Early warning project
Early warning system for mass atrocities
The Early Warning Project uses a wide range of data to identify countries at risk of new mass atrocities. Our model focuses solely on cases of state-led violence, meaning a government acting against its own people. Our rankings are not designed to pinpoint threats from one country against another.
The goal of this project is to help change that. While our system highlights and analyzes those cases where mass atrocities are currently ongoing in Syria, Sudan, South Sudan, North Korea, Central African Republic, Libya, Nigeria, and Congo, the important gap we seek to fill is to shine a light and spark discussion on those cases where mass atrocities have not started but where risks are detected. We seek to do so by building, running and constantly improving on a first-of-its-kind public early warning system for mass atrocities.
