by Sentinel Project | Dec 13, 2013 | General News
November saw the escalation of violence along the northern border with Ethiopia as Marsabit County (and the town of Moyale in particular) has witnessed a rash of attacks which have imperiled the region. Similarly, the continuing conflict between Muslims and Christian...
by Sentinel Project | Dec 6, 2013 | General News
A Report from the 12th Session of the Assembly of State Parties of the ICC The Sentinel Project’s policy advisor Dr. Kjell Anderson recently attended the twelfth session of the Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Assembly of State...
by Sentinel Project | Dec 4, 2013 | Burma, General News
Rohingya refugees carry rice distributed by WFP to their house in Nayapara camp. UNHCR – S. Kritsanavarin – Nov 2008 Violence against Rohingya Muslims has remained relatively steady this month. The attacks usually seem to take the form of either direct...
by Sentinel Project | Dec 1, 2013 | General News
Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day. It may surprise you to find coverage of this event on a genocide-prevention blog, but there’s actually a big overlap between the two tragedies of genocide and AIDS. To see this connection clearly, we need only examine the...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 23, 2013 | General News, Iran
Over the first 3 months of 2012, our sources show instances of Stages 1 (Classification) 3 (Dehumanization) 4 (Polarization) and 5 (Preparation) of Gregory Stanton’s Eight Stage model of the genocidal process. Events and analysis of this quarter were...
by Sentinel Project | Oct 2, 2013 | General News, Team Announcements
Iranian pro-democracy demonstrators in 2009 used social media to organize and document their protests. Here, an opposition supporter films a protest on her mobile phone. (Source) Technology is changing the nature of human rights We’re excited to offer the latest...
by Sentinel Project | Aug 19, 2013 | General News, Team Announcements
Iranian pro-democracy demonstrators in 2009 used social media to organize and document their protests. Here, an opposition supporter films a protest on her mobile phone. (Source) Technology is changing the nature of human rights The Sentinel Project is excited to...
by Sentinel Project | Aug 1, 2013 | General News
By Dr. Faustin Z. Ntoubandi(Faculty of Law, University of Toronto)Introduction The obligation to prevent and to punish as formulated in Genocide Convention Article1 (See Note III) calls for specific actions from State Parties. The nature of suchactions can be...
by Sentinel Project | Jul 4, 2013 | General News, Kyrgyzstan, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements
By Scott Dempsey, Mercyhurst University Click here to read the full assessment of the risk of genocide in Kyrgyzstan. The Sentinel Project has completed an assessment of the risk of genocide in Kyrgyzstan, finding it to be unlikely within the next five years. Our team...
by Sentinel Project | Jul 2, 2013 | Conferences
By: Alex Dyzenhaus The trials of war most affect a society’s vulnerable and marginalized. Therefore, in the context of a conflict, unprotected minorities can be at risk even if there is little to no explicit grievance against or hatred towards them. Through an...
by Sentinel Project | Jun 14, 2013 | General News
By Dr. Faustin Z. Ntoubandi(Faculty of Law, University of Toronto)IntroductionIn order to liberate mankind from the odious scourge of genocide, States are under an obligation to prevent and punish acts constitutive of the crime of genocide. Article I of the...
by Sentinel Project | Jun 8, 2013 | Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements
This report summarizes the findings of a Sentinel Project field team which visited the Tana Delta region of Kenya in early 2013. The team conducted a survey related to a series of ethnic massacres which occurred between August 2012 and January 2013. Their report...
