All team members of the Dialogics of Justice project have participated in the two-day virtual conference on Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Transitional Justice, hosted by the Loughborough University Centre for Research in Communication and Culture. The versatile program included panels on Transitional Justice and Politics of Recognition, Transitional Justice and Memory, and Transitional Justice, Human Rights, […]
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Livecast on society vs. fossil energy
25/03/2021 ‘Maatschappij vs. fossiel’ – Pakhuis de Zwijger
Obiozo Ukpabi participated in a panel discussion hosted by Pakhuis de Zwijger on the growing number of (legal) confrontations between citizens and NGOs on the one hand, and fossil fuel corporations on the other.
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Truth be told. Listening for stories in the courtroom
Obiozo Ukpabi
In October 2020, a remarkable case was heard in a civil court of Higher Appeal in The Hague. Four Nigerian farmers and fishers[1], who together with Dutch NGO Milieudefensie filed a lawsuit to hold Royal Dutch Shell accountable for massive environmental pollution caused by oil spills in their villages in the Niger Delta, got their day in court. Due to the corona-pandemic restrictions, they could only be present via videolink. After twelve years of litigation, it is hard to imagine how they must be feeling in anticipation of the Judge’s ruling which is scheduled for 29 January.
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Opinion piece on the legal judgement against Shell
11/02/2021 ‘Shell komt te makkelijk weg’ – NRC
Obiozo Ukpabi wrote an opinion piece on the meaning and limitations of the ruling of the Dutch court in the civil court case against the multinational Royal Dutch Shell. She argued the legal framework provides limited possibility to address the actual problem those affected by environmental harm face.
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