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We are a research project that studies new calls for #reparations around the world. We are based at the #anthropology dept. of @uva.nl and funded by the EU. Check out our open-access lecture series, publications and more here: www.reparationsres.eu
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REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 17d
Interested in using visual and arts-based methods, and designing a research project with reparative potential? Watch our latest lecture 'Picturing Repair' by Dr. Saskia Duijs and learn more about photography & #repair.

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYq2...
Picturing Repair: Fostering a reparative research practice through photography
YouTube video by REPAIR
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reparationsres.bsky.social
COP 30 started this Monday - See a great summary of what to look out for concerning #climate #reparations & #LossAndDamage by @lossanddamage.bsky.social here:

www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/co...
COP 30 STARTS TOMORROW WHAT IS AT STAKE UNDER THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT SHAPE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO LOSS AND DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE CLIMATE CRISIS?
By the Loss and Damage Collaboration
www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
reparationsres.bsky.social
As victims of Sheikh Hasina's rule continue to await #justice & #reparations, Bangladeshi rights groups remain concerned about the continuing trend of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

Find a detailed summary of the current situation here:
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
New rulers, old killers: Bangladesh extrajudicial deaths mount under Yunus
More than a year after PM Hasina's ousting, unlawful killings and disappearances - features of her rule - continue.
www.aljazeera.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
reparationsres.bsky.social
Join us in one hour for a talk with Tina Cordova on #reparations for #nuclearharm
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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lossanddamage.bsky.social
1/2. 📢During the opening plenary of #COP30, the 2024 joint annual report (JAR) of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM) and the #SantiagoNetwork for #LossAndDamage.

🔗Find it here: assets.santiago-network.org/Common/Docum...
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Job for all you UK #Reparations researchers out there: jrct.org.uk/job-vacancies
Vacancy: Head of reparations
Job vacancies
jrct.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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felixundstein.bsky.social
Join us for an online lecture next Tuesday at 5pm on #reparations for #nuclearharm in New Mexico. We will hear from grassroots activist Tina Cordova
November 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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☢️ There are still a couple of days left to register for our next online lecture:

Coming Tuesday at 5pm CET Tina Cordova will reflect on her experience fighting for her community which has suffered serious and multi-generational consequences of nuclear harm.

Read more ⬇️
reparationsres.bsky.social REPAIR @reparationsres.bsky.social · 11d
Join us next Tuesday for an online lecture on 'Nuclear reparations 80 years later: The Trinity Downwinders receive modest compensation' by Downwinder & grassroots activist Tina Cordova.

📅 11 November, 5pm CET
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/dow...
Nuclear reparations 80 years later: The Trinity Downwinders receive modest compensation — REPAIR
www.reparationsresearch.eu
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
reparationsres.bsky.social
As part of a new wave of cross-border #climate litigation, Pakistani farmers whose livelihoods were devastated by floods demand compensation & plan to sue two of Germany’s most polluting companies: energy firm RWE and cement producer Heidelberg Materials.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pakistani farmers to sue German polluters over climate-linked flood damage
Claimants seek compensation from RWE and Heidelberg Materials after extreme flooding destroyed harvests
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
reparationsres.bsky.social
Great breakdown of the main obstacles to turning frozen Russian assets into a #reparations loan to Ukraine in light of upcoming talks between Belgium & the EU Commission happening this Friday.

www.politico.eu/article/russ...
Russian assets dispute triggers crisis meeting between EU Commission, Belgium
Officials launch new bid to break the political deadlock over a €140B reparations loan to Ukraine.
www.politico.eu
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
reparationsres.bsky.social
Interesting new blog discussing a structural approach to #climate #reparations by addressing debt & "the financial subordination of the Global South" by @mpetel.bsky.social.

You can read it here:
verfassungsblog.de/toward-struc...
Toward Structural Climate Reparations?
verfassungsblog.de
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
reparationsres.bsky.social
Join us next Tuesday for an online lecture on 'Nuclear reparations 80 years later: The Trinity Downwinders receive modest compensation' by Downwinder & grassroots activist Tina Cordova.

📅 11 November, 5pm CET
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/dow...
Nuclear reparations 80 years later: The Trinity Downwinders receive modest compensation — REPAIR
www.reparationsresearch.eu
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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lossanddamage.bsky.social
1/11. 📢 COP 30 KEY MESSAGES: Ahead of the start of @cop30brazil.bsky.social, which will take place from 10 to 21 November, 2025, in Belém, Brazil, we have prepared key messages on #LossAndDamage. 🔥

🔗Read them here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/ke...
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Brand new blog from our PhD, Tabitha Hrynick: "From the Screen to the Heart: Art, Storytelling, and the Demand for Nuclear Justice" ☢️

Live now, read it here:
www.reparationsresearch.eu/blog/screent...

#Reparations #EnvironmentalJustice #Trinity #DownWinders #Mining #NewMexico
From the Screen to the Heart: Art, Storytelling, and the Demand for Nuclear Justice — REPAIR
Tabitha Hrynick reflects on reparations for nuclear harm in New Mexico.
www.reparationsresearch.eu
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
reparationsres.bsky.social
A statue commemorating LGBT military personnel is unveiled by King Charles after decades-long campaign against ban on being gay in the armed forces. Activists hope that it can "encourage veterans who have not yet come forward to apply for #reparations".

www.bbc.com/news/article...
King unveils new memorial to LGBT veterans after gay ban campaign
A memorial is unveiled dedicated to gay military personnel and to those who served during the armed forces gay ban.
www.bbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
reparationsres.bsky.social
Interested in using visual and arts-based methods, and designing a research project with reparative potential? Watch our latest lecture 'Picturing Repair' by Dr. Saskia Duijs and learn more about photography & #repair.

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYq2...
Picturing Repair: Fostering a reparative research practice through photography
YouTube video by REPAIR
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
reparationsres.bsky.social
French court orders TotalEnergies to pay #reparations over false claims - NGOs call the ruling historic: “the first time in the world that a major oil and gas firm was found liable for misleading the public by greening its image".

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
French court penalizes TotalEnergies for deceptive greenwashing claims
Oil major TotalEnergies misled consumers in a 2021 ad campaign claiming it could become carbon neutral by 2050, a French civil court found on Thursday, in the first decision applying France's greenwashing law to an energy company.
www.reuters.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
reparationsres.bsky.social
Interesting developments in the UK in line with rights of nature movements.

Read here:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK campaigners launch bill to give nature legal rights
Private member’s bill backed by Chris Packham and Natalie Bennett would impose a duty of care on government and business
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
reparationsres.bsky.social
Perenco, France's second-largest oil company, will be tried for environmental damages - heavy pollution, infertile soil and serious health impacts among residents - in DRC after investigations reveal 167 incidents linked to its operations.

www.journalismfund.eu/news/case-op...
Case Opened Against Perenco After Cross-border Investigation | Journalismfund Europe
PARIS – French-British oil company Perenco is being taken to court for environmental damages in DRC, following cross-border investigations supported by Journalismfund Europe.
www.journalismfund.eu
October 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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lossanddamage.bsky.social
1/3.⏳In 8️⃣ DAYS, the Scottish Governement 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 — the world’s first mover on #LossAndDamage finance — will share what it learned at the launch🚀of a new report🔬 “Lessons From the Frontlines: Learning From Scotland’s Leadership on Loss and Damage Finance”. 🧐 Open to all. 2 sessions. Register ⬇️
October 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
reparationsres.bsky.social
Five years and counting: Victims & families of Nigeria's #EndSARS protest violence are still waiting for justice, collective truth-telling and compensation.

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Nigeria’s victims of #EndSARS protest violence await justice five years on
Victims and families of protesters shot dead by security forces say promises of accountability, compensation not met.
www.aljazeera.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
reparationsres.bsky.social
'Regulation, redistribution & #reparations' - Great commentary on fossil fuel industry PR with a twist on the slogan 'reduce, reuse, recycle' from @alexlenferna.bsky.social.

theconversation.com/reduce-reuse...
‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ is corporate gaslighting – the real change must come from the fossil fuel industry
Recycling and cutting personal waste isn’t enough. Polluters must be regulated, and reparations paid by companies that have harmed the environment.
theconversation.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
reparationsres.bsky.social
Regardless of last week's fragile ceasefire agreement, South Africa emphasized the importance of the ICJ's genocide case and the need for Israeli #reparations for Palestinians.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
South Africa says ICJ genocide case will continue despite Gaza ceasefire
President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard.
www.aljazeera.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
reparationsres.bsky.social
Complex debate unfolds around California's Democratic governor rejecting a recent #reparations bill which would have allowed universities to give preference to applicants descended from enslaved people.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reparations leaders ‘deeply disappointed’ as Newsom vetoes university bill
Backlash as California governor rejects measure allowing preferential treatment for descendants of enslaved people
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
reparationsres.bsky.social
The EU is looking to renew sanctions against Russia, develop a concrete plan for a #reparations loan to Ukraine which does not count towards deficit & debt levels, and get G7 powers to apply similar mechanisms for frozen Russian assets - says Economy Commissioner.

www.reuters.com/business/eu-...
EU will seek to exclude Ukraine loan guarantees from deficit calculations
Financial guarantees EU members are likely to have to provide to cover a reparation loan to Ukraine should not count towards their deficit and debt targets, European Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said on Friday.
www.reuters.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
reparationsres.bsky.social
A powerful recent piece on Tuvalu in relation to rising sea levels, #ClimateFinance and climate #reparations: "You pollute, you pay"

Read here:
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
‘We don’t want to disappear’: Tuvalu fights for climate action and survival
Pacific island nation explores new ways to survive climate change but needs help to build protective sea walls now.
www.aljazeera.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM