Aegis welcomes International Criminal Court strategy from UK Foreign Office
17 July 2013 – The Aegis Trust welcomes the strategy document released today by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to mark International Criminal Justice Day. The five-page strategy reiterates the support of Her Majesty’s Government for the International Criminal Court and recognises its notable successes. As well as commending the ICC for its contribution to […]
Genocide survivors welcome UK arrest of Rwandan suspects
31 May 2013 – Responding to yesterday’s arrest in the UK of five Rwandans suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide, Freddy Mutanguha – Rwandan Country Director of the UK-based Aegis Trust for genocide prevention – says word of the move is being warmly welcomed by survivors. “These arrests have given survivors renewed hope for […]
Darfur whistleblower launches memoirs in Geneva
25 April 2013 – Ten years ago, British diplomat Mukesh Kapila became head of the UN in Sudan. Within a year of taking the post, he would publicly declare the Sudanese Government guilty of ethnic cleansing in Darfur. At the Geneva Press Club, 17.30 – 19.30 on Thursday 2 May, the whistleblower who first brought […]
Aegis takes Darfur debate to Rome
10 Apr 13 – Aegis’ Special Representative on Crimes against Humanity, Professor Mukesh Kapila, has continued the international tour for his new book, “Against A Tide of Evil”, in a series of lectures at Rome’s Universities. Giving his insider account as the UN Sudan chief who blew the whistle on ethnic cleansing in Darfur in […]
The EU and mass atrocity prevention: Aegis to participate in UK report launch
19 Mar 13 – The Aegis Trust will take part in next week’s UK launch of a report by the Task Force on the EU Prevention of Mass Atrocities. Titled ‘The EU and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities – An Assessment of Strengths and Weaknesses’, the report can be downloaded here. Speakers Dr James Smith, […]
Former UN Sudan Chief publishes insider account on Darfur crisis
In London this Thursday, the whistleblower who first brought the region to global attention will publish his memoirs, ‘Against A Tide of Evil’; a no-holds-barred insider account of a crisis that still keeps rolling. “We knew from day one what was going on,” Kapila says in a short film introducing the book. “Hardly a day […]
Global call to ‘stop the horror’ in Sudan
28 Feb 2013 – A coalition of politicians from three continents have called for urgent action to address the humanitarian crisis in the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile. The Sudanese government is accused of intensifying indiscriminate bombings against rebel-held areas – as witnessed by former UN Sudan chief Mukesh Kapila when the Aegis Trust visited […]
Former UN Sudan Chief visits the country’s warzones: warns of potential for another Darfur scale catastrophe
18 Jan 2013 – Dr Mukesh Kapila, Special Representative for the Aegis Trust and former UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, has just travelled 1000km through Sudan’s Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile, where international humanitarian relief access has been blocked since armed conflict erupted there between the Sudanese Government and opposition groups in June […]
NGOs urge UN Security Council to secure aid access to starving Sudanese
13 Nov 2012 – The Aegis Trust has joined over 80 prominent human rights organizations to sign an open letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) urging it to impose deadlines and consequences on the Government of Sudan in order to secure protection and humanitarian aid for displaced communities in the Nuba Mountains/South Kordofan, […]
UN Secretary General meets Aegis Special Representative
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) met with Mukesh Kapila, Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the University of Manchester and Special Representative of the Aegis Trust on 6 November 2012