Postcolonial Theory and Law Discussion Group

Meeting 11

Hosted by Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan and Ashrutha Rai from 1pm to 2pm (coffee from 12:45pm) on Wednesday 28 January 2026 in Syndicate Room 1 at Wolfson College (CB3 9BB).

We will discuss the following materials, which attendees are expected to have read in advance (with a focus on historic responsibilities for climate change):

• Grosse Ruse-Khan, Henning and Rai, Ashrutha, Intertemporality and Public Policy - Rethinking Temporal Conflict of Laws in Addressing Historic Injustices (November 4, 2024). University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 34/2024, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5010122

• David M Scott, 'Timing the Environment in International Law: Reflections on Temporality in the Three Advisory Opinions on Climate Change' (Voelkerrechtsblog, 12 August 2025) <https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/timing-the-environment-in-international-law/>

Further reading:

• Report of the Special Rapporteur Tendayi Achiume on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, prepared pursuant to UN General Assembly resolution 73/262 (A/74/321), 21 August 2019

• Andreas Buser, ‘Colonial Injustices and the Law of State Responsibility: The CARICOM Claim to Compensate Slavery and (Native) Genocide’ (2017) 77 Heidelberg Journal of International Law 409 [Available via SSRN]

• Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Reconsidering Reparations (New York, OUP, 2022), chapter 5 [Available in print via iDiscover, I will try to procure a soft copy in January]

If you are interested in volunteering to host a meeting around particular reading materials, please feel free to contact the convenors.