Reparations and Restitution: Legal Redress, Historical Justice, and Corporate Accountability in the Post-Colonial Present

November 14, 2025
Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics, University of Brighton

Brighton
United Kingdom

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  • Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics

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University of Brighton

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This interdisciplinary conference will bring together diverse voices to explore the political, ethical, legal, ecological, and historical dimensions of reparation and restitution across the African Diaspora. We are particularly interested in contributions that interrogate the legacies of slavery, colonialism, racial capitalism, and environmental exploitation, and examine how justice and accountability are being pursued through legal action, ecological activism, public memory, and community mobilisation.  

This event aims to advance critical dialogue on the role of institutions, corporations, and states in responding to historical and ongoing injustices, including environmental degradation that disproportionately affects African, Caribbean, and other Black communities globally. We welcome proposals that highlight climate justice and ecological restitution as vital dimensions of reparative justice in the 21st century.


Confirmed Keynote Speaker: Deadria Farmer-Paellmann

Executive Director, Restitution Study Group, United States of America (USA)
Keynote Theme: “Litigating the Past: Strategies for Corporate Reparations and Transformative Justice”.

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