How your voice could protect peace at risk in Bosnia
“Now is the time to act. Not in six months, because we will be at war.” With this stark warning about the danger of a return to armed conflict in Bosnia, Emir Suljagić – Director of the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Center – opens the Aegis Trust’s new 3-part podcast series ‘Peace at risk in Bosnia’. […]
Aegis Trust and Srebrenica Genocide Memorial to partner in the fight against Genocide Denial
The Aegis Trust and Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Centre have formalised a partnership for remembrance, education and the fight against genocide denial with announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) building on their existing informal partnership. The announcement was made on Sunday 21st November, the 26th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords which ended the Bosnian War, […]
Genocide conviction upheld for Ratko Mladić
Judges at the ‘International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals’ in the Hague have today dismissed Ratko Mladić’s appeal against his conviction for genocide, issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in 2017. Along with fellow convicts including Radovan Karadžic, General Mladić will now serve the rest of his life sentence in […]
Genocide denial: discover how to recognise and respond to this rising threat
On Wednesday June 30th, join Dr Catherine Gilbert (Newcastle University) and Dr Caroline Williamson Sinalo (University College, Cork) as they moderate a panel discussion bringing together experts who can help us learn how to recognise and respond to this rising threat: www.bit.ly/GenocideDenial The panel will include Rwandan and international experts from academia and civil society […]
Aegis welcomes German recognition of Herero-Nama Genocide
In a joint statement with the Namibian Government, the German Government has officially recognised the genocide against the Herero and Nama, 117 years after German forces carried it out. The statement says that Germany has agreed to pay Namibia $1.35bn in a gesture of reconciliation. “The Aegis Trust welcomes Germany’s recognition of the genocide carried […]
The Aegis Trust welcomes President Biden’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide
Statement by Dr James Smith CBE, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust: “Staff and supporters of the Aegis Trust remember and mourn all those murdered during the Armenian Genocide, in which the Young Turk regime systematically planned and executed the deportation and mass murder of some 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, together with […]
Justice closer for Darfur with Ali Kushayb in ICC custody
Wanted on 51 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, former Janjaweed commander Ali Kushayb is now in the custody of the International Criminal Court. According to an ICC statement, Kushayb voluntarily handed himself over in the Central African Republic. “Kushayb’s prosecution will be an important step towards justice for Darfur, especially […]
Félicien Kabuga’s arrest welcomed by genocide survivors
Today’s arrest of Félicien Kabuga in Paris has been warmly welcomed by genocide survivors in Rwanda – and by genocide scholars internationally. One of the alleged architects of Rwanda’s 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, in which a million people were murdered, Kabuga is accused of funding the import of arms and machetes used in the […]
Sudan may send Bashir to ICC: justice and peace closer for Darfur
The Sudanese Government’s signal that it may send former President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur has been warmly welcomed by survivors of mass atrocities in the region. “People are jubilant. We never thought this day would come; it’s unbelievable,” says […]
Peacebuilding essential to counter climate-driven conflict
The Aegis Trust’s Chief Executive Dr James Smith and Executive Director Freddy Mutanguha were among the delegates taking part in this year’s Hunger Summit and World Food Prize symposium in Iowa. Bringing together over 1200 scientific experts, policy leaders and food industry executives from more than 65 countries, the symposium is organised by the World […]