"Are Reparations Due for Colonialism in Africa?" by Dr. Jeremy Julian Sarkin

Event Type

Lecture

Sponsor

Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, co-sponsored by Center for African Studies, Program in Family Law and Policy" and the Program in Constitutional Theory, History and Law

Location

306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright Street

Date

Apr 10, 2024   12:00 pm  

Speaker

Dr. Jeremy Julian Sarkin, Distinguished Research professor of Law at NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Registration

https://go.illinois.edu/Sarkin

Contact

WGGP

E-Mail

wggp@illinois.edu

Phone

217-333-1994

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Originating Calendar

Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP)

Jeremy Sarkin is Distinguished Research Professor of Law at NOVA University of Lisbon in Lisbon, Portugal and an Extraordinary Professor of Law at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He has served as an acting judge in the High Court in South Africa and Chairperson-Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. Sarkin was Legal Advisor to the Chief of the Herero community in Namibia for their reparations claims against Germany from 2000 to 2014. 

Lunch with RSVP. Register at https://go.illinois.edu/Sarkin