The pursuit of academic work and historical truth must remain independent of shifting political circumstances or political expediency, especially regarding matters that affect humanity.  The ...

Ever since Raphael Lemkin heard Winston Churchill’s August 1941 broadcast on the BBC, in which the prime minister declared, “The whole of Europe has been wrecked ...

When he was 11, Gustave Mukurarinda Mukunde survived the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, one of the most tragic and horrific events in human history. ALSO READ: Fifteen books that help you ...

A photo display of some of the victims at the Kigali Memorial Centre for 1994 genocide in Rwanda. A photo display of some of the victims at the Kigali Memorial Centre for 1994 genocide in Rwanda.In ...

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security welcomes the scholars, NGOs, media outlets, and large human rights organizations who have spoken out in the past week, some of which ...

We, the undersigned, express deep concern over recent and troubling developments at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI) in Yerevan. On March 11, 2026, Dr. Edita Gzoyan, one of the most ...

The class of Rwandan teenagers stare back at him until, upon further prompting, one mumbles: "the massive killing of people." Slowly Arinetwe draws out more details, scrawling on the board the ...

What if a genocide like the ones in Rwanda or in Srebrenica were to happen today? Would the global response be any different? David J. Simon is a senior lecturer at the Yale University Jackson School ...

Genocide is the murder of a significant part of a specific ethnic or religious group, solely because they are members of that demographic. It is one of humanity’s gravest crimes. Israel stands widely ...

Bern -- On September 17 the Federal Parliament in Bern hosted the Sayfo Genocide Conference, organized by the the European Syriac Union (ESU) in cooperation with the Swiss-Syriac Friendship Group and ...

New Hampshire schools would have to expand their genocide curriculum under a bill going before lawmakers in January. State lawmakers are set to take up two bills in January that would change what New ...

The class of Rwandan teenagers stare back at him until, upon further prompting, one mumbles: "the massive killing of people." Teaching young people in Rwanda about the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, ...