Early Warning for Protection:
Technologies and practise for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes
3-4 November 2010, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The Early Warning for Protection Conference has now concluded. A publicly available outcome document will be published in early 2011. For enquiries or to request a copy of this document upon publication, please contact us.
Background
In November 2009, a civil society workshop was held in Melbourne, Australia, exploring the role of NGOs in the prevention of atrocity crimes. One of the key elements of concern that arose from that workshop was the need for better integrated early warning systems and improved policy and program response to early warnings when they are raised. Read the outcome document from this workshop.
This early warning conference has emerged as a result of that prior work and aims to explore how private, public and civil society institutions can harness early warning technologies and mechanisms to contribute to the prevention of mass atrocity crimes.
The conference will explore a number of issues.
- What is the role of new technologies in conflict early warning and how do they interact with more traditional monitoring systems?
- How can we harness, coordinate, and utilise the sometimes overwhelming amount of information available?
- What systems and mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure effective early-warning is given?
- How does the humanitarian sector work effectively with communities at risk once early-warning has been sounded?
- How can a change in attitude and behaviour at a policy level be brought about in a way that forestalls a descent to violence?
The program brings together both technology and early-warning specialists, and members of the international development and humanitarian communities concerned with the protection of vulnerable populations and the prevention of mass atrocity crimes. These will include specialists from the UN and regional organisations, non-government organisations, scholars, government representatives and affected communities. Read more about our conference speakers.
The conference falls within the context of the international community’s Responsibility to Protect, which is the new international norm developed to protect vulnerable populations from genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing.
Venue
Crystal Ballroom, Phnom Penh Hotel, 53 Monivong Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
3-4 November, 2010
Event sponsors
Find out more
- Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
- International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect
- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon “Implementing the Responsibility to Protect”, January 2009 (summary)
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