Colonialism, Slavery, Trade, Reparations
Remedying the 'Past'?
Case Studies
The following links address specific case studies related to the legacy of slavery and colonialism
Afro-Bolivian
- For a good introduction, visit the "Bolivia" entry on the Minority Rights Group International website.
- Read the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)'s Concluding Observations to Bolivia's periodic report (2011)
Herero
- Prof. Jeremy Sarkin, Visiting Professor of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in the U.S., has published a book, Colonial Genocide and Reparations Claims in the 21st Century: The Socio-Legal Context of Claims under International Law by the Herero against Germany for Genocide in Namibia, 1904-1908 (Praeger Security International 2009). Here is the abstract (word document)
- Rachel J. Anderson, 'Redressing Colonial Genocide: The Hereros' Cause of Action Against Germany', (2005) 93 California Law Review 1155. Click here to download the abstract in word format.
