THE QUESTION
Why do atrocities go unpunished?
The root causes, deepest first. Disagreements stay on the map.
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Every group built its own map from its own wall; these are folded into one. The same claim raised in two groups is one item, and each connection shows how many groups found it. Where groups found opposite things, that is published as a conflict.
1 link found by several rooms · 0 contested · 39 links in all.
found by two or more independent rooms one room another room agrees in its own words, or by a path only rooms that do not count a dispute between rooms
THE ROOMS IN THIS MAP
Why do atrocities go unpunished?
demo · stands 1 vouch from its source, trusted steward _849bc4bfa2
⚠ demo · up to 38 cards word for word the same as in 6 other rooms here
⚠ demo · votes unusually like 4 other rooms here: agreement up to 1.0 beyond chance on 152 shared pairs, where 0.3 is typical here
counts its verdicts weigh on this map — vouched for by the steward of “Why are mass crimes so rarely prosecuted?”
Why do the people behind atrocities escape justice?
⚠ demo · up to 4 cards word for word the same as in 6 other rooms here
counts its verdicts weigh on this map — steward trusted by this instance
Why are mass crimes so rarely prosecuted?
⚠ demo · up to 4 cards word for word the same as in 6 other rooms here
counts its verdicts weigh on this map — steward trusted by this instance
Why do atrocities go unpunished?
demo · stands 2 vouches from its source, trusted steward _849bc4bfa2
⚠ demo · opened when its steward’s account was 0 days old
⚠ demo · opened within hours of 3 other rooms here whose stewards’ accounts were also new at the time
⚠ demo · up to 38 cards word for word the same as in 6 other rooms here
⚠ demo · votes unusually like 4 other rooms here: agreement up to 1.0 beyond chance on 152 shared pairs, where 0.3 is typical here
counts its verdicts weigh on this map — vouched for by the steward of “Why do atrocities go unpunished?”
Why do atrocities go unpunished?
demo · stands 3 vouches from its source, trusted steward _849bc4bfa2
⚠ demo · opened when its steward’s account was 0 days old
⚠ demo · opened within hours of 3 other rooms here whose stewards’ accounts were also new at the time
⚠ demo · up to 38 cards word for word the same as in 6 other rooms here
⚠ demo · votes unusually like 4 other rooms here: agreement up to 1.0 beyond chance on 152 shared pairs, where 0.3 is typical here
counts its verdicts weigh on this map — vouched for by the steward of “Why do atrocities go unpunished?”
Why do atrocities go unpunished?
⚠ demo · opened when its steward’s account was 0 days old
⚠ demo · opened within hours of 3 other rooms here whose stewards’ accounts were also new at the time
⚠ demo · up to 38 cards word for word the same as in 6 other rooms here
⚠ demo · votes unusually like 4 other rooms here: agreement up to 1.0 beyond chance on 170 shared pairs, where 0.3 is typical here
shown, not counted its links are drawn dotted grey and are never a verdict — unverified: no verified organisation, no trusted steward, no vouch from a standing room within reach
Why do atrocities go unpunished?
⚠ demo · opened when its steward’s account was 0 days old
⚠ demo · opened within hours of 3 other rooms here whose stewards’ accounts were also new at the time
⚠ demo · up to 38 cards word for word the same as in 6 other rooms here
⚠ demo · votes unusually like 4 other rooms here: agreement up to 1.0 beyond chance on 170 shared pairs, where 0.3 is typical here
shown, not counted its links are drawn dotted grey and are never a verdict — unverified: no verified organisation, no trusted steward, no vouch from a standing room within reach
A room counts once someone accountable stands behind it. ● settled before any map was public; ○ after.
As a list — 39 links, graded by how many rooms found each; and 37 claims raised in more than one room
RAISED IN MORE THAN ONE ROOM
◆ Every state judges the case by what it costs them 7 rooms
◆ Warnings were clear months before anyone acted 7 rooms
◆ The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided 7 rooms
◆ Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished 7 rooms
◆ Arms sales and atrocity policy sit in different ministries 5 rooms
◆ The same states arming a party also vote on protecting its victims 5 rooms
◆ Survivors testify repeatedly and are helped by none of it 5 rooms
◆ By the time it is a briefing it is a statistic 5 rooms
◆ Our funding depends on the emergency continuing 5 rooms
◆ Justice arrives after the society that needed it has gone 5 rooms
◆ Local staff take the risk and international staff hold the mandate 5 rooms
◆ Peacekeepers are deployed with mandates that forbid what is needed 5 rooms
EVERY LINK · solid and thicker: found by more rooms · dashed grey: one room
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished → Warnings were clear months before anyone acted 2 rooms
A minister will not spend capital on a country with no domestic consti → Sanctions are slow, blunt, and hurt the wrong people first 1 room
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished → Being from here is treated as a conflict of interest 1 room
Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished → Every proposal is heard as the beginning of an occupation 1 room
Balance is a property of coverage, not of what happened → We are asked to testify for a court and not asked what would have stop 1 room
Being from here is treated as a conflict of interest → Our own organisations are told they lack capacity 1 room
Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk → Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible 1 room
Domestic politics decides which suffering is legible → An ambassador's career is not made by being early 1 room
Early warning systems produce reports nobody is obliged to answer → Warnings were clear months before anyone acted 1 room
Every state judges the case by what it costs them → So the organisation that knows most says least 1 room
Every state judges the case by what it costs them → The people who decide have never met anyone from there 1 room
Every state judges the case by what it costs them → Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished 1 room
Justice is offered as a substitute for protection → Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished 1 room
Naming it triggers obligations, so it is not named → Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished 1 room
Nobody coordinated, so we relived it eleven times → The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided 1 room
Nobody coordinated, so we relived it eleven times → Being from here is treated as a conflict of interest 1 room
Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion → Every state judges the case by what it costs them 1 room
Nobody was ever sacked for caution → The tools between words and troops were never built 1 room
Nobody was ever sacked for caution → An ambassador's career is not made by being early 1 room
Nobody was ever sacked for caution → Reform of the veto requires the consent of those who hold it 1 room
Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability → So the safest position is a principle nobody applies 1 room
Our own organisations are told they lack capacity → Nobody came back to tell us what happened to what we sent 1 room
So the organisation that knows most says least → Every state judges the case by what it costs them 1 room
So the organisation that knows most says least → Warnings were clear months before anyone acted 1 room
So the organisation that knows most says least → Each summary removes the part that would require action 1 room
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies → Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion 1 room
So the safest position is a principle nobody applies → By the time it is publishable it is history 1 room
Speaking publicly ends the access that lets us feed people → Evidence is gathered for a trial that may happen in fifteen years 1 room
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war → Nobody offers the option between a statement and an invasion 1 room
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war → Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability 1 room
The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided → Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished 1 room
The people who decide have never met anyone from there → Balance is a property of coverage, not of what happened 1 room
The report was published in a language we do not read → Nobody came back to tell us what happened to what we sent 1 room
The same states arming a party also vote on protecting its victims → So warnings are hedged until they are unarguable, which is too late 1 room
We are asked to testify for a court and not asked what would have stop → A generation grows up in a place designed for six months 1 room
We were warned to be careful because the diaspora is emotional → Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished 1 room
We were warned to be careful because the diaspora is emotional → Being from here is treated as a conflict of interest 1 room
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin → By the time it is publishable it is history 1 room
What we know we cannot say and what we can say is thin → Every state judges the case by what it costs them 1 room
Connections several groups found (1 of 39)
| Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished | → | Warnings were clear months before anyone acted | 2 groups |