27 Jan 14 - Marking Holocaust Memorial Day, Prime Minister David Cameron today launched a Commission to investigate possible further measures for Holocaust remembrance and education in the UK. Members of the Commission will include actress Helena Bonham Carter, broadcaster Natasha Kaplinsky and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, alongside senior cross-party representation from Ed Balls, Michael [...]
24 Jan 14 – The Discover Rwanda Youth Hostel, a social enterprise of the Aegis Trust, re-opened today following significant expansion work taking its capacity to 60 guests per night and increasing the training opportunities it can provide for young Rwandans. Located in Kigali’s scenic Kacyiru neighborhood, the Hostel caters for a wide range of [...]
7 Jan 2014 - Today marked the beginning of a series of events leading up to the commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. Aegis Trust, responsible for the management of the Kigali Genocide Memorial together with international partners works alongside CNLG to coordinate some of the commemoration events as part of the efforts to [...]
31 Dec 2013 – Dr James Smith, co-founder of the UK’s National Holocaust Centre and the Aegis Trust for genocide prevention, is being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the UK’s New Year Honours by Her Majesty the Queen. The CBE is awarded for prominent, distinguished and innovative contributions [...]
13 Nov 2013 - Speaking today about rising violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), John Ging - Operations Director at the UN's Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - told Fred Pleitgen of CNN's 'Amanpour' show that "we see the seeds of a genocide here unless we can get on the ground in [...]
12 Oct 2013 - Today African leaders are meeting in Addis-Ababa to discuss their membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC is the only global court able to adjudicate cases of genocide and other crimes against humanity. If African leaders vote to leave the ICC, we will all live in a less safe [...]
9th Oct 2013 – The Kenyan Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science and Technology today visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial during a visit to Rwanda hosted by Mount Kenya University, an institution with campuses in both Rwanda and Kenya. The Committee, comprising over 20 MPs, laid wreaths at mass graves adjacent to the Memorial, where some [...]
29 Sept 13 – Prof. Mukesh Kapila, the Aegis Trust’s Special Representative on Crimes Against Humanity, today slammed the brutal suppression of civil protests in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and other major cities. “The most fundamental and inalienable of all human rights is the right to live. To oppose and resist Bashir and his murderous [...]
13 Sept 13 – Aegis Special Representative Mukesh Kapila, who as UN Sudan chief blew the whistle on the Darfur crisis in 2004, will on Monday 16 September give a public lecture at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, before arriving at the Nairobi Storymoja Book Festival on 20 September. It will be the sixth African [...]
This week the BBC released new figures suggesting that there were 99 people present in the UK suspected of war crimes or genocide last year. Despite numerous legislative changes intended to facilitate the prosecution process, the UK continues to fail to bring suspects to court. Aegis welcomed the decision by the BBC to investigate the [...]