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Early-warning & advocacy NGO · USA · est. 1999 (Gregory Stanton)

Advocacy NGO

Originator of the widely-taught 'Ten Stages of Genocide' model; issues country stage rankings and genocide alerts; coordinates the Alliance Against Genocide.

Financing

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Money source

A small NGO reliant on private donations, with limited public financial disclosure.

Institutional alignment

Founder-led by Gregory Stanton (a former US State Department official). States that it is non-partisan.

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Credibility & caveats

Its Ten Stages model is influential as a teaching/heuristic tool. However, its country stage rankings have been criticized (e.g., by Africa Check) as methodologically opaque and analyst-driven rather than replicable — best treated as advocacy, not data.

Membership & leadership

A small founder-led NGO with no formal membership roster or elections. Gregory Stanton has served as founder-president. Country stage rankings and alerts are issued by the organization's analysts, not by a vote of members. The Alliance Against Genocide is a separate coalition of partner NGOs — not a dues-paying electorate.

Leadership & members

  • Gregory H. StantonFounder & President; author of the Ten Stages
  • Alliance Against Genocidecoalition of 50+ partner organizations it coordinates

Named individuals reflect leadership at the time of writing; linked names have individual profiles in this record. See membership & leadership above for how they are selected.

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How this source is used

This profile is used to weigh publishers, investigators, officials, or source material cited inside case evidence. It may not itself issue a genocide determination for a case. See the methodology for the source-weighting rules.

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