The workshop is designed to bring together different stakeholders - from development and humanitarian agencies, government departments, research organisations and from the private sector bodies and foundations - to discuss the opportunities, structures and strategies for effectively managing disaster risk in the post-2015 international policy landscape.

Aegis Students is proud to invite Mukesh Kapila to Durham University for a unique insight into his experience in the international field of humanitarian work and conflict within the UN, with particular emphasis on the continuing crisis in Sudan and the responsibility of individuals who bear witness to such atrocities to speak up.

A panel discussion jointly organised with The Aegis Trust. Mukesh Kapila (Special Representative, Aegis Trust); Khairunissa Dhala (Sudan and South Sudan Researcher, Amnesty International); Osman Hummaida (Executive director, The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies) and Bona Malwal (TBC - Oxford University).

The Columbia University Club of Switzerland, Geneva Chapter invites alumni and friends to a lecture "Tackling the ultimate evil: A question of personal responsibility" with Dr. Mukesh Kapila. Drawing on his first-hand experience of the devastating consequences of the Rwandan genocides in the nineties and of the on-going one in Darfur, Dr. Kapila will speak from his heart to raise awareness about, and put an end to, such violence. The discussion will start with the avant-premiere airing of a short film from the front lines on the crimes against humanity currently taking place in South Sudan. The issues addressed will include: What roles can national governments and the international community play to stop genocides and other atrocities from taking place? Have these institutions failed? What can be done?

We invite you to hear from Dr. Mukesh Kapila, Aegis Trust Special Representative and former head of the UN in Sudan, and Baroness Cox discuss the worsening crisis in Sudan's Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile State. With over 1000 bombs dropped since June, 500,000 people displaced and a diminishing opportunity to deliver humanitarian assistance, hear Dr Mukesh Kapila and Baroness Cox discuss the challenges facing the people of the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile, and what they believe the international community should be doing to help the most vulnerable.

After Commonwealth leaders welcomed the interest shown by the Government of South Sudan in joining the Commonwealth last October in Perth, the ongoing crisis on their doorstep in Sudan will become increasing relevant to the organisation. Affecting an estimated 1.2 million people, conflict in Sudan's southern states is garnering little international attention almost one year after it began. Former head of the UN in Sudan Dr. Mukesh Kapila recently returned to the region, visiting refugee camps and speaking directly to those affected. Using footage shot in the region, Dr. Kapila will discuss the ongoing violence and describe the political machinations that have allowed ethnic violence to continue in Sudan, almost a decade after Darfur. Dr. Mukesh Kapila CBE, an international diplomat with experience in the UN, WHO, IFRC and DFID, is currently Special Representative to genocide prevention NGO The Aegis Trust. As UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan during the original Darfur crisis, he shocked the international community by going directly to the media, bringing a global spotlight to most shocking violence of the twenty-first century. This event will be held in association with The Aegis Trust.

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