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SUMMARY:Workshop on Memory laws in Europe
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DESCRIPTION:The number of laws that set a legal framework for historical m
 emory is increasing. This touches on questions of freedom of expression\; 
 and legislators can predetermine historical judgements. This topic will be
  discussed in a comparative European perspective. Audience warmly welcome.
 \n\nSpeakers:\n Various Speakers
LOCATION:Seminar Room\,  St Antony's College European Studies Centre\, 70 
 Woodstock Road\, Oxford OX2 6HR
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SUMMARY:Reparations and the search for justice: International law and the 
 Anglo-German and Polish-German mixed arbitral tribunals (1919–c.1932) - 
 Jakob Zollmann (Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB) and St Antony's College
 \, Oxford)\, Patrick Cohrs (University of Florence and St Antony's College
 \, Oxford)
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DESCRIPTION:The payment of reparations from the former Central Powers afte
 r World War I was among the most politically controversial parts of the Pe
 ace Treaties. An important part of these reparations\, often overlooked in
  scholarship\, was damage payments from the Central Powers to individual n
 ationals of the Allied Powers. The Mixed Arbitral Tribunals (MATs) were ta
 sked to decide such disputes over private damage claims advanced by Allied
  nationals or companies against former Central Powers governments. In doin
 g so\, the MATs were among the first international tribunals to ever allow
  individuals to claim private damages from foreign governments. This was s
 tipulated in the peace treaties of 1919–23\, such as the Treaty of Versa
 illes with Germany. Starting in 1920\, the MATs were established as intern
 ational judicial bodies that combined several features that distinguished 
 them from traditional ad hoc arbitral tribunals\, notably their semi-perma
 nent nature\, their composition\, their jurisdiction\, and their rules of 
 procedure. This system was innovative and spearheaded new pathbreaking tec
 hniques of international law. Taking the example of English and Polish cla
 imants\, this presentation will lay out the new relevance of international
  law for Allied nationals and their understanding of justice. Not in the l
 east\, this relevance was expressed in the sheer number of claims for repa
 ration/compensation\, with tens of thousands of claimants petitioning the 
 MATs from all over the world.\nSpeakers:\nJakob Zollmann (Berlin Social Sc
 ience Centre (WZB) and St Antony's College\, Oxford)\, Patrick Cohrs (Univ
 ersity of Florence and St Antony's College\, Oxford)
LOCATION:70 Woodstock Road (European Studies Centre Seminar Room)\, 70 Woo
 dstock Road OX2 6HR
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/bb5ba4eb-c79e-4178-9f0c-1cb6f9ece4ce/
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DESCRIPTION:Talk:Reparations and the search for justice: International law
  and the Anglo-German and Polish-German mixed arbitral tribunals (1919–c
 .1932) - Jakob Zollmann (Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB) and St Antony'
 s College\, Oxford)\, Patrick Cohrs (University of Florence and St Antony'
 s College\, Oxford)
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