GLOBAL
FORUM
AGAINST THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE
2024
GENOCIDE PREVENTION AGENDA
The issue of prevention of genocide and other atrocites is among the priorities of the foreign policy of the Republic of Armenia. The Republic of Armenia plays an active role in the international fight against genocide and other mass atrocities.
The main focus of these efforts is the fight against impunity, restoring justice, revealing the main causes of genocide, establishment of early prevention mechanisms, education on past genocides and paying tribute to the memory of the victims.
Armenia initiated and organizes Global forums Against the Crime of Genocide: the latter were respectively held in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2022” to “Armenia initiated and organizes Global forums Against the Crime of Genocide: the latter were respectively held in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2024
Armenia continues to cooperate with the Global Action Initiative for the Prevention of Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC) and other international platforms which have this issue within their scope of responsibility.
DOCUMENTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
5th Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide will be held in Yerevan
30.09.2024
AGENDA KEY POINTS
Day One (December 12, 2024)
Opening of the Forum. High-level segment.
Plenary Session: Identification of warning signs and risk factors for genocide and other atrocity crimes and role of small states in promoting the genocide prevention agenda.
Panel one. Development of UN early warning mechanisms.
Panel Two. UN early response system: necessity to improve operational and policy coherence (cases of gross human rights violations against protected groups).
Day Two (December 13, 2024)
Panel Three. Other international actors: identification of risk factors of atrocity crimes and early action in cases where preventive measures may be required.
Fourth Panel
Concluding Panel. The Forum will conclude with the Chair’s summary.
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