Book launch: Calibrating Colonial Crime by Joshua Castellino
Prof Patti Sellers, Prof John Knox, Prof Joshua Castellino
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This event is open to members of the University, but priority will be given to students and tutors of the Summer School in International Human Rights Law and the MSc in International Human Rights Law. This is an in-person event.
Leading international criminal lawyer Professor Sellers will reflect on the efficacy of tools within international criminal law to address the matter of colonial crime. Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Environment & Human Rights John Knox will address the link between colonial crime and environmental degradation. Both speakers will seek to comment on the extent to which the book https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/calibrating-colonial-crime offers insights into the debate on reparations and system change.
Author
Joshua Castellino is the Co-Director of Minority Rights Group International, and a Professor of International & Comparative Law at the University of Derby
Respondents
Prof John Knox is a Professor of International Law at the Wake Forest Law School, USA
Prof Patti Sellers is an International criminal lawyer and Special Adviser on Slavery Crimes to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court