AUSCHWITZ INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE AND MASS ATROCITIES
Building a world that prevents genocide and other mass atrocities.
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Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention
The Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar for the Prevention of Genocide is the Auschwitz Institute’s flagship program. Established in partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (http://www.auschwitz.org.pl/). The Global Raphael Lemkin Seminars bring rising leaders in government, military, and academia to the Holocaust site of Auschwitz in Poland for one week of education by top scholars and practitioners in the most effective approaches for preventing genocide. The first Lemkin Seminar was held in 2008.
The program takes its name from Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959), the Polish lawyer of Jewish descent who invented the term "genocide”—from the Greek genos ("family,” "tribe,” "race”) and the Latin -cide ("killing”). He first used the word in print in his groundbreaking 1944 work Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation; Analysis of Government; Proposals for Redress.
Participants emerge from our Lemkin Seminar with a heightened commitment to preventing genocide and increased knowledge of the policy tools available, both domestically and internationally. Even more important for the long term, they become members of 2PREVENT, the Auschwitz Institute’s network for Lemkin alumni, designed to help decision makers learn from and support each other in their daily work on the front lines of prevention. This sort of community has never existed before at the level of those who make and shape policy.
As of 2019, more than 78 UN member states have taken part in our Lemkin Seminars: Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Dominican Republic, DRC, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zambia. The number of countries who participate increase each year.
Latin American Program
AIPG's Latin American Program serves as Technical Secretariat of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention. Launched in March 2012, the Network is the world’s leading initiative fostering capacity building and policy development in this field. Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called the Latin American Network an effective “partnership for prevention.”
The Network and AIPG are committed to a localized approach to genocide and mass atrocity prevention spearheaded by the individual member countries themselves. This initiative is owned by the region – it was conceptualized and initiated by Latin American states, and each member country is the driving force behind the unprecedented development and progress the Network has seen since its inception. Regional ownership is the most important factor in effective long-term genocide prevention practice and policy in Latin America.
Africa Programs
AIPG believes that decades of political instability and armed conflicts on the African continent are best solved by investing in preventive mechanisms that will sustainably curb future conflict. As AU Member States begin to participate in AIPG’s Africa Programs, collaborative efforts will aim to accomplish shared objectives of preventing genocide and mass atrocities.
Educational Policies Program
In 2016, AIPG established the Educational Policies Program (EPP) to develop knowledge, capacity, and experience to effectively incorporate an educational approach into broader governmental strategies for the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities. The EPP began its activities with the launch of an innovative project implemented in collaboration with the Latin American Network for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities. Using a participatory methodology, the objective of the project was to design two educational initiatives in two countries of the region: Brazil and El Salvador. As a result of this process, in 2018, AIPG produced a toolkit designed to build teachers' capacity to effectively teach the legacy of the civil war in El Salvador, while nurturing a culture of peace. This material is currently included in the country's curriculum. In Brazil, AIPG created a methodology to open spaces for dialogue, based on the recognition of diversity, within public education classrooms. Piloted in 2018, the project is currently operating in five states in the country, with the potential to reach 2 million students. This program will continue to grow and expand to reach other geographic regions around the globe.
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AUSCHWITZ INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE AND MASS ATROCITIES
Board of directorsas of 09/13/2022
Mr. Owen Pell
White & Case LLP
Term: 2016 - 2023
Allyne Schwartz
Owen Pell
Michael Kluger
Charles Scheidt
Bonnie Schertz
Adi Pekmezovic
Christopher Whalen
Benjamin Warren
Martin Sklar
Joanna Pozen
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
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Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No