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
Why parliamentarians have a crucial role in preventing genocide
In the 7th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) in Malta, 12-13 October 2012, Aegis’ Special Representative Dr Mukesh Kapila outlined Aegis’ vision for a new global parliamentary grouping dedicated to the prevention of crimes against humanity. The full text of his address follows. Mr Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen […]
Agreement between the Sudans does not address South Kordofan / Blue Nile catastrophe
28 Sept 2012 – Outcomes of the Presidential Summit between Sudan and South Sudan announced on 27th September 2012 are an important step in reaching peace between the two neighbouring countries. The ongoing human rights catastrophe however, and its devastating humanitarian consequences in the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile regions of Sudan, remain unaddressed. In […]
As Sudan blocks aid to South Kordofan / Blue Nile, 123 organisations urge UN Security Council to press for access
On 21 September 2012 (International Day of Peace), the Aegis Trust, along with 123 other Non-Government Organisations, issued a joint letter to each member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) demanding that Sudan allow immediate and ongoing humanitarian access to the Blue Nile and South Kordofan – where Aegis documented evidence of war crimes […]