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 Steven Kiersons, MA | Jun 19, 2013 | General News, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements
A recurrence of the inter-ethnic violence of the early 1990s hinges on the possibility of conventional war in Nagorno-Karabakh The demise of the Soviet Union in 1991 sparked war and ethnic cleansing in the Central Caucus region, as former states of the multinational...
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...
by Brad Nazar | Jun 6, 2013 | General News
Note: This post is about analysing hate speech. The images below contain hateful terms. The Sentinel Project’s release of Hatebase (www.hatebase.org) has led to legitimate questions about how the world’s largest database of hate speech can be used to analyse hateful...
by Sentinel Project | May 23, 2013 | General News, Team Announcements
Technology is changing the nature of human rights The Sentinel Project is excited to offer the brand new course Introduction to Technology for Human Rights running for five weeks from 10 June to 14 July 2013. Participants will learn about the relationship between...
by Jérôme Gagnon-Voyer | May 20, 2013 | General News, Iran, Team Announcements
We are now ready to launch a visualization of the persecution against the Baha’i community in Iran, our longest standing situation of concern being monitored at The Sentinel Project. Since November we have been using ThreatWiki, a genocide risk tracking and...
by Sentinel Project | May 18, 2013 | General News, Team Announcements
The Sentinel Project has a longstanding interest in the potential of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) to serve humanitarian purposes, especially in defending human rights and preventing atrocities. We have publicized the topic, started to explore the...
by Sentinel Project | May 8, 2013 | General News
II. Genocide and Other Underlying Offences (Faculty of Law, University of Toronto) The paragraphs below provide a brief definition of genocide and other underlying offences as prohibited under Articles II and III of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment...
by Sentinel Project | Apr 29, 2013 | General News, Team Announcements
We are pleased to announce that Professor Gregory Gordon of the University of North Dakota has joined the Sentinel Project’s Advisory Council, where he will share his expertise on hate speech and harmful language. For a detailed outline of Professor...