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[PAST EVENT] A Talk by Mireille Fanon-Mendès France: Reparations and UN resolution Resolution 68-237 (CANCELLED)
March 23, 2020
5pm - 7pm
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- Open to the public
Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, Director of the Franz Fanon Foundation, presents "Reparations and UN resolution Resolution 68-237." She will discuss the need for reparations of descendants of the trans-Atlantic slave trade within the context of international law.
Mireille Fanon-Mendès France is a lawyer, activist, and UN expert on people of African descent and a human rights activist, talks about the relevance of her father Frantz Fanon today, global inequality, and the continued need for a non-racialized decolonization.
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Professor Stephen Sheehi, [[spsheehi]]