In collaboration with Peter Aers (Building Conversation), Thomas Block (Centre for Sustainable Development, UGhent) and Ellen vandenplas (UGhent) Obiozo Ukpabi facilitated a Parliament of Things with students from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds to reflect on and discuss urgent ecological, social and political questions and their implications for human/non-human and ‘nature’ relationships. Inspired by the […]
Read more30/09/2022 – Expert meeting: celebrating the mid-point of our project
The Dialogics of Justice-team marked the mid-point in their project with an expert meeting. For this closed event, we invited partners from academia and practice, who we see as close collaborators in our research. We invited their feedback and discussion on our research design and first findings. This resulted in insightful reflections on what we […]
Read more24&25/09/2021 – Summer School On Climate at the University of Gent (Belgium)
On 24 and 25 September Obiozo contributed in the second edition of the Summer School on Climate organised for students at University of Gent. How do we discuss the complex matters of climate change and environmental pollution? Which perspectives and voices can and must be part of this conversation? Together with Peter Aers (Building Conversation) […]
Read more6&7/07/2021 – Conference ‘Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Transitional Justice’ hosted by Loughborough University (UK)
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, […]
Read more30/04/2021 – Workshop with prof. Paul Gready on Transformative Justice
Internal workshop with human rights scholar Paul Gready on Transformative Justice.
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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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