Conference: Early Warning for Protection: Tech & Practice for Prevention of Mass Atrocities

[Patrick Meier]

FYI - highly recommended, ver refreshing to finally see an explicit interest in connecting conflict early warning with civilian protection.

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Phoebe Wynn-Pope <p.wyn...@bigpond.com> wrote:

Subject: Upcoming Event: Early Warning for Protection Conference

Dear all,
 
Please distribute the below to your relevant networks – Please see Conference Website at

http://www.oxfam.org.au/act/events/early-warning-for-protection#background            


After hosting a successful workshop on NGOs and the Prevention of Mass Atrocity Crimes in November 2009, Oxfam Australia is now hosting a 2 day, Asia-Pacific Conference on the 3rd and 4th November 2010, entitled ‘Early Warning for Protection: Technologies and practise for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes’ . This conference will explore how private, public and civil-society institutions can harness early warning technologies and mechanisms to contribute to the prevention of mass atrocity crimes.

 
To register an expression of interest, please visit our Conference Website.

http://www.oxfam.org.au/act/events/early-warning-for-protection#background

Early Warning for Protection
Technologies and practise for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes
An Asia Pacific Regional Conference to be held in Bangkok, Jakarta or Manila
3- 4 November, 2010


The Early Warning for Protection conference will explore a number of issues.

• What is the role of new technologies in conflict early warning and how do they interact with more traditional monitoring systems?
• How can we harness, coordinate, and utilise the sometimes overwhelming amount of information available?   
• What systems and mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure effective early-warning is given?
• How does the humanitarian sector work effectively with communities at risk once early-warning has been sounded?
• How can a change in attitude and behaviour at a policy level be brought about in a way that forestalls a descent to violence?
  

 

The conference will bring together both technology and early-warning specialists, and members of the international humanitarian community concerned with the protection of vulnerable populations and the prevention of mass atrocity crimes.  These will include specialists from the UN and regional organisations, non-government organisations, scholars, government representatives and affected communities.

The conference falls within the context of the international community’s Responsibility to Protect  <http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/> , which is the new international norm developed to protect vulnerable populations from genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing.