Project brief
Overview and programme direction
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Context
About the project
International Law, Accountability, and Justice is a project supported by the Open Society Foundations. It facilitates academic research and a workshop focused on developing and examining an international law framework for reparations for historic injustices suffered by people of African descent.
The project contributes to legal and policy conversations on accountability, reparative justice and the role of international law in addressing historical harms and their continuing effects.
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Programme focus
Objectives
- To examine international law frameworks relevant to reparations for historic injustices
- To support academic research on accountability
- Justice for people of African descent; and to convene expert dialogue on reparative justice
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Implementation
Activities
- Academic research; expert workshop
- Legal analysis; policy dialogue
- Engagement with international law approaches to historic injustice and reparations.
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Results
Outputs
- Research findings; workshop outcomes
- Legal and policy analysis
- Strengthened discourse on reparations, accountability and justice under international law.
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Institutional value
Impact
The project supports deeper African and diaspora-focused engagement with international law, reparations and accountability for historic injustices affecting people of African descent.