international law Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/international-law/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 19 May 2026 18:27:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png international law Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/international-law/ 32 32 1: VISA https://allegralaboratory.net/visa/ https://allegralaboratory.net/visa/#respond Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:31:23 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46875 Backway to Europe is a podcast series produced in collaboration with Gambian advocates and activists. It centers their analyses of […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/visa/feed/ 0 2: SEMESTERS https://allegralaboratory.net/semesters/ https://allegralaboratory.net/semesters/#respond Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:11:50 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47152 The second episode explores the material and symbolic motivations for Gambian youth choosing the backway to Europe, contrasting the modern, […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/semesters/feed/ 0 3: JOURNEY https://allegralaboratory.net/journey/ https://allegralaboratory.net/journey/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:09:56 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47203 In this episode YAIM members retrace their perilous backway journey towards Europe in 2016/2017, across West African borders into Libya, highlighting the systemic […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/journey/feed/ 0 4: Detention https://allegralaboratory.net/detention/ https://allegralaboratory.net/detention/#respond Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:49:37 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47397 In this episode, YAIM members recount their experience of detention in Tariq al Sikka, one of Libya’s official detention centers, […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/detention/feed/ 0 5: Return https://allegralaboratory.net/return/ https://allegralaboratory.net/return/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:56:57 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47476 In this episode, YAIM members describe how they kept their sanity inside Tariq al Sikka through music, shared prayers, and […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/return/feed/ 0 6: (Neo)colonialism https://allegralaboratory.net/neocolonialism/ https://allegralaboratory.net/neocolonialism/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:23:27 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47600 In this episode, the conversation turns to the structural conditions that make the backway feel like the only viable option […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/neocolonialism/feed/ 0 7: Advocacy https://allegralaboratory.net/advocacy/ https://allegralaboratory.net/advocacy/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:58:40 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47603 In this final episode, the conversation turns to advocacy – what it means to do it from within a country shaped […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/advocacy/feed/ 0 Anti-hero*ines of international social, political and legal practice: An Introduction https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-of-international-social-political-and-legal-practice-an-introduction/ https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-of-international-social-political-and-legal-practice-an-introduction/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46825 This thematic thread considers the figure of the anti-hero/anti-heroine and the lens of anti-heroism, and proposes a heuristic reformulation, the anti-hero*ine, to grasp more acutely the complexities and ambiguities in the interplay of power, agency and morality in relation to contemporary struggles for justice, rights, and social change.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/anti-heroines-of-international-social-political-and-legal-practice-an-introduction/feed/ 0 How South Africa rescued humanity (and International Law) at the International Court of Justice https://allegralaboratory.net/how-south-africa-rescued-humanity-and-international-law-at-the-international-court-of-justice/ https://allegralaboratory.net/how-south-africa-rescued-humanity-and-international-law-at-the-international-court-of-justice/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:28:59 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=41196 Since the creation of the United Nations, and in line with the civilizing mission’s rhetoric used to justify colonialism, racist […]

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