2024 PPWG Assessment of USG Atrocity Prevention Efforts

The Prevention and Protection Working Group (PPWG) at the Alliance for Peacebuilding convened extensive consultations to compose the following assessment of and recommendations for the report to Congress of the U.S. Government’s (USG) atrocity anticipation, prevention, and response activities in 2023-2024, as required by Section 5 of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act (EWGAPA). This assessment also addresses the implementation of the 2022 United States Strategy to Anticipate, Prevent, and Respond to Atrocities (SAPRA) and the use of the 2021 Atrocity Risk Assessment Framework (ARAF). The purpose of this assessment is to assist the USG in strengthening its reporting and improving the efficacy of anticipating, preventing, and responding to atrocities by identifying and analyzing trends, gaps, and opportunities to enhance measurement and demonstrate impact.

Policy and Advocacy, Policy ActionAfP AdminOctober 15, 2024Afghanistan, AfP, Policy Brief

The Alliance for Peacebuilding’s Statement on the First Anniversary of October 7th

Policy Action, Press ReleaseAfP AdminOctober 7, 2024AfP, 2024

Marking 3 Years of Taliban Oppression: Statement from the U.S. Policy Advocates for Afghan Women and Girls

Three years have passed since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. Since then, the situation for the people of Afghanistan has grown increasingly grave. The Taliban regime has created humanitarian, political, social, and economic disasters. These have directly affected the day-to-day lives of Afghans and caused mass displacement. Women and girls are particularly and disproportionately impacted. The Taliban has dispossessed them of their human rights. Afghanistan is indeed the most serious and severe women’s rights catastrophe in the world. Yet, the international community’s response has been tepid at best and conciliatory at worst. The international community must do more to stand with Afghan women as they struggle to restore their human rights. The U.S. in particular needs to demonstrate solidarity with the Afghan people who are suffering under the Taliban regime and continue to call out the systematic oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan.

Policy and Advocacy, Press ReleaseRachel LevineAugust 19, 2024Policy Brief, AfP, Afghanistan

The Alliance for Peacebuilding Condemns the Political Violence and Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump, Calls for a Comprehensive Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Plan in the U.S.

Policy Action, Press ReleaseNick ZuroskiJuly 14, 2024AfP, 2024

AfP's Call to Action: Israel-Palestine

The Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP), a nonpartisan global peacebuilding network of 220+ organizational members operating in 181 countries working to end violent conflict and build sustainable peace, stands for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza by all parties to the conflict, the release of all hostages, urgent humanitarian access to deliver much-needed assistance, adherence to international humanitarian law, and the end of increasing settler violence in the West Bank. We also call for preventing and reducing the threat of rising antisemitism and Islamophobia in the United States and globally, as well as nonviolent negotiation and protection of civic spaces in response to campus protests. Most importantly, AfP calls for the status quo no more—we must all demand that all parties to the conflict and the international community work toward an inclusive political solution that allows all people in the region to live in dignity and safety.

The publications and tools compiled below are critical resources that can help the public, the peacebuilding community, the private sector, policymakers, universities, and beyond address the conflict and reduce and prevent increasing violence globally. If you have an item to include, please contact Nick Zuroski.

Policy and Advocacy, Policy ActionNick ZuroskiJuly 3, 2024AfP, Policy Brief

The Alliance for Peacebuilding Calls on American University and College Administrators to Refrain from Violence and Protect Civic Spaces and Rights In Response to Widespread Campus Protests

Policy Action, Press ReleaseNick ZuroskiMay 3, 2024AfP, 2024

The GFA Coalition Welcomes the Public Release of the 10-Year GFA Plans

Policy Action, Press ReleaseNick ZuroskiMarch 26, 2024AfP, 2024

Our Clarifying Moment: A Global Call to Action

The Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP), the leading nonpartisan global peacebuilding network of 200+ members operating in 181 countries working to end violent conflict and build sustainable peace, urges the international community to seize this clarifying moment surrounding the conflict in Ukraine to reimagine our approach to ending violent conflict and building peace in Ukraine and around the world.

The resounding condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine provides a momentous opportunity for global unity and once again demonstrates the need for a fundamental change to foreign policy—one that pivots toward conflict prevention and peacebuilding in international development assistance, security, and diplomacy. Donors, governments, civil society, and individuals are vital to this global movement and all citizens and sectors can be advocates for a more peaceful world. With a unified voice, we must call for de-escalation, an immediate cessation of hostilities, continued, inclusive diplomacy, unimpeded humanitarian and peacebuilding assistance, and, most importantly, support for and protection of the Ukrainian people.

Policy and Advocacy, Policy ActionNick ZuroskiFebruary 29, 2024AfP, Policy Brief