Announcements and Recent Analysis - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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Data for Peace and Security: The Early Warning Project Connects with Innovators Worldwide
At a recent workshop, Data for Peace and Security: leveraging the opportunities of data-driven innovation and technological developments, four key themes emerged. Today, policymakers are increasingly embracing data science and new technologies, recognizing the critical role they can play in promoting peace and improving security. As the adoption of these tools accelerates, renewed attention is needed to the challenges of communication, security, and ethics.
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- prevention
- prevention
Civilians at Risk in Burundi Ahead of May Elections
Burundians are scheduled to go to the polls on May 20th. But an ongoing government-led campaign of repression, a history of mass killings, and complications from the global coronavirus pandemic threaten to exacerbate atrocity risk surrounding the elections.
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- elections
- burundi
State of the World: Mass Killing in 2019
No new mass killing episodes began in 2019, according to the latest review by the Early Warning Project. This good news, however, is tempered by the historically high number of ongoing mass killings: 20 separate episodes as of the end of 2019, perpetrated by 10 states and 10 nonstate groups, in 15 countries.
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- burkina faso
Nowhere to Turn: Rohingya Trapped Between Ongoing Risk of Genocide and Deadly Spread of Coronavirus
As the coronavirus pandemic ravages the globe Rohingya refugees face an impossible predicament.
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Commemorating Victims and Spurring Policy Action as Syrian Crisis Enters Tenth Year
March 15 marked nine years of conflict in Syria and the message of the day was clear: complacency is unacceptable. This message was echoed throughout a series of events and meetings facilitated by the Museum in the days leading up to the somber anniversary.
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- crimes against humanity
- syria
The Private Sector and Atrocity Prevention: Lessons from Côte d'Ivoire
The private sector in Côte d'Ivoire has a critical role to play in ensuring a peaceful electoral process through 2020.
Holocaust Survivor Al Munzer Delivers Remarks at Program Spotlighting China's Persecution of Uyghurs
Holocaust survivor and Museum volunteer Alfred Münzer speaks at a Museum event calling attention to the crimes China is committing against the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
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- uyghur
Simon-Skjodt Center Director Delivers Remarks on China's Systematic Persecution of Uyghurs
Remarks delivered by Naomi Kikoler, director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, at the Museum's public program about China's systematic persecution of Uyghurs.
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- uyghur
- china
Simon-Skjodt Center Director Testifies on Citizenship Laws and Religious Freedom
Testimony regarding citizenship laws and religious freedom delivered by Naomi Kikoler, director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, before the US Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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- rohingya
Leonard and Sophie Davis Genocide Prevention Fellowship
The Museum's Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide seeks a fellow to contribute to its research project on “Lessons-Learned in Preventing and Responding to Mass Atrocities,” made possible by a grant from The Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund.
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- mass atrocities