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Survivors of Previous Genocides Release an Open Letter to World Leaders
In a public letter released on the 60th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Prevention Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (December 9, 2008), a group of survivors of previous slaughters called for the international community to prevent mass atrocities and to protect those civilians being attacked.  Click here to read the full text of the letter.
Survivor Network
For too long, we have witnessed the tragic failures of the international community to protect its most vulnerable populations. Survivors of genocide and other mass atrocity crimes, and their families, can testify with unmatched power to the horrors and the inhumanity of crimes systematically perpetrated on civilian populations. The Genocide Prevention Project is joining with survivor organizations around the world to honor those who have been lost and those who have suffered. Together, we will call on the international community to direct its highest purpose toward ending forever the agonies of mass atrocity crimes.
If you are a survivor or an organization that works with survivors and you are interested in joining us, please
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Commemoration Days
Remarkably, four previous genocides have their official commemoration anniversaries in April: Rwanda, Cambodia, Armenia, and the Holocaust. Two others have major anniversaries in April: Bosnia and Herzegovina (the siege of Sarajevo began on April 6, 1992) and Darfur (people began to be displaced in April 2003).
We are working with survivor organizations to bring world-wide attention to each of these commemorations – and use this series of anniversaries to call on the international community to make sure genocides are prevented in the future. We also urge other survivor groups and advocates from around the world to organize their own commemoration events during April.
Genocide Prevention Month – April 2009
So far, commemoration events will be held to honor past genocides on the following days:
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Survivor Network
