Please find below quick updates on some of Aegis activities:
- Aegis campaign for a specialist war crimes unit kicks off with front page story in Independent on the number of suspected war criminals in the UK. Read more
- The Aegis Trust’s campaign for International Convention on Crimes Against Humanity produces its first success – our lobbying produces Labour party endorsement in election manifesto, other political parties expected to follow. Read more
- Clive Owen, star of Inside Man, Children of Men and The International, visited the Kigali Memorial Centre in Rwanda in the run up to the commemoration of the 1994 genocide. He wrote about his visit at The Times. Read more
- Following our successful campaign to change UK law on genocide and crimes against humanity – the legal changes finally came into effect last week. Read more
- Aegis continues to monitor the trial of Thomas Lubanga – the first trial at the International Criminal Court – for the alleged crime of recruiting and using child soldiers. Read the daily chronicles
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The Aegis Team
