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Why do atrocities go unpunished?

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structuresobstacles
opened08 Sep 2026
who answered30 people in 2 group(s) · participant: 30
wrote blindnot recorded
claims37 written, 20 structured
links certified10
rooms on this question7 · counts toward the shared map
decided at75% of the votes cast
sealedyes, members forgotten
What it rests on
  • Every state judges the case by what it costs them
  • So the organisation that knows most says least
  • Naming it triggers obligations, so it is not named
  • Early warning systems produce reports nobody is obliged to answer
  • Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished
  • Speaking publicly ends the access that lets us feed people
What it could not settle
Published as contested, never recorded as a no.
  • none: every pair the room reached was settled
What was predicted to follow
Written after the map settled. Nobody voted on it.
  • Protect the mandate of an organisation that speaks — expected: more warnings get a written answer once answering is somebody's duty — due 24 Mar 2027

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