«Civil Society Perspectives:
Building State Capacity to Prevent Atrocity Crimes»
Event Report

On 11 September 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) convened its 5th annual informal interactive dialogue on the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP, R2P) on the theme of the UN Secretary-General’s Report, “State Responsibility and Prevention”.  The dialogue served as an opportunity to advance the
General Assembly’s consideration of RtoP, specifically state capacity toprevent genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing.In preparation for the General Assembly interactive dialogue, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the International Coalition for the Responsibility to …