Title: Genocide prevention - Wikipedia
Headings: Genocide prevention
Genocide prevention
Contents
The psychological basis of genocide
Social psychological factors
Risk factors for genocide
Early warning signs of genocide
The role of the United Nations
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
International criminal tribunals
The Responsibility to Protect
Criticisms of the United Nations on genocide prevention and intervention
Types of prevention
Upstream prevention
Mid-Stream prevention
Downstream prevention
Genocide prevention and public health
Ongoing prevention efforts
Genocide Watch
The Alliance Against Genocide
United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect
Early warning project
Genocide task force
References
External links

Content: It is particularly relevant to understand the link between prejudice and violence, as prejudice is often one of the first starting points in the formation of genocidal behavior. The scapegoat theory (or practice of Scapegoating) helps to explain the relationship, as it posits that people have a tendency to lash out on out-groups when they are frustrated, for example in times of political or economic crisis. Risk factors for genocide
Main article: Risk factors for genocide
There are a variety of political and cultural factors that make states more at risk for movement down a path of mass violence, and an understanding and recognition of the existence of those factors can be crucial in genocide prevention efforts. While studies in this area find varying degrees of risk for each particular factor, there is widespread consensus on which kinds of environments present the greatest risk for the occurrence of genocide. First, certain situational factors like destabilizing crises and political upheaval make countries more vulnerable to genocide. Forms of political upheaval include civil wars, assassinations, revolutions, coups, defeat in international war, anticolonial rebellions, or any sort of upheaval that results in unconventional regime change or in elites with extremist ideologies coming to power. Almost all genocides of the past half-century have occurred either during or in the immediate aftermath of one of these types of political upheaval. Additionally, the potential for genocidal violence increases when multiple forms of crisis, upheaval, or destabilization occur simultaneously, or when the effects of past crises remain unresolved. Political upheaval is particularly dangerous when a repressive leader is able to come to power.