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Museum Launches Ferencz International Justice Initiative to Promote Accountability
April 18, 2017
Museum leadership and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court joined renowned international justice leader Ben Ferencz to launch the Museum’s Ferencz International Justice Initiative.
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The 18th Anniversary of the Genocide at Srebrenica
July 11, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013 marks the 18-year anniversary of the fall of Srebrenica.
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Reflections on Rwanda and Cambodia
February 20, 2013
Determining what, exactly, motivated the mass killings under the Khmer Rouge government, from 1975-1979, and marked certain victims for death is an ongoing source of exploration among global human rights activists.
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Museum Honors Aung San Suu Kyi with Elie Wiesel Award
April 19, 2012
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum revoked Aung San Suu Kyi's Elie Wiesel Award on March 6, 2018. Read the Museum's letter to her about that decision. Learn more about the Museum's work on Burma.
On Wednesday evening, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum presented the Elie Wiesel Award to Aung San Suu Kyi at its annual National Tribute Dinner. Established in 2011, the award is named in honor of its inaugural recipient, Nobel Peace laureate and Museum Founding Chairman Elie Wiesel. It is given annually to an internationally prominent individual whose actions have advanced the Museum’s vision of a world where people confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity.
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Museum Launches “Mladic Files” Documenting War Crimes Trial of Ratko Mladic
October 26, 2011
The Museum has launched “The Mladic Files,” a multimedia website providing reporting and analysis of the upcoming trial of Ratko Mladic in The Hague.
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The 16th Anniversary of the Genocide at Srebrenica
July 11, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011 marks the sixteen-year anniversary of the fall of Srebrenica. During the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, Srebrenica was one of a few lone Bosniak holdouts in the east. Completely surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces, the town was declared a safe haven in 1993, to be protected and disarmed by United Nations soldiers.
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Museum Reacts to new UN Report on Congo
October 1, 2010
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum today reacted to the new United Nations report on human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the report outlines the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the DRC between 1993 and 2003 and offers a range of transitional justice options to deal with the legacy of the crimes.
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Looking Out for Continued Peace in Burundi’s Future
January 25, 2010
In a little over five months, on June 28, 2010, Burundi will vote in presidential elections that will test the strength and endurance of the nation's fledgling peace process. Unlike the 2005 election, this one will be a direct election by all voters, not by parliament. The elections come as a significant marker for this country that -- once known for violence -- now rarely reaches the headlines.
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Living on the Fringes: Roma in Europe Today
January 14, 2010
On Februrary 23, 2009, Robert Csorba and his four-year-old son Robert, Jr. were shot dead as they ran from their burning home that had been firebombed in Tatárszentgyörgy, Hungary. The attack became the latest in a series that involved Molotov cocktails to set ablaze houses that belonged to Romani families. According to Human Rights First, these attacks "reveal a widespread pattern of violence that is often directed both at causing immediate harm to Roma -- without distinction between adults, the elderly, and small children -- and physically eradicating the presence of Roma in towns and cities in several European countries."
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Newly Added Photographs Show the Realities of Violence in Darfur and Srebrenica
November 23, 2009
We've recently published two new online galleries focusing on Darfur, Sudan and Srebrenica, Bosnia. Although the photographs emphasize the realities of very different conflicts, they reveal common experiences of trauma, loss, and displacement in the aftermath of genocide.
