Niké Wentholt held the keynote on the 2023 Law Research Master Conference. Connecting the conference themes Responsibility: Past, Present, and Future, she argued that historical injustice cases ask us the same questions as cases of systemic injustice that emerge today. A dialogical approach to responsibility would thus mean to question how to restructure social relations […]
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Welcoming Carla Boulos as a new team member
1/9/2023
We are happy to welcome Carla Boulos, who will join the Dialogics of Justice team in September 2023.
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Historical redress through dialogue: grassroots can change the national conversation about Dutch slavery
Nicole Immler & Niké Wentholt
In the absence of a coordinated national political response, grassroots and civic initiatives can play a key role in pushing for recognition and justice for the colonial past. Nicole Immler and Niké Wentholt, from the University of Humanistic Studies Utrecht, draw on the example of the Keti Koti Dialogue Tables in the Netherlands to show how such initiatives can contribute to breaking down cycles of denial, acknowledgment of the systemic nature of historical injustices and transforming citizens’ engagement with the colonial past.
Lees verder14/04/2023 – Litigating Just Climate Futures – TEGL Workshop, Amsterdam
The workshop, which was held at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) was organized by members of the TEGL research project, a collaboration between the law faculties of Maastricht University, Open Universiteit NL, Tilburg University and the UvA. Participants from academia and practice examined how the positions and arguments of judges and the litigating parties in climate cases […]
Lees verder21/03/2023 – 70 Jahre Luxemburger Abkommen International Conference ‘Wiedergutmachung: Auseinandersetzung – Entschädigung – Verantwortung’, Berlin.
The conference Wiedergutmachung: Auseinandersetzung – Entschädigung – Verantwortung in Berlin discussed the legacy of the German reparation program; 70 years after the signing of the Luxembourg Agreement (1952)which, signed by Israel, the Jewish Claims Conference and Germany, forms the basis for all future compensation schemes for atrocities of National-Socialism. While the ‘Wiedergutmachung’ is considered often as model in […]
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Opinion piece on how ruling of ‘statute of limitations’ is misplaced in the case of institutional suffering
05/04/2023 ‘Verjaring beschermt foute instituties’ – NRC
Naomi Ormskerk and Nicole Immler published an opinion piece in reaction to the ruling in a claim brought to the court by women who had suffered institutional abuse within a religious institution. Thousands of girls were forced to perform hard labor in Catholic ‘charitable institutions.’ The ruling of ‘statute of limitations’ is misplaced in this case of institutional suffering.
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Opinion piece on how both religious institutions and victims of institutional abuse have a role to play in restoration
11/01/2023 ‘Zowel de slachtoffers van misbruik als kerkelijke instituties hebben een rol in het herstel’ – Trouw
Naomi Ormskerk wrote an opinion piece on how forced labor and exploitation within Catholic institutions have caused significant suffering, for example, among girls in the institutions of ‘De Goede Herder’. In addressing this harm, both the victims and the responsible institutions have a role to play in the process of restitution and reconciliation.
Lees verder19/01/2023 – Launch of the Legal Mobilization Platform in The Hague
At the launch event of the Legal Mobilization Platform which took place at the Concordia CC in The Hague, Obiozo Ukpabi spoke about her research in a panel with Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh (UvA) and Misha Plagis (LeidenU). The panel, which was organised as a town-hall discussion, focused on conceptualising climate justice. It was moderated by Ambreena […]
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How Tort Can Address Historical Injustice
Can you address historical injustice via civil court procedures and why could this be important? In this article Niké Wentholt and Nicole Immler explore the role civil courts could play in facilitating the slavery justice movement.
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Rethinking post-colonial recognition from a multi-voiced perspective
Nicole Immler on The Netherlands-Indies and rethinking post-colonial recognition from a multi-voiced perspective. She argues that in the communication of pain, language matters.
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