Culture and memory

Memory Beneath the Sand

On 28 May 2026, the French National Assembly adopted a bill repealing the Code Noir and other texts linked to the legal organisation of slavery in French colonies. This late repeal erases neither the crimes nor the inherited racial hierarchies. Above all, it reminds us that old texts do not die by themselves.

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Society

When Health Begins at Home

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the intensification of heatwaves and the fragility of popular housing point to the same reality: health crises rarely begin in hospitals. They first settle into homes, schools, transport, badly ventilated rooms and families forced to compensate for what public services no longer guarantee.

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Rights and justice

Law, Memory and Borders

The National Assembly’s vote to repeal the Code Noir reminds us that some texts outlive their own era. But the issue is not only memorial: in migration policies, Libyan detention systems and Sahelian repression, law still organizes hierarchies between protected lives, monitored lives and exposed lives.

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International

Law under sanctions

In Gaza, Lebanon and around Iran, international law has not disappeared. It is invoked, bypassed, sanctioned and instrumentalised. This obstructed presence reveals the current crisis : the legal order exists, but its application still depends brutally on the balance of power.

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