23/7/2026 “De week van David: wat komt er ná overheidsexcuses?” – NPO Radio 1, Rode Lijn
The Dutch government has offered apologies to the Moluccan community as well as to birth mothers and relinquished children. This also sets another process in motion, how should the restoration look like following an apology? In this interview by Natasja Gibbs, editor David Breebaart delved into that restoration process and discussed it with legal philosopher Wouter Veraart and Nicole Immler.
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July 11, 2026 – “Annual Srebrenica genocide commemoration” – NOS.
Niké Wentholt was invited as a guest for the NOS broadcast on the annual Srebenica genocide commemoration. Together with Adnan Delić, chair of the commemoration committee, she spoke on the need for a permanent monument for the genocide, preferably in the building of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The interview was part of an hour-long reporting containing images from Den Haag and Srebrenica, and was broadcast on national television.
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June 22, 2026 – “Hoe Nederland (steeds vaker) excuses aanbiedt” – Podcast De Dag.
On June 21, 2026, prime minister Rob Jetten offered apologies to the Moluc community in the Netherlands during the 75-year commemoration of their first arrival in the Netherlands, accompanied by the unveiling of a monument. Niké was invited to share more overarching reflections on political apologies in the Netherlands in de NOS podcast De Dag. She discussed three examples of apologies in the Netherlands, highlighting the potential of apologies as well as their pitfalls.
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June 8, 2026 “Excuses aanbieden voor historische misstanden – hoe doe je dat?” – Jannie Schippers, Noordhollands Dagblad
An interview with Nicole Immler by Jannie Schipper at Noordhollands Dagblad, about apologizing for wrongdoing, how do you do that? On July 2, the Dutch state officially apologizes to mothers who, between 1956 and 1984, were forced to give up their babies and children who were relinquished at the time. Offering apologies for historical injustices is essential, but also tricky, according to Nicole Immler.
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Leah Niederhausen
May 12, 2026 | Editorial: cultural infrastructures in Africa
In this special issue on Cultural Infrastructures in Africa, Leah Niederhausen reflects on archival-museological shifts during the restitution process of the Witbooi Bible and their implication on institutional frontiers of restitution narratives at large.
Read moreApril 15th-17th 2026 Dialogics of Justice (NWO-VICI) – Final Conference About the conference The last decade has witnessed an increase in civil proceedings brought before Dutch district courts by people adversely affected by colonial violence, military missions, sexual abuse, and environmental harm. Does legal action against institutions such as the Dutch state, the military, the church, and […]
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Elvira Loibl attended the Dialogics of Justice Final conference ‘How to Repair Historical Injustice?’ and shares her reflections on Intercountry Adoption and Historical Injustice in this blogarticle, originally posted on the website of Facing the Past. Part of her reflection is how it became clear that intercountry adoption can be understood as part of a broader landscape of historical injustice. She further reflects on these parallels and considers what the field of intercountry adoption might learn from other struggles for justice.
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April 2026 “Herdenken in meervoud” – Vmagazine, Vfonds
An interview with Nicole Immler by Vfonds, about commemorating in a plural way. Commemoration is constantly changing. The question is not whether, but how. What does that mean for the rituals we have built together? Who gets a place in them, and how does commemoration remain relevant for new generations? An interview with historian and professor Nicole Immler about the future of commemoration.
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16/4/2026 “Interview on the results of the Dialogics of Justice-project” – NOS Radio 1 journaal
NOS Radio 1 journaal interviewed Niké Wentholt on the results of our Dialogics of Justice-project. She was asked what we think the Netherlands can learn from our project and what it is that seems to be missing from so many repair trajectories.
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15/4/2026 “Herstel historisch onrecht vraagt om andere mentaliteit” – NieuwWij
“Combating the social and economic inequality of the descendants of enslaved people requires a change in societal structures. What does decolonization entail, and what is the current status?” Nicole Immler, Professor of Historical Memory and Transformative Justice at the University for Humanistic Studies, shares her view ‘after the decimal point’ (na de komma). “Too much research on recognition focuses solely on the past. Whereas for victims, the idea of ‘what the future will look like’ is crucial.”
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