Law by Colour Code is a research project led by Dr. Lys Kulamadayile. Running over the course of four years (2024-2028), the project aims to explore the role of race and racism in international law by focusing on the legal governance of nature and food systems in the Anthropocene. It accepts that the meaning of the term ‘race’ is context-contingent. It uses the term ‘racism’ to describe the process of naturalizing the enjoyment of entitlements, rights, and privileges, for one racially defined group, at the expense of another. ‘Structural racism’ is then understood as the maintenance of hierarchies and dependencies structured by racial identities. The project is primarily concerned with European practices of international law, The focal points of this project are the legal systems of Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the European Union. It builds on scholarship exploring the colonial legacies of international law and on domestic legal scholarship on racial discrimination and racism. The project is funded by the Swiss National Sciences Foundation’s Ambizione scheme (Grant No. 216005) and based at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
Law by Colour Code 