International Association of Genocide Scholars

The International Association of Genocide Scholars is a global, interdisciplinary, non-partisan organization that seeks to further research and teaching about the nature, causes, and consequences of genocide, and advance policy studies on prevention of genocide. The Association, founded in 1994 (First President - Helen Fein ), meets to consider comparative research, important new work, case studies, the links between genocide and other human rights violations, and prevention and punishment of genocide. A central aim of the Association is to draw academics, activists, artists, genocide survivors, journalists, jurists, public policy makers, and other colleagues into the interdisciplinary study of genocide, with the goal of prevention. Membership is open to interested persons worldwide. Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal (GSP) is the official journal of the International Association of Genocide Scholars and is published by the University of Toronto Press through a partnership of the IAGS and the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. The conference was hosted by the University of Sarajevo's Institute for Research into Crimes against Humanity and International Law . In 1997 the IAGS unanimously passed a formal resolution affirming the Armenian Genocide . In December 2007 the organization passed another resolution reaffirming the Armenian Genocide and officially recognizing both the Greek Genocide and the Assyrian Genocide : the IAGS ... recognizes the genocides inflicted on Assyrian and Greek populations of the Ottoman Empire between 1914 and 1923 .

Genocide Scholars-IAGS Visitors Walk Past Memorial Sign - pt [ Olimpo Detention and Torture Center ] - Buenos Aires - Argentina The International Association of Genocide Scholars is an international non-partisan organization that seeks to further research and teaching about the nature, causes, and consequences of genocide , and to advance policy studies on the prevention of genocide. The association, founded in 1994 by Israel Charny , Helen Fein (its first president), Robert Melson , and Roger Smith, meets to consider comparative research, recent works, case studies, the links between genocide and other human rights violations, and prevention and punishment of genocide, information which is published in the official journal of the association. A central aim of the association is to draw academics, activists, artists, genocide survivors, journalists, jurists, and public policy makers into the study of genocide, with prevention as the end goal. Membership is open to interested persons worldwide. In 1997 the association unanimously passed a formal resolution affirming the Armenian Genocide , and also sent an open letter to the Prime Minister of Turkey . In December 2007 the organization passed another resolution reaffirming the Armenian Genocide and officially recognizing both the Greek and Assyrian Genocides . The official peer-reviewed academic journal of the association is called Genocide Studies and Prevention . Encyclopedia of Human Rights . The Prevention and Intervention of Genocide: An Annotated Bibliography . A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporary Genocide . Genocide: A Reference Handbook . Essays on Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention . International Association of Genocide Scholars .

International non-partisan organization International Association of Genocide Scholars logo The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) is an international non-partisan organization that seeks to further research and teaching about the nature, causes, and consequences of genocide , including the Armenian genocide , the Holocaust , the genocides in Cambodia , Rwanda , Burundi , Bosnia-Herzogovina , Bangladesh , Sudan , and other nations. The IAGS also advances policy studies on the prevention of genocide. The association's members consider comparative research, case studies, links between genocide and other human rights violations, predictive models for prevention of genocide, and tribunals and courts for the punishment of genocide. The organization's membership includes academics, anti-genocide activists, artists, genocide survivors, journalists, jurists, and public policy makers. Membership is open to interested persons worldwide. The association has passed formal resolutions recognizing the Armenian genocide, the Greek and Assyrian genocides , and genocides in Darfur , Zimbabwe , Iran , by ISIS in Syria and Iraq, and the Rohingya genocide . Genocide Scholars-IAGS Visitors Walk Past Memorial Sign – Olimpo Detention and Torture Center , Buenos Aires, Argentina The official peer-reviewed academic journal of the association is called Genocide Studies and Prevention . Encyclopedia of Human Rights . The Prevention and Intervention of Genocide: An Annotated Bibliography . A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporary Genocide . Genocide: A Reference Handbook . Essays on Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention . International Association of Genocide Scholars .

International non-partisan organization The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) is an international non-partisan organization that seeks to further research and teaching about the nature, causes, and consequences of genocide , including the Armenian genocide , the Holocaust , the genocides in Cambodia , Rwanda , Burundi , Bosnia-Herzogovina , Bangladesh , Sudan , and other nations. The IAGS also advances policy studies on the prevention of genocide . The association's members consider comparative research , case studies , links between genocide and other human rights violations, predictive models for prevention of genocide, and tribunals and courts for the punishment of genocide. The organization's membership includes academics, anti-genocide activists, artists, genocide survivors, journalists, jurists, and public policy makers. Membership is open to interested persons worldwide. The official peer-reviewed academic journal of the association is called Genocide Studies and Prevention . With more than 500 members, the IAGS is the leading and largest organization of scholars studying genocide and crimes against humanity. Encyclopedia of Human Rights . The Prevention and Intervention of Genocide: An Annotated Bibliography . A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporary Genocide . Genocide: A Reference Handbook . "Genocide Museum | The Armenian Genocide Museum-institute" . genocide-museum.am . Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide (1 ed.).