The US State Department's official policy to dismantle the International Criminal Court (ICC) "brick by brick" is seen as a critical threat to international justice. This move, involving sanctions on officials and pressure on allies, aligns the US with autocrats and follows previous Trump-era actions against the ICC.
French President Emmanuel Macron's acknowledgment of 'reparations' for enslaved Africans marks a shift, yet avoids specifics on what reparations entail, highlighting the 'Africa exception' in global reparations where the West pays for lost 'property' but not for African persons.
US civil rights scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw urges Birmingham City University to reverse its decision to close its MA in black studies, calling it an 'escalating assault' mirroring US attacks on DEI and warning of the 'erasure' of Black scholarship.
Health campaigners Just Treatment and Global Justice Now are threatening legal action against the UK government over a drug-pricing deal with the Trump administration. They accuse ministers of breaching parliamentary protocol and seek to revoke legislation that allows ministers to direct NHS spending on medicines.
More than 100 figures sign open letter criticising closure, just months after MA was launchedMore than 100 academics, writers and activists from around the world have signed an open letter condemning plans to close an MA in Black studies and global justice at Birmingham City University (BCU), just months after it was first launched.The move follows the controversial closure of BCU’s undergraduate course in Black studies in 2024, and has prompted warnings that Black studies are being erased from UK higher education. Continue reading...
