Chaloka Beyani
UN Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention · Zambia / New York
Affiliated with UN Office on Genocide Prevention & R2P
UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide since August 2025; advises the Secretary-General on early warning and the Framework of Analysis.
Financing
personUN Secretariat salary and mandate-holder fees.
Appointed by the UN Secretary-General; former UN Special Rapporteur on internal displacement.
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Appointed by the Secretary-General, not elected by the public or a scholarly body. UN genocide-prevention advice is constrained by member-state politics; the Special Adviser does not adjudicate legal genocide claims.
Sets doctrinal early-warning frameworks; advisory only — no enforcement power.
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Sources & disclosures
- Office on Genocide Prevention — United Nations