The Indonesian AID Scholarship (TIAS) is a grant program from the Indonesian Government aimed to support the achievement of SDGs targets, especially in the education sector. As a reflection of the spirit of the Asia-Africa Summit, the Indonesian AID scholarship will develop the skills and expertise of future leaders from Indonesia’s priority countries. It acts […]
This report examines the pertinacious displacement of African cultural artefacts and ancestral remains in Western and European museums, and removal through colonial conquest, scientific expeditions, and state-sanctioned plunder. The findings of the report emphasises that restitution is not a gesture of goodwill between states, but rather an important step in rectifying the legal, ethical and […]
This report details the outcomes of a diplomatic mission in November 2024, undertaken by his Excellency Sheik Adan Mohamed Nur ’Madobe’ and a small delegation of members of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Somalia, to support capacity building for Somali democracy. The mission aimed to strengthen democratic institutions, enhance parliamentary processes, and […]
Reparations and Restitution of Kenyan Artefacts April 29th to May 2nd 2024 Introduction The background to this mission was the ratification by Kenya of the UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property in November 2023. The fact finding mission is intended to […]
The Maasai Living Cultures Project is a collaborative project between representatives of the Kenyan and Tanzanian Maasai community and the Pitt Rivers Museum. It aims to build trust and address concerns about the portrayal of Maasai culture in museums. It aims to foster knowledge exchange and collaboration between the Maasai community and UK museums and […]
EDM (Early Day Motion)735: tabled on 08 May 2024 Tabled in the 2023-24 session. This motion has been signed by 2 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted. Motion text That this House stands in solidarity with the Maasai people of Tanzania who are being forcibly evicted by their Government on the false […]
The intention of the Bandung Africa 2023 conference was to support the initiatives of civil society in the region by adding the voice of various human rights and climate change activists, and genuine conservationists on the continent, and in the African diaspora to support the work of those on the Continent. In that regard the […]
Exclusive: ‘We demand the immediate arrest of Preston Hemphill, and all of the other officers who took any action that contributed to the death of Tyre Nichols,’ attorney tells The Independent. An urgent United Nations appeal has been filed by the family members of Tyre Nichols and their legal team, The Independent can reveal. Mr […]
Mark Rowley, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, The Metropolitan Police Service, New Scotland Yard, Victoria, London. 20.12.2022 By email to mark.rowley@met.police.uk; paul.brogden@met.police.uk Dear Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley, You may recall that I was an independent member of the Metropolitan Police Authority (2000 to 2008) and Vice Chair for a period of two years. I […]
Abstract One way of understanding the exile of the Chagos Islanders and their inability to return to their ancestral land is through a reading of the case from a perspective of post-colonial legal scholarship. Chagossians have strong legal rights to land and remedies of compensation and return through a purposive application of the international legal […]