This article examines how redress procedures for clerical abuse in the Netherlands shape and are shaped by survivors’ social relationships, showing that relational and intergenerational dynamics are central to experiences of justice and healing.
Lees verderAs part of the consortium Reimagining Victims Reparation, Nicole Immler and Siri Driessen attend this third international workshop which brings together scholars, practitioners, and activists to rethink reparations for victims of serious human rights violations. Moving beyond traditional, legalistic approaches, the event centers victims’ own perspectives, needs, and initiatives. With a focus on the Global […]
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23/5/2025 – ‘140 Jahre Berliner Afrika-Konferenz’ – Zeitgeschichte Online
Report by Nicole Immler on her visit of the Africa Conference in Berlin. It is about much more than genocide or restitution: dignity – at the conference commemorating the Berlin Africa Conference of 1884/85. To this day, the conference continues to shape European thinking about Africa and African thinking about Europe. It is worth taking a close look at the narratives that have become established about the conference and examining their consequences.
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It is about much more than genocide or restitution: dignity – at the conference commemorating the Berlin Africa Conference of 1884/85. Berlin is the place where, 140 years ago, the division of Africa among the European colonial powers was legitimised by treaty. To this day, the conference continues to shape European thinking about Africa and […]
Lees verderLeah Niederhausen “How can we archive restitution?” This was one of the questions I had the privilege of discussing during the truly inspiring workshop “Archiving Dis:connected Cultural Heritages in Africa: Prospects, Processes and Challenges”, hosted by the Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect at LMU Munich. Archival Silences and Pan-African Legacies Throughout our conversations on […]
Lees verderNiké Wentholt joined the Ukraine Legal Network (ULN) for their capacity-building training in November 2025. For the two-day event, around twenty Ukrainian legal experts and practitioners from around Europe came together in Amsterdam to together build their knowledge on the possibility for compensation for Ukrainian victims of Russian agression. Niké was invited as panelist to […]
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Leah Niederhausen wrote an entry on restitution as both a restorative and transformative concept for The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict.
Lees verderOn Wednesday, March 5th, Platform POST organized the lecturenight ‘ECHO’ in the midst of the exhibition Bearing Witness at POST, Arnhem. This exhibition brings together works by artists from (post-)conflict areas with stories from veterans and their moral doubts about participating in various UN missions. Together, they show how events that may be historically defined still […]
Lees verderOn December 10, 2024 we organized this event together with Disability Studies in Nederland at the University of Humanistic Studies. The Human Library offers a platform for people to share their unique, multivoiced stories about issues of injustice, recognition, and repair. The event took place on Human Rights Day. One week prior was the International Day […]
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7/4/2025 ‘De Geschiedenis is voorbij, de Dialoog niet’ – Podcast Dialoog
In this podcast episode by Stichting Dialoog NJI, Nicole Immler discusses the impact of trauma and the importance of engaging in dialogue. This is difficult, but according to Immler, you don’t always have to agree to make progress. Listening and self-reflection are key.
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