In the third session of the _Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes: The British East India Company on Trial,_ the tribunal heard evidence on the Company’s collusion with the British Crown to establish forced and indentured labour, violating the relationships between people and the land.
Witnesses Sudipto Mitra and Mostafa Henaway presented evidence detailing the transformation of the slave trade into the indentured labour systems. They spoke to its impacts on agrarian communities and the environment, notably causing deforestation and monocropping in both home and host countries.
Additional evidence demonstrated the ongoing exploitation of labour around the world by present-day states and corporations and how extraction continues to cause involuntary migrations and climate crises.
The Advocate-Prosecutor, Hashim bin Rashid, showed how the laws, institutions, policies and practices established by the East India Company and the British Crown set a precedent for comparable practices today and spoke on their implications for the future.
Judges: Radha D’Souza (chair); Sharon H. Venne, Ramón Vera-Herrera. Clerk: Jonas Staal.
_CICC_ is a project by Radha D’Souza (academic, writer, lawyer and activist) and Jonas Staal (artist and propaganda researcher). It stages public hearings which address crimes of the past, present and future, reflecting how states and corporations have intergenerational impacts on ecologies and communities. To learn more, visit https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/court-for-intergenerational-climate-crimes-cicc/.
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_CICC: The British East India Company on Trial_ was commissioned and produced by Serpentine Ecologies, in partnership with Framer Framed, Amsterdam (long term partner), Law Development & Conflict Research Group, CREAM, Ambika P3, University of Westminster, Creative Scotland, Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) and Create Ireland. Special thanks to Mondriaan Fund and Jessica Sweidan. Curated and produced by Lucia Pietroiusti, Daisy Gould and Isobel Peyton-Jones.
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