Public outreach:1. Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities: International Law and the Responsibility to ProtectOn 13 January Dr. Simon Adams spoke on a panel entitled “Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities: International Law and the Responsibility to Protect” hosted by the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation and the New York City Bar Association. The panel also included the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng. The main focus of this event was to discuss challenges in preventing mass atrocities within the existing international legal framework. 2. Parliamentarians’ Dialogue on Pillar II of the Responsibility to ProtectOn 11 December the Global Centre’s Director of Programs, Ms. Savita Pawnday, participated in a roundtable panel discussion on Pillar II of the Responsibility to Protect along with parliamentarians from Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Paraguay and Tanzania. The event was jointly organized by the UN Office on Genocide Prevention and R2P, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation, The Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation and the Stanley Foundation. 3. Focal Points Meeting of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity PreventionMs. Nadira Khudayberdieva represented the Global Centre at the Focal Points Meeting of the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention held in Panama City, Panama on 4 December. The meeting was organized by the Ombudsman’s Office of Panama, together with the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation and the Stanley Foundation. 4. Briefing incoming UN Security Council members on R2POn 12 November Dr. Adams briefed incoming UN Security Council members on the Responsibility to Protect, during the Orientation Course on the Security Council for new Members of the Council, organized by the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Hon. Gareth Evans, the co-chair of the Global Centre's International Advisory Board, delivered a keynote address entitled, "Five Challenges for the UN Security Council." 5. Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights PolicyOn 6 November Dr. Adams delivered a talk at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, focusing on the role of the UN system as well as the role of the United States government and the Atrocity Prevention Board in the prevention of mass atrocities worldwide. The interview can be accessed here. 6. Briefing Parliamentarians on the Responsibility to ProtectIn November and December Dr. Adams, Mr. Ryan D’Souza and Mr. Evan Cinq-Mars briefed visiting parliamentary delegations from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, the Netherlands and Norway on R2P and mass atrocity prevention. 7. The Hague Institute Conference: The Responsibility to Protect and the Prevention of Mass AtrocitiesDr. Adams spoke at a conference on “The Responsibility to Protect and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities” organized by The Hague Institute for Global Justice on 22 October. Dr. Adams was also interviewed on R2P, Syria and reform of the UN Security Council during the conference. The interview can be accessed here. 8. R2P Focal Points LuncheonOn 26 September the Global Centre co-hosted a working luncheon, alongside the government of Denmark, on the margins of the opening of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly. The luncheon brought together R2P Focal Points from 17 different countries who were visiting New York. Delegates included Directors of Multilateral Affairs and other senior officials from capitals around the world. | 
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