"Part of the problem of definition is political - powerful countries tend to be treated differently from weaker ones, and some governments avoid scrutiny altogether. People are also less likely to condemn an atrocity when it is carried out by members of one's own political party, and killings that take place over longer periods tend to generate fewer headlines. As experts on human rights and atrocity prevention,"
"We define such an atrocity as having occurred if the government, its agents or those acting on behalf of the government engage in widespread extrajudicial killings of civilians in a calendar year, and in conjunction with at least one widespread violation of a physical integrity right. Such violations could relate to the use of torture, political imprisonment or enforced disappearances against civilians."
Experts developed a systematic, transparent, and replicable method using annual human rights reports to identify yearly government-perpetrated serious human rights abuses. The method applies uniform rules to every country to assess whether governments committed a brutality-based atrocity. A brutality-based atrocity is defined as government, agent, or proxy engagement in widespread extrajudicial killings of civilians in a calendar year combined with at least one widespread physical-integrity violation such as torture, political imprisonment, or enforced disappearances. Forty years of data reveal patterns that can predict atrocity risk and aim to improve prevention.
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