Early warning, which is carried out currently by the NGOs, the media, the UN, civil society, even by states themselves.
Then, institutional or capacity building. Here we don't talk only about mass atrocity and genocide-prevention capacity building, but also making institutions stronger in different countries in delivering the social functions that they serve.
Then, reducing economic inequalities. Unfortunately, economic inequalities are still very often one of the structural sources for conflict that leads to mass atrocity. That is a very important part of the toolbox.
Security sector reform, how to empower those who are supposed to protect to actually carry out their function.
Strengthening local protection of disadvantaged groups and their members. Here again, we are looking at a wide range, going from legal ways of doing this to the actual application of the legal instruments we have.
Fostering inclusive governance, making sure that everybody has access to decision making and to the carrying out of those decisions, every sector of society.
At AIPR we also add to these usually transitional justice, because many times the source of future mass atrocities is, unfortunately, the legacy of the previous atrocity;
And weapons control, for a very obvious reason. Weapons are very often used to carry out mass atrocities.
