CGNK joins Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes network

The Steering Group of the Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes network has approved CGNK’s inclusion as a partner of the network. GAAMAC is an inclusive network created in 2013 by States, civil society organizations and academic institutions with the support of the United Nations. It works collaboratively to provide a platform for the prevention of atrocities (genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing). GAAMAC assists interested States in operationalizing the prevention of atrocities at the national level through information-sharing, enhancing links among and between States, civil society and academia, and peer-to-peer support. For more on GAAMAC’s mission, take a look at its Founding Document.

Since 2015, CGNK is presenting submissions for the Universal Periodic Reviews, a mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council that periodically examines the human rights performance of all 193 UN Member States. As part of its UPR work, CGNK does systematic submissions challenging all the countries that have not yet ratified the Convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of Genocide. The potential for collaborations with GAAMAC and the network’s organizations in this field will be progressively developed.