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25.01.2022 @APR2P against Hate speech/crimes in the Asia Pacific region supports stronger protections from hate crime and vilification sadly even more urgent during COVID19 https://www.abc.net.au//racist-hate-crimes-amid-/12660174

25.01.2022 Join our committed University of Queensland R2P student coalition to hear Professor Alex Bellamy on R2P 2020 next Monday 9 March in Brisbane 12 midday room 402

24.01.2022 Today! Don't forget to join us!

24.01.2022 APR2P and APPAP have endorsed the following statement https://bit.ly/344CuIY for ASEAN states to heed UN Secretary-Generals call for a ceasefire and for states to ensure conflict sensitivity and human rights in responding to COVID19 crisis. All states have a R2P their populations from atrocity crimes.

24.01.2022 APR2P briefing identifies some of the principal implications of the COVID -19 pandemic for atrocity prevention in the Asia Pacific region and steps that could be taken to address them https://bit.ly/2xVHLGF

23.01.2022 TODAY-SEPTEMBER 14 th our partners Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace virtual seminar "The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) at 15: Current Challenges and Future Prospect" Register via: http://bit.ly/CICPR2P15 Fantastic speakers include;... Keynote Address by H.E. Dr. Karen Smith, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on R2P, on The Role of UN in implementing R2P: Key Achievements and Challenges Video Message by Professor Alex Bellamy, Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APR2P), on The Need to Continue R2P Mission: Global Challenges and Ways Forward Presentation by H.E. Ambassador Pou Sothirak, CICP Executive Director, on Cambodian Experience in Promoting R2P: Prospects and Challenges Presentation by Dr. Noel M. Morada, Director, Regional Diplomacy and Capacity Building, APR2P, on R2P Promotion and Implementation in ASEAN: Overcoming Challenges to Promoting Atrocities Prevention Presentation by Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Senior Lecturer of the Ph.D. Program in Human Rights and Peace Studies (International) of the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Mahidol University and former Thai Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), on Promoting and Implementing R2P and Atrocities Prevention in ASEAN Presentation by H.E. Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Former Malaysian Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), on The Role of AICHR and its limitations in Addressing the Rohingya Crisis

23.01.2022 Applications open for 2020 UQ George Georges undergrad Research Scholarship which sustains the memory of the late George Georges, champion for peace & justice. https://scholarships.uq.edu.au//george-georges-research-sc

22.01.2022 Philippines very high risk for atrocities; as Police intensify anti-drug war campaign, governments anti-communist insurgency operations and stalled peace talks. COVID 19 new trigger. Government should adhere to international human rights law & its Responsibility to Protect https://r2pasiapacific.org/early-warning-and-atrocity-preve

22.01.2022 Join us on Wednesday 18 November for a webinar with key speakers Wai Wai Nu, Debbie Stothard and Edmund Bon Tai Soon, discussing The Rakhine Crisis Since 2017: Continuing Failure and Ineffectiveness of International Responses in Halting Atrocity Crimes in Myanmar. Details of time zones in flyer attached. https://uqz.zoom.us///tZ0lf-6qqTovHtZOodXptYO_gbJvIFBwO729

22.01.2022 Shout out to UQ students to join our dedicated UQ R2P student coalition in a virtual market day session from 9 pm tonight!!! Register and find out what activities they have planned for semester 2 2020. https://us02web.zoom.us/w/register/WN_GJWGu7GzRPuzEKF55fvkn

20.01.2022 Congrats 2020 Rhodes Scholar Sophie Ryan. She was the 2018 George Georges scholarship recipient supervised by Sarah Teitt and recently supported to attend the Dubrovnik Atrocity Prevention School led by APR2P Director Alex Bellamy ...

20.01.2022 Transitional Justice in the Time of COVID-19: A Conversation Please join our APR2P Philippines Office colleagues next Wednesday 8 July 2020 9:00-11:00 am Manila time. To register https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_6d6mcdyvQDumCJ959GiN5w

18.01.2022 Now is the time to put an end to impunity. APR2P sign joint statement on the need for international justice and recognition of the YazidiGenocide. Read the full statement here: https://bit.ly/3hbvPlE

18.01.2022 Starting in 8 hours today Monday 14th September this stellar line up of speakers on R2P 1:30 PM in Bangkok/ Cambodia 6.30 PM Brisbane AEST Register here https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_E3ihHWktR8q7KiRvJyL0nw

17.01.2022 On International Youth Day 2020, we are thrilled to launch the new webpages for Youth and Atrocity Prevention in the Asia Pacific! https://r2pasiapacific.org/Youth Learn about the APR2P Centres youth forums and student coalitions, get involved, meet the APR2P Youth Core Group on Atrocity Prevention, and find resources on Atrocity Prevention and R2P.

17.01.2022 Fiji rated low risk for atrocity crimes. Report recommends addressing the causes of political, economic, and social instability & inequality and for legal accountability in relation to violence and issues disproportionately affecting women & children https://r2pasiapacific.org//Risk_Assessment_fiji_vol10_nov

17.01.2022 From our APR2P Philippines Office uploaded recording of the conversation The Relevance of Transitional Justice in the Time of COVID-19 youtube.com/watch?v=YdZCIY0PJ40&t=10s

16.01.2022 Join Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP), and former Australian foreign minister Hon. Gareth Evans:The 45th Anniversary of Khmer Rouge Victory: What Lessons Could Cambodia Share? Tues 28 July 2020, 9-11:30 am Cambodia,12-2.30 pm Eastern Australian Time. More information and pre registration at https://t.co/CZOztftPov?amp=1

15.01.2022 Nikki Marczak our @APR2P Atrocity Prevention coordinator on what recourse victims have and the ethics surrounding public interactions involving survivors, especially those who have experienced sexual violence. https://www.abc.net.au//staging-yazidi-victim-per/11804950 @POLSISEngage @HASSUQ @NadiaMuradBasee

15.01.2022 APPAP Working Group Gender and Atrocity Prevention Webinar recording of session one "Intersecting Vulnerabilities, Converging Transformative Agency Women, Peace and Security in the Time of Covid-19". The webinar examined the what is the relevance of Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in connection with intersecting vulnerabilities and converging transformative agency of women in many conflict-affected and vulnerable communities in Asia within the context of the COVID -19 pand...emic. Dr. Aurora de Dios, Miriam College, Philippines;Women, Peace and Security and Militarized State Responses; Debbie Stothard, ALTSEAN-Burma, Thailand; Women, Peace and Security and Armed Conflict in Myanmar; Dwi Ruby Kholifa, AMAN-Indonesia. Women and Peacebuilding in the time of Covid-19: Indonesian Experience; Dr. Sarah Teitt, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Moderator. Please register for the second session on 14 July at : https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_qh1nYx7GQhCHBDcQSDkucA See more

14.01.2022 Did you miss this fabulous youth webinar with Wike Devi Erianti and Erika Isabel Yague? Catch up here!

13.01.2022 APR2P Nikki Marczak who leads our work with Asia Pacific Partnership for Atrocity Prevention CALLS for global cooperation, the protection of human rights and the upholding of peace and security, as matters of life and death. https://www.abc.net.au//coronavirus-as-threat-to-/12114862

12.01.2022 APR2P #Myanmar report using #UN Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes -Very High Risk amidst ongoing armed conflict in Rakhine, Shan, and Kachin states between the Tatmadaw and ethnic armed groups. Full Report at https://r2pasiapacific.org//Risk_Assessment_myanmar_vol9_n

12.01.2022 Vanuatu risk assessment for atrocity crimes-LOW. Notwithstanding prevalence of sexual and domestic violence against women and children, unstable political environment, poverty, land disputes and the high frequency of natural disasters https://bit.ly/2Ib3nRi @UN_Pasifika #Vanuatu

12.01.2022 Latest Asia Pacific atrocity risk assessment and recommendations. Featured -West Papua: risk increases in Indonesia; ongoing concerns about PNG after recent killings; no progress in Myanmar; Risk remains high in Xinjiang. https://bit.ly/2q7aqVk #R2P

11.01.2022 Thanks to @APR2P PhD Candidate Richard Bell back from commanding 62 defence reservist in the Wollemi, Yango and Dharug National Parks during the recent NSW bush fires ... now back to his studies!! https://bit.ly/2S8HdDG

10.01.2022 Recent 6th annual Australia-China #R2P dialogue, focusing on lessons learned from atrocity prevention & the situation in Myanmar

10.01.2022 Today, on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, the APR2P Centre is pleased to launch its first report on the impact of climate change on the risk of atrocity crime. Climate change is set to be the defining issue of the century, with environmental, social, political and economic impacts around the world. Research by the Centre has found that climate change may amplify the risk of atrocity crime, in countries where underlying risk factors exist. Providing a broad analysis of the climate change atrocity crime nexus, the report also analyses the atrocity crime potential in Papua New Guinea and Fiji through a climate change lens. https://r2pasiapacific.org/climate-change-and-atrocity-prev

09.01.2022 Throughout November, the APR2P Centre is running training on hate speech and its role in inciting atrocity crimes like genocide. With expert trainers and guest speakers, this will be an excellent opportunity to better understand hate speech today and how it can be addressed. This course would be of benefit to university students, people working in human rights and related fields, NGO and government employees, and educators. Please see link to register.

09.01.2022 For recordings of the APPAP Working Group Gender and Atrocity Prevention Webinars "Intersecting Vulnerabilities, Converging Transformative Agency Women, Peace and Security in the Time of Covid-19". Session 1: youtube.com/watch?v=6--t_ybeSzs&t=38s Session 2: youtube.com/watch?v=kEoUVxKk5v8&t=1s

08.01.2022 What is the legal basis for claiming that #China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against the Uighurs in Xinjiang? Our new report examines available evidence and applies legal tests to determine whether Uighur & other Turkic Muslim minorities abuses by Chinese government constitute Crimes Against Humanity and acts of Genocide under international law. https://r2pasiapacific.org//applying_legal_tests_xinjiang_

08.01.2022 Greater gender equality promotes more peaceful, healthier, and more resilient domestic security environments. States with more gender equality are more stable. Read the policy brief from the event we co-hosted with Women in International Security Australia https://r2pasiapacific.org//WIIS-Policy-Brief-Feminist-For

06.01.2022 Please join our committed R2P student coalition for a panel session this Friday "The Future of R2P in a post COVID World " with a stellar panel Professor Alex_Bellamy, Dr SarahTeitt and Dr Kirril Shields for more information https://www.facebook.com/events/s/the-future-of-r2p-in-a-post-co/658122194736455/

05.01.2022 In the lead up to International Youth Day 2020 see how networks operate, the benefits of connecting and how young people can hone their networking skills in Atrocity Prevention https://youtu.be/4xk781bmAmM via @YouTube

05.01.2022 APR2P latest Regional Outlook for risk of Atrocity Crimes in the Asia Pacific region includes updates on; Myanmar, DPRK, The Philippines, PNG, Indonesia and West Papua and an update on Hate speech and SGBVhttps://r2pasiapacific.org/regional-outlooks-1

04.01.2022 APR2P join others to call for the UN to establish a Commission of Inquiry on the humans rights of the Uyghurs, a people subjected to crimes against humanity and facing a risk of genocide. Read Statement https://r2pasiapacific.org//2020_JointOpenLetter_Uyghur_Ge

04.01.2022 We are very pleased to host the AICHR representatives of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand in Australia this week for meetings and dialogue. Also preparing a joint project for the representatives on human rights and the prevention of atrocity crimes.

03.01.2022 Join our Youth Core Group on Atrocity Prevention who are co-hosting this webinar on issues of peace and security, such as disarmament, interreligious dialogue and atrocity prevention, on August 21 at 8 AM Eastern Standard Time. Join on the UN Major Group for Children and Youth Facebook Page On #IYD2020, @UNMGCY together with Religious Advocacy Initiative (RAI), Global Youth Caucus on SDG 16, Youth Core Group on Atrocity Prevention, Asian Youth Peace Network, Youth for Peace International and International Youth Centre-Malaysia, is organizing a webinar for International Youth Day 2020 on Youth Meaningful Engagement in Issues of Peace and Security on 21 August, 8 am (EST). #Youth4Peace #IYD2020 #InternationalYouthDay

03.01.2022 #Myanmar: 400+ armed clashes/attacks on civilians in under 4 months shows #MilitaryImpunity for #AtrocityCrimes threatens #Rohingya & other ethnic people. See #...ALTSEAN briefer in response to #Myanmar #Burma report on Provisional Measures to the International Court of Justice Briefer: https://tinyurl.com/yb6zfjyq Spreadsheet with details of each attack: https://tinyurl.com/yazmqe42 #Genocide #R2P

02.01.2022 APPAP urges the President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, not to sign the anti-terrorism bill into law, as it poses serious threats to human rights and could increase the risk of atrocity crimes. See APPAP Statement https://bit.ly/2YLsHqh

02.01.2022 Featured in this issue of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect June 2020 Regional Outlook : COVID crackdown in The Philippines New threats confronting Rohingya refugees Tensions remain high in West Papua COVID increases gender-based risks

01.01.2022 This #InternationalYouthDay, we are thrilled to launch the new website for Youth and Atrocity Prevention in the Asia Pacific! https://r2pasiapacific.org/Youth ...Learn about the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) youth forums and student coalitions, get involved, meet the Youth Core Group on Atrocity Prevention (YCGAP) Youth for Atrocity Prevention - Asia Pacific, and find resources on #AtrocityPrevention #R2P #youth #youth2250 #UNOY #2535 #YPS #Youth4Peace See more