Strategy

United Nations Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide visits Yei, South Sudan. UN Photo/Isaac Billy

The Office has developed a Strategic Framework to implement the mandates of the two Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and on the Responsibility to Protect, with the overall objective of advancing national and international efforts to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, including their incitement.

Within this objective, the two main priorities are:

  1. Strengthened capacity of the United Nations to identify situations at risk of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity (atrocity crimes), take early action to prevent them, and improve protection of populations.
  2. Implementation of the responsibility to protect principle by Member States, regional organisations and civil society.