies so that education can play a preventive role.
Considering both the negative and positive role of education before, during, and after conflict, as well as the effects conflict can have on education, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) and LingvaLexa will partner to organize a periodic, closed, Online Forum, on "Education and Conflict in Ukraine.” This Forum aims to raise awareness among Ukrainian policymakers about the different effects conflict can have on the education system while also anticipating possible ways to tackle these consequences. This forum will create an opportunity for Ukrainian policymakers, academics, and civil society representatives to learn about how other countries have dealt with the effects of violence. Although each conflict context carries distinct characteristics, the commonalities between these different conflicts will be discussed, in addition to a specific focus on the current war in Ukraine. By bringing together a select group of Ukrainian stakeholders and international actors with expertise on this topic, the project will not only create a space for mutual learning and discussion but also a community of practice. The community of practice will help to ensure the project’s overall outcomes are sustainable, while potentially also becoming a transformative space once the war ends.
To support AIPG and LivingLexa raise awareness among Ukrainian policymakers about the diverse effects conflict can have on the education system and explore ways to address these consequences, please contribute to the Education and Conflict Forum in Ukraine.
For the project’s concept note and more information on how your institution or foundation can fund the Education and Conflict Forum in Ukraine, please get in touch with Dr. Clara Ramírez-Barat at: clara.ramirez@auschwitzinstitute.org
