This is a discussion note by Nicole Immler and Niké Wentholt on the Child Benefit Affair. They discuss reparation as a social task and the visible transformation of relationships.
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De doorwerking van het slavernijverleden
Slavery & the Dutch State. Dutch Colonial Slavery and Its Afterlives.
In this chapter Nicole Immler discusses the legacy of slavery with a transgenerational perspective on repair and Transformative Justice.
As of may 2025 an English translation is available.
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Towards a broad societal conversation about what repair constitutes
2/7/2023 ‘Klaar met slavernijverleden? Excuses zijn pas het begin’ – AD
In this article by Carla van der Wal about the commemoration of the Dutch slavery past, Nicole Immler argues for a broad societal conversation about what repair constitutes. “This is a collective process and also revolves around what kind of society we want to be.”
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Nicole Immler cited by Deputy Prime Minister Carola Schouten in her speech on slavery past commemoration
1/7/2023
Nicole Immler was quoted in the speech held by Deputy Prime Minister Carola Schouten at the commemoration of the slavery past on 1 July 2023 in Middelburg. “The slavery past feels close due to the structures this history has left behind.”
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Interview on repair for the slavery past
30/6/2023 ‘Hoe zien de herstelbetalingen voor slavernij eruit?’ – Trouw
Nicole Immler was interviewed by Robin Goudsmit en Maurice Timmermans about repair for the slavery past. It is the elephant in the room during the slavery commemoration: reparations. Will they ever come, and what should restitution look like?
Read more09/06/2023 – Transformations of the Rule of Law: The Impact of Decolonization in Europe since 1945’ at the European Studies Centre at St Antony’s College Oxford
Nicole Immler held a lecture at the conference ‘Violent Democracies. Colonial violence on trial – how otherness blinds human rights regimes.’
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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.
Read more21/03/2023 – 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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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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