MCLOUGHIN Stephen

The Evolution of Mass Atrocity Early Warning in the UN Secretariat: Fit for Purpose?/ Stephen McLoughin, Jess Gifkins, Alex J. Bellamy - 2023

The international community did not respond in a timely manner in the Rwandan genocide crisis. The UN has since then enhanced its capacity for early warning as well as refining risk analysis. This article analyse the evolution of early warning and the response or lack of in the escalating violence in Rwanda, Darfur, Cote d'Ivoire and Ethiopia. Despite improvements, failure to respond is more due to lack of political will.


EARLY WARNING
MASS ATROCITIES
PREVENTION
UNITED NATIONS
UN SECRETARIAT