Phoebe Hargrave is an interdisicplinary scholar with a background in critical approaches to international law. She works as a project and research assistant at the University of Humanistic Studies and Maastricht University. Her research focuses on how the historic and continuing injustices resulting from colonial practices of enforced disappearance of children are articulated through civil litigation.

DIALOGICS OF JUSTICE
In the Dialogics of Justice project, Phoebe assisted in the organisation and documentation of the project’s final conference in April 2026, in which international stakeholders and partners of the project came together to discuss its findings and future direction.
Contact: p.hargrave@uvh.nl
PUBLICATIONS
Hargrave, P. (2026). Book Review of Facing the Past: Policies and Good Practices for Responses to Illegal Intercountry Adoptions by E. Loibl & D. Smolin (Eds.). Journal of Disappearance Studies. https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/jds/2/1/jds.2.issue-1.xml
MEDIA
BLOG
EVENTS
15-17/4/2026 – Dialogics of Justice Final Conference
April 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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