WHAT THE ROOMS WOULD DO
Each room judged its own actions against its own root causes, at three quarters of its own votes. Nothing here is a vote across rooms: it counts, cause by cause, what each room found. A room appears once its Actions stage has closed. Each number on the map marks a root cause that action reduces.
Reduced in 2 of 6 rooms:
Every state judges the case by what it costs them① A standing obligation to answer an early warning in writing, within days · Why do atrocities go unpunished?
② One coordinated testimony, shared, instead of eleven · Why do the people behind atrocities escape justice?
Reduced in 1 of 5 rooms:
Early warning systems produce reports nobody is obliged to answer③ Fund prevention as a line, not as a response · Why do atrocities go unpunished?
④ Protect the mandate of an organisation that speaks · Why do atrocities go unpunished?
Naming it triggers obligations, so it is not named③ Fund prevention as a line, not as a response · Why do atrocities go unpunished?
④ Protect the mandate of an organisation that speaks · Why do atrocities go unpunished?
So the organisation that knows most says least① A standing obligation to answer an early warning in writing, within days · Why do atrocities go unpunished?
③ Fund prevention as a line, not as a response · Why do atrocities go unpunished?
④ Protect the mandate of an organisation that speaks · Why do atrocities go unpunished?
Speaking publicly ends the access that lets us feed people① A standing obligation to answer an early warning in writing, within days · Why do atrocities go unpunished?
④ Protect the mandate of an organisation that speaks · Why do atrocities go unpunished?
Reduced in 1 of 1 room:
Coverage decides which crisis reaches a minister's desk⑤ Build and fund the options between a statement and troops · Why are mass crimes so rarely prosecuted?
⑥ A mechanism to lift sanctions when conditions are met · Why are mass crimes so rarely prosecuted?
Justice is offered as a substitute for protection⑦ Report back to every source what their evidence produced · Why do the people behind atrocities escape justice?
Nobody coordinated, so we relived it eleven times⑧ Fund local organisations directly, with the insurance barrier removed · Why do the people behind atrocities escape justice?
The alternative to doing nothing is presented as full-scale war⑨ A standing guarantor arrangement for ceasefires, agreed in advance · Why are mass crimes so rarely prosecuted?
⑥ A mechanism to lift sanctions when conditions are met · Why are mass crimes so rarely prosecuted?
We were warned to be careful because the diaspora is emotional⑦ Report back to every source what their evidence produced · Why do the people behind atrocities escape justice?
No room found an action that reduces these:
- Acting early is politically costly and acting late is not punished · judged in 6 rooms
- Officials are advised that a wrong word creates liability · judged in 1 room
- So the safest position is a principle nobody applies · judged in 1 room
- The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided · judged in 1 room