In May, Windsor Law hosted the first Decolonizing Law conference where 72 participants explored synergies and divergences relating to the meaning and scope of decolonization at the intersection of both Indigenous and Third World decolonial movements.
Dr. John Borrows, University of Victoria Faculty of Law, and Dr. Usha Natarajan, American University of Cairo, Egypt, Department of Law, set the stage for our conference with their keynote conversation focusing on their own reflections on decolonizing law.
Dr. Liliana Obregón from Los Andes University in Colombia traced the erasures of Indigenous Peoples and Women from this history of international law and Dr. Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, University of Victoria, Department of Political Science, reflected on the constructions of borders and their significance to Indigenous Communities.
