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(h)
Politicization of past grievances, tensions or impunity;
(i)
Social trauma caused by past incidents of violence not adequately addressed
and that produced feelings of loss, displacement, injustice and a possible desire for revenge.
Risk factor 5. Capacity to commit atrocity crimes
(a)
Availability of personnel and of arms and ammunition, or of the financial
resources, public or private, for their procurement;
(b)
Capacity to transport and deploy personnel and to transport and distribute arms
and ammunition;
(c)
Capacity to encourage or recruit large numbers of supporters from populations
or groups, and availability of the means to mobilize them;
(d)
Strong culture of obedience to authority and group conformity;
(e)
Presence of or links with other armed forces or with non-State armed groups;
(f)
Presence of commercial actors or companies that can serve as enablers by
providing goods, services, or other forms of practical or technical support that help to sustain
perpetrators;
(g)
Financial, political or other support of influential or wealthy national actors;
(h)
Armed, financial, logistic, training or other support of external actors,
including States, international or regional organizations, private companies, or others.
Risk factor 6. Absence of mitigating factors
(a)
Limited or lack of empowerment processes, resources, allies or other elements
that could contribute to the ability of protected groups, populations or individuals to protect
themselves;
(b)
Lack of a strong, organized and representative national civil society and of a
free, diverse and independent national media;
(c)
Lack of interest and focus of international civil society actors or of access to
international media;
(d)
Lack of, or limited presence of, the United Nations, international nongovernmental organizations or other international or regional actors in the country and with
access to populations;
(e)
Lack of membership and effective participation of the State in international or
regional organizations that establish mandatory membership obligations;
(f)
Lack of exposure, openness or establishment of political or economic relations
with other States or organizations;
(g)
Limited cooperation of the State with international and regional human rights
mechanisms;
(h)
Lack of incentives or willingness of parties to a conflict to engage in dialogue,
make concessions and receive support from the international community;
(i)
Lack of interest, reluctance or failure of States Members of the United Nations
or members of international or regional organizations to support a State to exercise its
responsibility to protect populations from atrocity crimes, or to take action when the State
manifestly fails that responsibility;
(j)
Lack of support by neighbouring States to protect populations at risk and in
need of refuge, including by closure of borders, forced repatriation or aid restriction;
(k)
crimes.
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