10/22: ISHR Hosts a Discussion, “Crisis in Sudan,” with Mukesh Kapila

The Two Sudans Project of the Program on Peacebuilding and Rights invites you to a discussion on the “Crisis in Sudan” with Mukesh Kapila

Introduction by David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University

Commentary by Ahmed Hussain Adam, Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University.

Dr. Mukesh Kapila has had extensive experience of international crisis and disaster management in senior positions in the UK Government, the United Nations, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Kapila was Head of the UN mission at the start of the Darfur Crisis in 2003/04. He is now Aegis Trust’s Special Representative for Prevention of Crimes against Humanity and Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at Manchester University. His memoir, “Against A Tide of Evil” has just been released, describing Kabila’s decision to violate instructions of his UN superiors and expose the unfolding genocide in Darfur.

International Affairs Building, Room 403 IAB

420 West 118th Street, New York City

Date: October 22, 2013                     

Time: 12:45pm – 2:00 pm