The Aegis Trust in collaboration with the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre, and Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme

INVITE YOU to the Geneva launch of 'Against a Tide of Evil'

by Mukesh Kapila< former head of the UN in Sudan

From 17:30 to 19:30 on Thursday 2 May 2013 at

Club Suisse de la Presse, Route de Ferney 106, La Pastorale, 1202 Genève

“In this personal and moving plea, Kapila forces us to look directly into the face of genocide". Lt Gen The Hon Romeo A Dallaire, UN Force Commander, Rwanda 1994

Co-written with best-selling author Damien Lewis, and released for the 10th anniversary of the 21st century’s first genocide, Dr Kapila’s book is a passionate and shocking personal account of what happened when he tried to alert the world to the mass atrocities unfolding in Darfur. Drawing on extensive international experience which had taken him to previous genocides in Rwanda and Srebrenica, the book reveals, for the first time, the inside story of how and why powerful governments and the United Nations failed to act - and who should be held accountable….

“This moving account of determination to fight injustice reads like a thriller. It reveals the chilling details of how the international community tried to silence Mukesh Kapila when he exposed the massacres in Darfur - and the price he paid for his courageous stand.” David Loyn, BBC world affairs correspondent.

In January 2013, Dr Kapila returned to Sudan’s borderlands where atrocities have not only continued in Darfur but extended further to the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile State. He will share his insights on what must happen to stop the catastrophe there and to prevent such heinous crimes recurring elsewhere in the world.

Comments and facilitation by Professor Gilles Carbonnier of the Graduate Institute/CCDP with other key speakers. Refreshments available from 17.30. All welcome. Advance registration is desirable by clicking here<, by Wednesday 1 May.

See www.mukeshkapila.org< for more information. 'Against a Tide of Evil' will be available for purchase at the launch and can also be ordered from bookshops, on www.amazon.co.uk< as Hard back and Ebook or from www.aegistrust.org<. Half the cover price - on copies bought through Aegis – goes to support its work.

Visit www.aegistrust.org< to support the global effort against genocide and crimes against humanity, www.darfurcentre.ch< to learn more about ending the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan and www.raddho.org< on advancing human rights in Africa.

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