About
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Pursuing ecological justice & Reparations for People of African descent requires a new, bold approach that is decolonial and Pan-African in nature. Relying on Westphalian legal thought and international law made by colonial powers is the future.
At Terralex Africa, we seek to use Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), Pan-African ecopolitics, and the Ubuntu philosophy, among other African-based instruments, to navigate the terrain of global ecopolitics, climate negotiations, finance & norm setting. This is because the international climate change architecture is not suited for nor guided by the Global South (Africa, the Caribbean & Latin America). It is instead driven by the colonial powers that scrambled for Africa for purposes of violent extraction of African resources (e.g., DRC Congo, South African mines, Niger Delta, etc.), where genocidal & ecocidal acts were committed by the same actors. They cannot justly design our reparations nor offer a just transition.
These must be African-led.
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TerrAlex Africa is a Pan-African advocacy and litigation initiative. We use the law to confront ecological injustice, drive treaty enforcement, and demand reparations for communities most affected by climate change. We seek to use Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), Pan-African ecopolitics, and the Ubuntu philosophy, among other African-based instruments, to navigate the terrain of global ecopolitics, climate negotiations, finance & norm setting.