“For the Sole Reason of Being Born Mixed-Race” - The Case of the Métis Children of the Belgian Congo
Vandenbosch, Sofia
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Verfassungsblog
2025-06-06
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Where there is a will, there is a way. This phrase could sum up the logic behind the recent judgment of the Brussels Court of Appeal which condemned the Belgian government to compensate for the damage resulting from the abduction and racial segregation of children of white fathers and Black mothers during its colonisation of the Congo. The judgment sets a historic precedent: it is the first time that a domestic Court has ordered the government to pay financial compensation for acts that could have had amounted to crimes against humanity during its colonial past.
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Vandenbosch, Sofia
Belgium
Congo
European Court of Human Rights
Kongo
Post-Colonialism
Postkolonialismus [Motiv]
Rassentrennung
colonialism
racial segregation
Kongo
Postkolonialismus [Motiv]
Rassentrennung
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https://verfassungsblog.de/belgium-congo-metis-compensation/
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