The Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018, also known as the Elie Wiesel Act, GAPA or EWGAPA (), is part of the

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, being S.1158 in the Senate and HR.3030 in the House. It was introduced in June 2017 and passed on December 21st 2018 According to the

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, this law directs the

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to provide additional training for

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assigned to a country experiencing or at risk of mass atrocities, such as

genocide Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Latin ...

or war crimes. The training shall include instruction on recognizing patterns of escalation and early signs of potential atrocities, and methods of preventing and responding to atrocities. The

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shall report annually to

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on U.S. efforts to prevent mass atrocities.

References

{{reflist Acts of the 115th United States Congress Genocide prevention