Tag Archives: International law

02Nov/26

The Legal Architecture of Modern Reparations

November 2, 2026PoliticsAbdullah Ibrahim, Accra, Andrew Holness, Applied ethics, Articles, Barbados, Bill, Gender, Ghana, Hilary Beckles, Human rights, International law, Jamaica, Jonathan Burgess, Justice, Kamilah Moore, Mia Mottley, Organizations, Redress, Reparations, Reparations for slavery, Restitution, Restorative justice, Rob Bonta, Sacramento, Slavery, United Statesadmin

From Apologies to Systemic Reform: The Emerging Global and Local Blueprint for Slavery Reparations

Sun, Nov 01 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — The contemporary discourse surrounding slavery, systemic exploitation, and reparatory justice operates across a dynamic continuum that bridges digital public opinion, international legal doctrines, and concrete policy proposals. In the digital sphere, public debate on social media is heavily polarized between demands for historical restitution—which frame modern racial and economic disparities as the direct legacy of state-sanctioned chattel slavery and colonialism—and counterarguments that prioritize immediate action against modern human trafficking, question intergenerational culpability, or defend sovereign state interests. This online friction reflects foundational tensions within human rights law between universalist approaches focused on immediate harms and historical-contextual frameworks addressing cumulative, structural injustice. Continue reading →

30Sep/23

Suella Braverman is wrong about the UN refugee convention being ‘not fit for purpose’ – here’s why

September 30, 2023PoliticsAftermath of war, Asylum seeker, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Creative Commons, Forced migration, International law, maastricht university, Non-refoulement, Refugee, Refugees, Right of asylum, Robert Oakes, Rwanda, Scottish Refugee Council, Suella Braverman, Talitha Dubow, the un refugee agency, United Kingdom, united nations high commissioner for refugees, World Refugee Dayadmin

Robert Oakes, United Nations University and Talitha Dubow, United Nations University

The UK’s home secretary, Suella Braverman – the minister responsible for setting immigration policy – has said the United Nation’s refugee convention is not “fit for our modern age” and should be renegotiated.

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11Apr/23

‘It’s like you’re a criminal, but I am not a criminal.’ First-hand accounts of the trauma of being stuck in the UK asylum system

April 11, 2023PoliticsAngela, Anne Burghgraef, Asylum seeker, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Australia, Creative Commons, Cultural globalization, Democratic Republic of Congo, Demography, Dostoevsky, Ebele, Edward, Edward Crawford, European migrant crisis, Farah, Forced migration, George, Gloria, Guinea, Haram, Imani, Immigration, Immigration detention, International law, Iran, Joy, Lagos, Leeds, Leon, Mariama, Nigeria, Pete Maclaine, Peter William Walsh, Refugee, Refugees, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Steve Taylor, United Kingdom, Unity, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Zimbabweadmin

Steve Taylor, Leeds Beckett University

Warning: this story contains graphic descriptions of violence. Pseudonyms are used to protect the interviewees’ identities.

Angela had already been in the UK as an asylum seeker for nine years and four months when we interviewed her. She was still in a state of limbo, unsure whether asylum would be granted, and her story was disturbing to hear.

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