"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
- wggp@illinois.edu
- Phone
- 217-333-1994
- Views
- 288
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