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Elisa von Joeden-Forgey

Lemkin Institute co-founder · United States

Affiliated with Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention

Advocacy NGO

Co-founder and Executive Director of the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention.

Funding & financing

Donations and volunteer labor; no UN or state mandate.

Affiliations

Lemkin Institute leadership; genocide-studies scholar.

Disclosures & conflicts

Volunteer-led NGO without peer-review gatekeeping for alerts. Institute independence statement rejects state funding; alerts on Gaza and other cases are explicitly advocacy positions.

Credibility & caveats

Issues active-genocide alerts — advocacy framing, contested by some governments.

Cases in this record

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Sources & disclosures