REPAIR

‘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'.

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...

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

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 ]

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...

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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/...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

"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...

'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

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...

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...

African, Caribbean Summit Should Address Reparations Governments attending the Africa-CARICOM Summit should closely work with civil society and affected communities to develop a human rights-based approach to reparations, Human Rights Watch said today. ...

“A unified approach to #reparations could be the game changer that empowers communities in Africa, the Caribbean and the diaspora" - African and Caribbean states will meet in Addis Ababa this Sunday for the second Africa-CARICOM Summit.

Read more here:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

New Polish president demands Germany pay war reparations on invasion anniversary

"We must understand who is the enemy and who is our ally" - Conflicting opinions on #reparations for WW2 in Poland on the anniversary of the first battle of the 1939 German invasion.

notesfrompoland.com/2025/09/01/n...

UN experts accuse top oil firms of rights violations over Nigerian asset sales Divestments were made without paying hefty clean-up bills or compensating communities in the pollution-scarred Niger Delta, UN working group says

UN experts accuse Shell, Eni, ExxonMobil & TotalEnergies of breaching human rights law in Nigeria by selling assets without cleaning up decades of oil pollution.

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...

See the event page here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/see...

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:

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and Global Health Law

Guest Essay by By Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh & Jorge E. Viñuales

genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/the-intern...

Denmark Apologizes After Birth Control Scandal in Greenland

“It is too late and not good enough” - Last Wednesday the Danish prime minister issued a long-awaited apology for the 'Spiral Case': Danish doctors forcing birth control devices on Greenlandic women and girls. Many demand #reparations.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/w...

Trois crânes sakalava restitués à Madagascar | Ministère de la Culture Ces trois restes humains conservés jusqu’à présent dans les collections nationales françaises et affectés au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, ont été rendus aux autorités malgaches.

128 ans après, cette restitution est un acte de réparation d’une injustice historique liée à notre passé colonial, qui démontre que la France est capable d’entrer dans une telle démarche, et que celle-ci est positive, pr Madagascar comme pr la France elle-même 1/2
www.culture.gouv.fr/fr/actualite...