The ICD Initiative On The Genocide Convention
In 2010, Janez Janša, the prime minister of Slovenia in collaboration with the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, a non-governmental organisation based in Berlin, initiated “The Initiative on the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide". This initiative or "model convention" focuses on achieving a fast-track, concrete legal resolution to halting current instances of genocide taking place in conflict zones across the world. The dominant feature of this initiative is the incorporation of the "Responsibility to Protect" into the Convention, with the primary aim of preventing mass civilian casualties. This initiative has not yet been successful in amending the Genocide Convention.
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