Prof. Mukesh Kapila is Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the University of Manchester. He is also Special Representative of the Aegis Trust for the prevention of crimes against humanity, and Chair of Minority Rights Group International. He has extensive experience in the policy and practice of international development, humanitarian affairs, human rights and diplomacy, with particular expertise in tackling crimes against humanity, disaster and conflict management, and in global public health. He was at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Overseas Development Administration (subsequently Department for International Development), initially as senior health and population adviser and latterly as the first head of a new Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department that he set up. Following that he became Under Secretary General at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, served the United Nations in different roles as Special Adviser to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva and as Special Adviser at the UN Mission in Afghanistan. He was also the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sudan and a Director at the World Health Organisation. Prof. Kapila has qualifications in medicine, public health, and development from the Universities of Oxford and London. In 2003, he was honoured by Queen Elizabeth II and named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his international service. In 2007, he received the Global Citizenship Award of the Institute for Global Leadership. His book “Against a Tide of Evil”, published by Mainstream (Random House Group), was released in March 2013. For further information on Prof. Kapila, please visit his website www.mukeshkapila.org (twitter @mukeshkapila).
Trying individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression