Belgium guilty of colonial crimes against humanity

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Until the 1960’s, children born of relationships between white fathers and black mothers in the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi were systematically kidnapped from their families, had their identities changed, and sent to live on Catholic missions. Many were sexually abused. Now in a landmark case, a Belgian court has agreed this was a crime against humanity.

Guest: Nicolas Angelet, counsel for the Metis women at the Brussels Court of Appeal, attorney at the Brussels Bar, associate tenant of Doughty Street Chambers in London, and professor of international law at Ghent University and Université libre de Bruxelles in Belgium.