International Association of Genocide Scholars


The International Association of Genocide Scholars is an international non-partisan organization that seeks to further research and teaching about the nature, causes, and consequences of genocide, including the Holocaust, and to advance policy studies on the prevention of genocide. The association, founded in 1994 by Israel Charny, Helen Fein, Robert Melson, and Roger Smith, meets to consider comparative research, recent works, case studies, the links between genocide and other human rights violations, and prevention and punishment of genocide, information which is published in the official journal of the association. A central aim of the association is to draw academics, activists, artists, genocide survivors, journalists, jurists, and public policy makers into the study of genocide, with prevention as the end goal. Membership is open to interested persons worldwide.
In 1997, the association unanimously passed a formal resolution affirming the Armenian Genocide, and also sent an open letter to the Prime Minister of Turkey. In December 2007 the organization passed another resolution reaffirming the Armenian Genocide and officially recognizing both the Greek and Assyrian Genocides.
The official peer-reviewed academic journal of the association is called Genocide Studies and Prevention.

Presidents

The following persons are or have been president of the association::