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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 17h

Great summary of #reparations debates in the UK for British Black History Month by the Guardian and @kojokoram.bsky.social using the framing 'architecture of inequality'.

Read it here: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Wednesday briefing: How to fight the right on reparations – and ‘rewire’ the architecture of inequality

In this weeks newsletter: Many paint reparations as impossible, unprecedented, even absurd – world experts tell a different story

www.theguardian.com

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Felix Stein @felixundstein.bsky.social · 1d

Join us today in person or online at 2pm CET for a lecture on how to use #photography as part of #reparative social science research. The lecture will be given by Dr Saskia Duijs from the Amsterdam University Medical Centre. Sign up here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...

Picturing Repair: Fostering a reparative research practice through photography — REPAIR

www.reparationsresearch.eu

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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 2d

There is still time to register for tomorrow's hybrid lecture on reparative research & photography happening at 2pm CET. ⬇️

www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...

REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 7d

Register now for our next hybrid lecture 'Picturing #Repair: Fostering a reparative research practice through photography' by Dr Saskia Duijs, focusing on relational & collaborative research practices.

📅 7 October, 2pm CET
📍 UvA & online
🔗 Register here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...

Picturing Repair: Fostering a reparative research practice through photography — REPAIR

www.reparationsresearch.eu

REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 5d

Optics vs. accountability, and a culture of impunity: Survivors and rights groups call for recognition, justice and #reparations for families of US drone attack victims in Somalia.

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

‘Killed us twice’: Families of US drone victims seek reparations in Somalia

In letters seen by Al Jazeera, US AFRICOM admits to killing civilians in air raids, but refuses 'condolence payment'.

www.aljazeera.com

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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social · 7d

1/11. 📢 KEY MESSAGES: The seventh meeting of the Board (B7) of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage (FRLD) 🔥⛈️🌊 starts next week! ⏰

🔗Read our key messages here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/ke...

[ @fillthefund.bsky.social , @ciel.org , @canclimateaction.bsky.social ]

KEY MESSAGES FOR THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE BOARD (B7) OF THE FUND FOR RESPONDING TO LOSS AND DAMAGE (FRLD)

By the Loss and Damage Collaboration

lossanddamagecollaboration.org

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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting online special issue launch & event on 'Reparative Futures: exploring justice, #reparations and education' co-organised by the wonderful Prof. @arathings.bsky.social.

www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/repar...

Reparative Futures - University of Birmingham

Reparative Futures: exploring justice, reparations and education

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Felix Stein @felixundstein.bsky.social · 7d

Fantastic lecture by @Prof. Luke Moffett on whether #reparations make sense in today's 'age of impunity'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=klzO... Fore more lectures go to www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures @reparationsres.bsky.social

Seeking Reparations in an Ange of Impunity, Lecture by Prof. Luke Moffett

YouTube video by REPAIR

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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 7d

Register now for our next hybrid lecture 'Picturing #Repair: Fostering a reparative research practice through photography' by Dr Saskia Duijs, focusing on relational & collaborative research practices.

📅 7 October, 2pm CET
📍 UvA & online
🔗 Register here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...

Picturing Repair: Fostering a reparative research practice through photography — REPAIR

www.reparationsresearch.eu

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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 8d

An open letter urges COP30 organisers to link #climate crisis with #reparations for historical crimes:

"The climate crisis did not arise recently - it is a continuation of centuries of greenhouse emissions, extraction, dispossession, and racial violence"

Read more:
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

COP30 urged to link climate justice with reparations for historical crimes

Hundreds of environmental and human rights groups have urged COP30, the global climate summit to be held in Brazil this November, to confront the historical roots of the climate crisis, and put reparations on the agenda.

www.reuters.com

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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 9d

In case you missed it, our latest REPAIR lecture on 'Seeking Reparations in an Age of Impunity' by Prof. @lukemoffett.bsky.social is now available online, open access.

➡️Watch it here:
www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/see...

Seeking Reparations in an Age of Impunity — REPAIR

Reparations in international law are intended to remedy wrongful acts, and state practice in many countries sees them being used to remedy a wide range of historical and contemporary harm. Despite mos...

www.reparationsresearch.eu

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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 12d

War & conflict-related sexual violence: Ukraine becomes the first country to provide survivors interim #reparation payments during an ongoing conflict; NGOs working on the issue claim to have learned a lot from Bosnia and Herzegovina's case.

balkaninsight.com/2025/09/25/a...

Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, Ukraine Draws Lessons from Bosnia

NGOs working with survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine say they have benefitted from lessons learned in Bosnia and Herzegovina, reflected in the introduction of reparations even as...

balkaninsight.com

REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 13d

Amid tensions over President Trump’s aim to annex the island, and following a series of apologies and the announcement of a #compensation fund from the Danish prime minister, victims of forced contraception are still looking for answers in Greenland.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...

With Sobs and Doubts, Greenlandic Women Receive Apology for Forced Contraception

www.nytimes.com

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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social · 14d

1/11. ⚠️USEFUL INFO: The twenty-third meeting of the Executive Committee (#ExCom23) of the Warsaw International Mechanism for #LossAndDamage (WIM) will take place from 30 September to 2 October 2025 in Bonn, Germany 🇩🇪.

🔗Find out more here: unfccc.int/event/WIMExC...

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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 15d

A thought-provoking piece on climate #reparations, #climate justice, and 'financial colonization' in relation to Indigenous voices being disregarded when it comes to the #LossAndDamage Fund & #COP30.

www.ipsnews.net/2025/09/loss...

Loss and Damage at COP30: Indigenous Leaders Challenge Top-Down Finance Models

Indigenous activists continue to fight for a seat at the table in solving climate change, asking for self-determination and financial agency.

www.ipsnews.net

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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 16d

Interesting activist opinion piece about forgiveness, justice and #reparations in relation to Guantanamo and the US' war on terror for the recent 9/11 Memorial Day.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

9/11 was avenged on us. On its anniversary, I refuse to forgive

As America mourns its dead, it forgets the millions brutalised in its wars of revenge.

www.aljazeera.com

REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 19d

The EU to rely on the IMF's assessment for #reparations loan to Ukraine. While working on the loan's modalities, timings, and volumes, they will consider "the IMF assessment on the finance needs for Ukraine over the next two years" - says EU Economic Commissioner.

www.reuters.com/business/fin...

www.reuters.com

REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 20d

Victims of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz to receive #reparations. The ICC is working on determining the most appropriate measures which can include collective/individual reparations and may take various forms such as compensation, rehabilitation, or symbolic gestures.

www.icc-cpi.int/news/al-hass...

Al Hassan case: ICC Trial Chamber X considers final submissions on reparations to the victims

Today, 17 September 2025, Trial Chamber X of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “Court”) held a hearing to receive final submissions on the reparations to the victims of the crimes for which M...

www.icc-cpi.int

REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 21d

This Tuesday, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (Colombia’s transitional justice body) ordered #reparations from seven ex-leaders of the demobilised FARC rebels for wartime crimes, including ~21.000 kidnappings.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

Landmark ruling convicts seven FARC ex-leaders of wartime crimes

Colombia’s JEP issues first individual sentences under 2016 peace deal, focusing on victims’ justice and reconciliation.

www.aljazeera.com

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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 22d

Interesting reportage on #climatechange & #climatemigration in the case of Tuvalu in the South Pacific.

www.dw.com/en/tuvalu-is...

Tuvalu is sinking — what's next for residents? – DW – 09/16/2025

Tuvalu is battling rising seas, but land reclamation can't stop the tide. Climate migration is no longer tomorrow's threat, but today's reality — and most islanders want out.

www.dw.com

REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 23d

There is still time to sign up for our next hybrid REPAIR lecture, happening tomorrow at 1pm CET.

↘️Click here to register: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/see...

REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · Sep 2

Seeking Reparations in an Age of Impunity - Register to attend our next hybrid lecture by Prof. @lukemoffett.bsky.social about #reparations in an age where progress on redressing the past is witnessing a rollback.

📅 16 September, 1pm CET
📍 UvA Anthropology C5.00 & online
➡️ More info & registration:

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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 26d

Missed our previous lectures by leading #reparations experts? Watch them anytime, open-acess ⬇️

🔗on our website: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures

📽️on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@reparations...

REPAIR

REPAIR is a research project funded by the European Union (2024-2029) and hosted at the Anthropology Department of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). We study new calls for reparations that address ma...

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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 27d

Beautiful, in-depth piece published in @nytimes.com about the people behind the ICJ's recent #climate #reparations ruling.

Read it here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/m...

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law

www.nytimes.com

REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 28d

"The assets themselves will not be touched. And the risk will have to be carried collectively": Ursula von der Leyen raised the question of using cash balances from frozen Russian assets for a #reparations loan to Ukraine at the European Parliament this Wednesday.

www.reuters.com/business/fin...

EU executive floats idea of reparations loan for Ukraine, based on frozen Russian assets

The European Union should find a new way to finance Ukraine's defence against Russia using the cash balances associated with Russian assets frozen in Europe, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.

www.reuters.com

REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 29d

As the conditions in Gaza continue to worsen, some turn to Britain for #reparations. The 'Britain Owes Palestine' campaign highlights the country's historic role in the ongoing ethnic cleansing since the 1917 Balfour Declaration and demands repair.

www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaz...

'Gaza is a direct result of Balfour': Palestinians petition UK for reparations over historic crimes

Delivery of 400-page legal document authored by leading lawyers and historians marks the launch of 'Britain Owes Palestine' campaign

www.middleeasteye.net

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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · Sep 8

Illegalising #reparations programs? Despite local approval on multiple levels, the Trump administration's DOJ threatens to investigate Asheville, North Carolina's innovative efforts which seek to repair generations of harm experienced by Black residents.

eu.citizen-times.com/story/news/2...

Trump admin threatens investigation into Asheville-area reparations program

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon sent a letter to local lawmakers suggesting "many" of the reparations recommendations may violate federal civil rights laws.

eu.citizen-times.com