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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Opinion piece calling on Shell to reckon with its controversial legacies in the Netherlands and Nigeria
27/11/2022 ‘Mensen gaan boven economische belangen’ – NRC
Obiozo Ukpabi wrote an opinion piece where she calls on Shell to reckon with its controversial legacies in the Netherlands and Nigeria. Ukpabi writes in reaction to the decision of the four Nigerian widows who sued Shell for their alleged complicity in human rights violations in the Niger delta, to drop their case. After years of litigation they see no more options to seek redress for the ‘unavoidable consequences of the destructive logic of profit over people’.
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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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