In December, the UN Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide launched a comprehensive training manual written by Mitchell Institute Visting Scholar, Dr James Waller.

The training manual was written to strengthen universal ratification and implementation of the Genocide Convention and contributes as a tool for advancing the understanding of the Convention as well as providing practical support, recommendation, and case practice of its implementation.  The focus of the training manual is a practical rather than theoretical approach, including examples and case studies from different countries regarding

(a) practical steps to ratify or accede to the Convention, and

(b) implementation of national legislation or other measures to give effect to the obligations of the Convention.

The training manual can be downloaded here.

 

James Waller, is the inaugural Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice and director of the Dodd Human Rights Impact Programs for the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut.

James’ fieldwork includes research in Germany, Israel, Northern Ireland, the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Guatemala.