23 April 2012 - The Aegis Trust warmly welcomes the US President's announcement of the creation of an Atrocities Prevention Board, and a comprehensive strategy for the United States to make prevention of mass atrocities and genocide a key focus of US foreign policy. For analysis of this hugely significant move, see (among others): Madelaine [...]
29 March 2012 – As UN Force Commander in Rwanda, 1994, Canadian Senator Romeo Dallaire displayed extraordinary courage in protecting thousands of civilians during the genocide, but failed in his repeated attempts to persuade the UN to give his mission the mandate and reinforcements it needed to stop the slaughter. Today, just ahead of events [...]
29 March 2012 - "The current upsurge in fighting along the disputed Sudan/South Sudan border is just a symptom of the serious and deep-rooted underlying malaise,” Dr Mukesh Kapila commented in a statement issued today. Aegis Special Representative on Crimes Against Humanity, Dr Kapila was UN Resident Coordinator in Sudan from 2003 to 2004. “The [...]
16 Jan 2012 - Dr Mukesh Kapila, Special Advisor to the Aegis Trust and former UN Resident Coordinator in Sudan, was blocked from visiting refugee camps in eastern Chad last week and then expelled by the Chadian authorities before he could get the chance to meet even one of the nearly 300,000 Darfuri refugees still [...]
Inspire more young people to stand up against the root causes of genocide by supporting the Aegis Trust 2012 Appeal, enabling young people in Rwanda to understand the dangers of prejudice and exclusion. It costs just $20 for each young person to attend an Aegis Trust peacebuilding workshop, held at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. Since [...]
Heloise Agelou, founder of racehorse management company Hagelou www.hagelou.com – in partnership with International Thoroughbred Consultants (I.T.C) – hosted a charity event at the Royal Windsor Racecourse on Monday 10th October, benefitting the Aegis Trust. 160 guests, including Clive Owen and Sir Michael Parkinson (pictured, holding the 'Winner's Egg' by Sarah Faberge, [...]
Sir Richard Branson has personally donated a week for two on Necker Island to an auction benefitting the Aegis Trust. The once in a lifetime prize, which is to be taken during a celebration week, is to be introduced by Clive Owen at an exclusive event at Royal Windsor Racecourse on 10th October hosted by Heloise [...]
Jean Francois Gisimba with Clive Owen and Carl Wilkens This Autumn, I feel very privileged to be working with Carl Wilkens and Jean-Francois Gisimba, two personal heroes of mine. They, together with Jean-Francois’ brother Damas, were responsible for saving the lives of over 400 Tutsi and moderate Hutu during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Hundreds of [...]
25 May 11 - Tomorrow on Thursday 26 May, a genocide memorial will open at Murambi in southern Rwanda at a site where, in April 1994, approximately 50,000 Tutsi men, women and children were massacred by the Interahamwe militia and soldiers loyal to the government responsible for the genocide. Established by The National Commission for [...]
8 April 2011 - Wartime hero Denis Avey, who recounts how as a prisoner of war he twice broke into Auschwitz III and also helped to save the life of a Jewish inmate, last week launched his memoirs at The Holocaust Centre (home of the Aegis Trust) together with Rob Broomby, formerly the BBC’s Berlin [...]