If you are interested in debates on colonial takings and the law and politics of cultural restitution check out the OJ Symposium on Confronting Colonial Objects: Introduction opiniojuris.org/2024/04/16/sym… via Opinio Juris OUP Law

My piece on the legal status of state apologies for slavery and colonial crimes, published today ⁦⁦Opinio Juris⁩, explores the productive pressure of the #reparations movement on international law. opiniojuris.org/2024/04/23/the…

This story might help those who struggle to understand the moral case for reparations - those who query why people today, who have had nothing themselves to do with slavery, should have any responsibility to people who were never enslaved.

Conservative MP Richard Drax is worth

Each year poor countries send 2⃣ - 3⃣% of their GDP to the rich world while they could be investing that amount in education, health or climate policies, found Gastón Nievas Offidani & Alice Sodano.
❗️It's time to overthrow this rich world privilege
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#springmeetings

Such a pleasure to be part of this conversation, to imagine new horizons for repair, and discuss how pushing iLaw in the right direction can transform both present and future. Thank you especially to Emergent Justice Collective for bringing us all together! 💜

Looking so forward to this discussion with wonderful colleagues. I’ll share some takeaways from our collaborative work with the formidable Patricia Sellers and reflect on the injustices that continue to riddle iLaw. Join us!

In the powerful words of Ambassador David Comissiong of #Barbados at #UN #pfpad , “All of us who put their hands to the plough have succeeded in creating a global and durable reparations movement.” Today is a testament to that!

1/5 On April 17, 2024, we are organizing a conference entitled 'Biracial Children, African Mothers and Colonization: A Global Case for Reparations'.

Register to attend this event in person:
👉shorturl.at/puFS0

Thoughtful new piece by Melissa Hendrickse on the double standards inherent in the prosecution of international criminal justice and new opportunities offered by the draft #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty.

Join us today at 16:00 CET for an important virtual conversation about inequality in the global economy and the dual legacies of slavery and colonialism. Register here: tinyurl.com/PFPADSideEvent…

Societies forged in the shadow of slavery and colonialism are marked by deep inequality. Join me, Enith Williams, and expert panel Matthias Goldmann Kanad Bagchi Professor Leila Choukroune & Emilia Onyema as we examine it at a virtual United Nations #pfpad side event. Register here: tinyurl.com/PFPADSideEvent…

🔈Side Event to the 3rd Session of #PFPAD co-hosted by Coalizão Negra por Direitos Ilê Omolu Oxum Howard University School of Law Emergent Justice Collective
🎙️Patricia Viseur Sellers, Dr June Soomer, Wania Santanna & Britta Redwood
🗓️ 18 April // 1-2.30pm CET
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/QNhKaNoaArVK6o…

A Seoul court ordered 3 Japanese firms to compensate survivors for forced labor during wartime occupation. Is this a model for pursuing accountability for European companies that used forced labor in Africa during the late colonial period and beyond?

apnews.com/article/south-…

So honored to share my thoughts on concrete legal methods to push for reparatory justice under international and domestic law at the #arc2023 conference convened by the African Union and the Ghana Presidency in Accra. Lots of work to do!

Powerful words from British MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP acknowledging that as the UK discusses its reparations policy, that policy “must be carried out on the terms of those most impacted.” #ARC2023 #ReparationsNow

'The Rome Statute is clear. We have jurisdiction on the territory of a State Party…. Palestine is a State Party.' A(nother) pivotal moment for ICC legitimacy and truly universal standards. Karim A. A. Khan KC please do it right.

10 years after apologizing for the Mau Mau massacre, The Royal Family will be in Kenya to “acknowledge the more painful aspects” of their shared history. Let’s hope that includes colonial oppression and transatlantic chattel slavery.

amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/o…

Watch my MSNBC interview on Hamas's assault on Israel and the Israeli bombings of Gaza:

The Royal family & UK institutions directly benefitted from slavery. Now Caricom Reparations is using the legal system to pursue unjust enrichment claims after diplomacy failed. Similar claims can be made against U.S institutions. Onward! telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/0…