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SUMMARY: The Past Will Not Be Silenced: Haiti and the Global Calls for Repa
 ratory Justice
DESCRIPTION: 2025 marks 200 years since France forced Haiti to pay an “Inde
 pendence Debt” for its liberation. The debt – meant to “compensate” France 
 for its loss of enslaved people — has kept Haiti impoverished and unstable 
 for decades.   Join us for a panel discussion to explore the consequences o
 f the debt 200 years later\, the […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><span data-contrast="none">2025 marks 200 
 years since France forced Haiti to pay an “Independence Debt” for its liber
 ation. The debt – meant to “compensate” France for its loss of enslaved peo
 ple -- has kept Haiti impoverished and unstable for decades. </span><span d
 ata-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Join us for a 
 panel discussion to explore the consequences of the debt 200 years later\, 
 the legal case for restitution\, and Haiti’s role in the global movement fo
 r reparations for the lasting consequences of colonialism and enslavement.<
 /span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p> </p><p><strong>Speakers:</s
 trong></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Monique Clesca\, Co-founder of Kole
 ktif Ayisyen Afro-Desanda</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p><s
 pan data-contrast="none">Dr. Michael McEachrane\, Rapporteur of the UN Perm
 anent Forum on People of African Descent and 2024-2025 Harvard Carr Center 
 Racial Justice Fellow </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><p><span
  data-contrast="none">Brian Concannon Jr.\, Esq.\, Executive Director\, Ins
 titute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti  </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> 
 </span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Moderated by </span>Régine Théodat
 \, Principal\, Ananas Consulting</p><p><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></
 p><p><b><span data-contrast="none">Lunch will be served.</span></b></p><p><
 strong><a href="https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lA22NXAERbmGkeC
 SUywmhw">Register now</a>. </strong></p>
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sanjana Nayak":MAILTO:snayak@law.harvard.edu
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 haiti-and-the-global-calls-for-reparatory-justice/
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