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29 May

[Natalia Kubesch is a Legal Advisor at REDRESS, focussing on asset recovery and the repurposing of assets frozen under Magnitsky Sanctions for the purpose of human rights reparations, and leading REDRESS’ universal jurisdiction work. Prior to this, Natalia practiced at two large international law firms in London, working on complex financial crime investigations and litigations, and advised on compliance with international sanction regimes.  Lyra Nightingale is...

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29 May

[Professor Luke Moffett is chair of human rights and international humanitarian law at Queen's University Belfast. He is author of Justice for Victims before the International Criminal Court (Routledge 2014), Reparations and War (OUP 2023), and Algorithms of War (BUP 2026)] As the war in Ukraine drags into its fifth year (or thirteenth if you look back to Russia’s original invasion),...

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28 May

Illia Chernohorenko served as Director-General for the Rule of Law Directorate at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, consulted the President of Ukraine on legal reform, and worked at the Supreme Court, representing it in the ECtHR’s Superior Courts Network. He is currently pursuing a DPhil on repurposing state assets as redress for human rights violations. In recent years, he...

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28 May

Cristián Correa is the Head of the Reparations Praxis Hub at the Global Survivors Fund (GSF), where he helps systematise and encourage learning from practical experiences of reparation for survivors of conflict related sexual violence. He also provides guidance to GSF work in Colombia, Syria, and Ukraine, where he helped design and implement the Pilot Project on Urgent Interim Reparation...

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27 May

[Albina Basysta is an Associate Professor of International law at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations. She advises a member of Ukrainian Parliament on human rights and international humanitarian law; co-author of Law 4067 on urgent interim reparation for CRSV survivors in Ukraine, developed in consultations with survivors] In situations where harm involves mass...

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27 May

[Shuichi Furuya is Professor of International Law at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan; and a former member of the UN Human Rights Committee. He has delivered lectures “Changing Aspects of Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict” at the Hague Academy of International Law, Winter Session 2026] Reparations are often treated as something that comes after war: after the fighting has ended, after...

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26 May

[Julienne Lusenge is a prominent activist from eastern DRC who has dedicated her work to justice, peace, and gender equality. She co-founded SOFEPADI in 2000 and created the Fonds pour les femmes congolaises in 2007, focusing on women’s empowerment, political leadership, and combating sexual violence. She is widely recognised and earned major international awards and leadership roles, including being named...

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26 May

[Lucía Inés Xiloj Cuin is a human rights and Indigenous peoples’ rights lawyer in Guatemala. She has litigated several cases related to crimes committed during Guatemala’s internal armed conflict, including the case concerning the massacre at the Spanish Embassy and the Mujeres Achi case. She is also a member of the Red Latinoamericana de Litigio Estratégico en Género (RELEG)] This article...

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26 May

[Sirra Ndow is Country Director of ANEKED (The Gambia). ANEKED is a victim/survivor-led organisation advancing transitional justice, reparations, and human rights advocacy through survivor-centred initiatives, and contributes to global narratives on reparative justice from a survivor perspective] Too often, reparations processes focus on compensation, prosecutions, and institutional reforms while neglecting the lived experiences, dignity, and recognition of victims. In doing so, they risk...

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25 May

[Laura Posada-Orjuela is a Colombian lawyer with an LL.M. from McGill University, specializing in international human rights and transitional justice. She served as legal advisor to a commissioner at the Commission for the Verification of Identity and Kinship of Victims of the Patriotic Union (Comisión para la Constatación de Identidad y Parentesco de Víctimas de la Unión Patriótica, UP)] Introduction On March 31, 2026, the mandate of the Commission...

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25 May

[Kostiantyn Davydenko lived in Donetsk and worked in property valuation before the war. He was detained by officers of the FSB in Simferopol and accused of espionage. He remained in captivity from February 11, 2018, until August 24, 2025, after being released through an exchange procedure. After his release, he co-founded the Charitable Foundation "Civilians in Captivity", and he continues...

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25 May

[Ana Cutts Dougherty is a Legal Consultant at REDRESS, an NGO based in London and The Hague that seeks justice and reparation for survivors of serious international crimes and human rights violations. Katya Ravinska is a Legal Officer at REDRESS.  Alejandro Rodríguez-Díaz is a Legal Officer at REDRESS.  Julie Bardèche is a Senior Legal Advisor at REDRESS. Lyra Nightingale is a Senior Legal Advisor...

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