{"id":15441,"date":"2019-01-14T10:50:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T10:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=15441"},"modified":"2019-01-14T10:50:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T10:50:49","slug":"elie-wiesel-genocide-and-atrocities-prevention-act-signed-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=15441","title":{"rendered":"Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act Signed Into  Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8212; Bipartisan Measure Directs the State Department\u00a0 to Provide Training to Foreign Service Officers on Preventing and Responding to Genocide and Other Atrocities<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013<\/strong> Earlier today, President Donald Trump signed the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, a ground-breaking genocide prevention law, overwhelmingly adopted by the Senate and House, which codifies earlier measures, including those implemented by the Obama Administration, and puts in place a set of clear policies and processes to prevent new atrocities.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cThe ANCA welcomes the President\u2019s signature on the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, and thanks all the legislators who spearheaded and supported this landmark bipartisan genocide prevention measure,\u201d said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. \u201cAs Armenian Americans \u2013 descendants of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide \u2013 we are particularly gratified to see a measure signed into law that speaks to transitional justice, criminal accountability, and the moral imperative to apply the lessons of past genocides in seeking to prevent new atrocities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The genocide prevention measure was spearheaded by Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Todd Young (R-IN), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) in the Senate and by Representatives Ann Wagner (R-MO) and Joe Crowley (D-NY) in the House during the previous Congress and received broad bipartisan support.\u00a0 It enjoyed broad-based support from genocide and atrocities prevention organizations with the Friends Committee on National Legislation at the forefront along with over 70 grassroots groups, including the ANCA and In Defense of Christians.<\/p>\n<p>The law states that U.S. must regard the prevention of genocide and other atrocity crimes as a core national security interest and moral responsibility. To that end, it calls for the creation of a task force to strengthen State Department efforts and assist other agency efforts at atrocity prevention and response.\u00a0 The law also calls for the training of Foreign Service Officers \u201con recognizing patterns of escalation and early warning signs of potential atrocities, and methods of preventing and responding to atrocities, including conflict assessment methods, peacebuilding, mediation for prevention, early action and response, and appropriate transitional justice measures to address atrocities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of the new provision, the President is required to transmit a report to Senate and House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Appropriations, offering a review of countries and regions at risk of atrocity crimes, the most likely pathways to violence, specific risk factors, potential perpetrators, and at-risk target groups.<\/p>\n<p>The law also calls on the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development to support programs and activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen foreign challenges and complex crises overseas, including potential atrocity crimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; Bipartisan Measure Directs the State Department\u00a0 to Provide Training to Foreign Service Officers on Preventing and Responding to Genocide and Other Atrocities WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Earlier today, President Donald Trump signed the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, a ground-breaking genocide prevention law, overwhelmingly adopted by the Senate and House, which codifies earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-15441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anca"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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