Legal academic at the University of Cape Town - an ethnographer at heart, writing on international criminal law, borders, refugees & migration in central Africa.
Nicola Palmer
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In South Africa, one of xenophobia’s quieter moral mechanisms is the way foreign wrongdoing is made to carry more meaning than citizen wrongdoing. africasacountry.com/2026/06/the-...
Salona Lutchman talks about who she is looking forward to meeting in person at the upcoming Public Law Conference 2026 😁 Registration extended to 15 June, so there is still time to secure your participation - bit.ly/4wPqTKx
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What would it mean to take #Racism and processes of #Racialisation seriously in #prison work and research??
Join Angela Charles, Khatuna Tsintsadze, and I at this @crimeandjustice.bsky.social event on Weds June 3rd:
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What would it mean to rethink sovereignty through an ecological lens.
Join us online for the first event in Alameda’s After Order Working Paper Series.
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In South Africa, one of xenophobia’s quieter moral mechanisms is the way foreign wrongdoing is made to carry more meaning than citizen wrongdoing.
Masayo Fukuda, contemporary master of kirie, or Japanese paper-cutting, crafting hyper detailed creatures from single sheets of paper #womensart
The full programme for the Public Law Conference is out & registration is open.
Cape Town 1-4 July 2026
Join our discussions on the future of constitutional democracies.
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Registrations are open till 15 June - you can still secure your participation! law.uct.ac.za/publiclawcon...
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Wow, amazing story: In December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg power station – the crown jewel of the apartheid state – pulled the pins and then left on his bicycle. How did he do it? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Human rights organisations and leaders of immigrant communities in South Africa have expressed disappointment with Tuesday’s Constitutional Court judgment.
Read groundup.org.za/article/righ... by Joseph Chirume
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Do human rights moderate punishment (a shield 🛡️) or expand it (a sword ⚔️)? My new chapter argues they do both as a form of "penal governance".
Out now in the Research Handbook on Penal Policy!
📖 Book: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...
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The long read: In December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg power station – the crown jewel of the apartheid state – pulled the pins and then left on his bicycle. Ho...
www.theguardian.com
Nicola Palmer
UCT Law Faculty
groundup.org.za
Immigrant community leaders say the ruling that bars rejected asylum seekers from reapplying, may see people deported back to countries where they face danger
‘The Research Handbook on Penal Policy brings together an impressive group of contributors, providing readers with a remarkably rich and wide-ranging set of reflections. The result is an unusually val...
