Raphaël Lemkin Genocide Prevention Program

The Raphaël Lemkin Genocide Prevention Program is an institute for advanced research and practice committed to addressing the causes, consequences, and legacies of genocide, crimes against humanity, and mass violence. 

Housed in the Center for Peacemaking Practice, the Lemkin Program studies and applies conflict resolution and peacebuilding approaches to preventing and deescalating genocide. Our faculty, fellows, and students conduct cutting-edge, grant-funded research and practice projects on issues important to mass atrocity prevention and recovery efforts.

We help build grassroots networks across the world that are committed to ending genocide and mass atrocities. We promote genocide education. We conduct strategic trainings with state officials, with police, army, and other security forces, and with religious leaders, local university partners, civil society leaders, and community members. We support efforts for victims of genocide to gain recognition in the aftermaths of atrocities. We do this work around the entire world—including in the United States, where genocide has occurred and might occur again.