As a component of the MoU on Cooperation on Genocide and other Mass Atrocities Prevention and Democracy Promotion signed between the Global Campus of Human Rights (GC) and the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG) on 7 November 2019, both institutions, in collaboration with the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP) at Binghamton University, are thrilled to announce the call for applications for the first edition of their Joint Annual Engaged Artivist Award on Atrocity Prevention and Human Rights ..read more

The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi saw the slaughter of more than one million people over the span of three months, and placed Rwanda at the forefront of the world’s political consciousness. Almost 23 years later, Rwanda has rebuilt and become a modern hub of progress and development, putting in place social, political and economic systems that are grounded in national unity and reconciliation – with education reforms playing a central role. The large-scale participation of children and adolescents in perpetrating acts of genocide made it clear that an education system that fails to integrate ..read more

In this extremely divisive political climate there seems to be fewer and fewer opportunities to find common ground. Nearly everything today is politicized and partisan. But there is one issue that should have no opposition, no reason why we cannot garner widespread bipartisan support. That issue is genocide prevention. Genocide is humanity’s worst crime. The 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines genocide as the “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” People who commit genocide have only one goal: to ..read more

The Aegis Trust has been supporting Research for policy and practice in Rwanda for 7 years now; providing grants and supporting research-based knowledge sharing. The annual research phases tackle topical issues identified through wide consultations with our partners and the general public. See results from previous research phases. In line with this wide research consultation campaign, we are extending a survey to our partners and network members (Government representatives, NGO, Community members), in their different categories (public servants, peacebuilding professionals, teachers, parents ..read more

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The arrest of Félicien Kabuga in the morning of 16 May 2020 in the Paris suburb of  Asnieres-sur-Seine in France was greeted in Rwanda and across the world with statements and headlines of jubilation and surprise. He was the most prominent fugitive accused of playing a central role in the genocide that targeted the Tutsi of Rwanda more than 26 years ago. Initially indicted by the Arusha-based United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 1997 and often mentioned as one of the most high profile targets of the International Residual Mechanism for International Tribunal ..read more

The 1994 genocide against the Tutsis had devastating impacts including loss of approximately 1 million lives, destruction of economic and social infrastructure, Physical and psychological wounds and generally a social breakdown of social systems. These consequences entail intergenerational, psychosocial and psychological trauma that may exist for generations and also can contribute to future extreme violence. Scholars in healing and reconciliation argue that psychological healing is essential for genuine reconciliation. It is from this context that in 2015, Never Again Rwanda and Interpeace jo ..read more

There are many indications that human rights and international justice are not priorities for President Donald Trump’s administration. As Foreign Policy has reported, one of the likely victims of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s reorganization and cuts at the State Department is the Office of Global Criminal Justice. This is the office that would, in theory, advise him and other government officials on how the U.S. should act to prevent or respond to genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Given the number of recent, ongoing and pot ..read more

Insights from Aegis Trust Programmes Director, Anita Kayirangwa: Over the last week in Kigali, more than 100 experts from Rwanda and around the world met to examine best practice peace education. Throughout the three days of intense debate and discussion, participants heard from a wide variety of speakers who shared insights into what kind of peace education works well and how we can measure our impact on individual and societal change. Having worked on peace education with Aegis Trust for a number of years, I was very interested in what policy makers and practitioners in other parts of the wo ..read more

Receiving Rwanda’s President in the Vatican on Monday, Pope Francis expressed ‘profound sadness’ over the genocide against the Tutsi and ‘implored anew God’s forgiveness for the sins and failings of the Church and its members, among whom [were] priests, and religious men and women who succumbed to hatred and violence, betraying their own evangelical mission’ (see full text of the Vatican communique). “Pope Francis’ appeal for forgiveness of the Church in relation to the genocide in Rwanda is welcome,” says Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust, which established the Kigali Genocid ..read more