Law Development & Conflict Research Group
LDC promotes conversation and collaboration between scholars, activists, professionals and communities to advance critical understandings of the complex relationships between international law, development and civil and military conflicts in the Third World.
EVENTS

Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes: The East India Company on Trial
The Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC) is a project by Radha D’Souza and Jonas Staal that stages public hearings in immersive installations functioning as a court, to prosecute intergenerational climate crimes committed by states and corporations acting together. These hearings address crimes of the past, present and future, reflecting the intergenerational impacts of climate crimes on ecologies and communities.
This newly commissioned chapter of the CICC consists of a specially appointed court constructed within the former concrete hall of Ambika P3 in London. More information here.
ACTIVITIES

Third World in Theory Reading Group
Due to the latest directives of the University of Westminster regarding the Coronavirus outbreak, the meetings of the Third World in Theory Reading Group are suspended. Any changes in this status will be updated here. For more information, please contact us on lawdevelopmentconflict@gmail.com.
RESEARCH

People
Publications
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UPDATES FROM OUR MEMBERS
Radha D’Souza speaks at the University of British Columbia
10 February 2021 | State Violence against Women in India
Radha D’Souza speaks at The World Transformed Now Panel
11 September, 2020 | Colonialism(s) and the Global Policing of Dissent
Radha D’Souza’s contribution for The Centre for Critical Realism Network
24 June 2020 | Book Discussion: Critical Realism, Feminism and Gender: A Reader
Radha D’Souza Published a Book Chapter
“Wars Beyond the Armed Forces: Colonialism and Militarisation of Ethno-national Conflicts in Contemporary South Asia”. In Resistance to Empire and Militarization: Reclaiming the Sacred, edited by Jude Lal Fernando, 25-44. Sheffield, UK: Equinox Publishing, 2020.
Angelica de Freitas e Silva awarded a Doctoral Degree
May 2020 | London
Angelica was awarded a doctoral degree on successful completion of her PhD studies at the Westminster Law School. Her thesis “Decolonial Epistemologies for Energy Planning in Brazil” is now being revised for publication and translation to Portuguese and Spanish.
Radha D’Souza presented at the Shadow Munich Security Conference: The truth emerges from the shadow
15-16 of February 2020 | Munich, Germany
Radha D’Souza presented at the Shadow Munich Security Conference: The truth emerges from the shadow. Every year in February, Munich transforms into a stage for world politics during the Munich Security Conference (MSC). A stage is given to political leaders to share their visions on security, safety and global order, 800 meters away from the Münchner Kammerspiele. The MSC, a supposedly “neutral” platform, is a forum for debate for some of the most powerful people in the world. Over 4,000 police officers, hundreds of police cars and countless barriers dominate public space for a few days in order for this to happen. Deals are made behind closed doors and hardly any space for public debate or exchange is accommodated. This spectacle of power demands a counter-proposal.
Angelica’s PhD Thesis is Now Published
13 February 2021 | Westminster Repository
LDC member Angelica de Freitas e Silva had her PhD thesis published at the University of Westminster Repository. The thesis Decolonial Epistemologies for Energy Planning in Brazil brings novel analysis of energy planning from the colonial difference, challenging the modern-colonial world-system’s ethics of exhaustion. Angelica concluded her PhD in September 2019 and is now working on a book in Brazilian Portuguese inspired by her thesis.
Radha D’Souza speaks at the CAGE, TNI & CAMPAAC webinar
25 June 2020 | Webinar
Exploiting a Pandemic: Will more surveillance save us from the coronavirus? Organised by CAGE, alongside the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities(CAMPACC) and the Transnational Institute (TNI).
Radha D’Souza’s Books Translated to German and Turkish
Radha D’Souza’s introduction “Reading Öcalan as a South Asian Woman” to Abdullah Öcalan’s book Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings, (New Compass Press, 2017) was translated in German and Turkish as:
- D’Souza, R. 2019. Als Frau aus Südasien Öcalan Lesen. in: Das freie Leben aufbauen: Dialoge mit Abdullah Öcalan UNRAST.
- D’Souza, Radha. 2019. “Reading Öcalan as a South Asian Woman.” In Özgür Yaşamı İnşa Diyalogları, edited by Havin Gunesar and Reimar Heider, 129-149. Diyarbakir, Turkey: Aram Basim Reklam ve Yayincilik.
Interview with Radha D’Souza: “Fighting for justice cannot be wrong”
February 2020 | London
Radha D’Souza at DEAS
December 2019 | INAH Mexico
Radha D’Souza will participate in a dialogue on strategic uses of rights-based litigation and the pitfall in using the language of human rights with social movements, communities and social, indigenous and peasant organisations in Mexico at a gathering organised by the Dirección de Etnografía y Antropología Social (DEAS) of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) where those present will report on their struggles and discuss future strategies.