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Breaking the Cycle: From Re-membrance to Prevention

March 2,3, and 4, 2026
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5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60625

Conference Highlights

The Center for Genocide and Human Rights Research in Africa and the Diaspora will host its 12th annual conference at NEIU on March 2-4, 2026. It will focus on the link between the memory of past genocides and the prevention of future atrocities. How can the cycle of violence be broken, when the pain of the past can both inhibit the risk of political engagement and fuel the resentment of civil conflict? In June 2025, the United Nations celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its Responsibility to Protect, a mandate addressing the memory of international paralysis in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Yet this commitment has failed to stem the tide of civilian deaths on a global scale. According to the Secretary-General’s report, “The alarming increase in serious allegations of atrocity crimes points to a widespread deterioration in respect for international norms. Many States are rolling back fundamental freedoms and human rights. Repression and persecution are on the rise.” Indeed, few failures have more profoundly undermined the credibility of the multilateral system than its inability to prevent or put a stop to genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity.

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