[Commlist] Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes: The East India Company on Trial

Radha D'Souza and Jonas Staal,/Court for Intergenerational Climate 
Crimes/(2021), Framer Framed, Amsterdam

Serpentine 
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Framed 
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collaboration with LDC <https://lawdevelopmentconflict.com/> and CREAM 
<https://cream.ac.uk/> at theUniversity of Westminster 
<https://cream.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=45289f31cc9f5859617e506db&id=7b8b867392&e=a1e13c1f6b>present:


  Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes:
  The East India Company on Trial

4–24 April 2025

Ambika P3
University of Westminster
35 Marylebone Road
London NW1 5LS


The /Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes/ (/CICC/) 
<https://cream.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=45289f31cc9f5859617e506db&id=ffb34dd6f5&e=a1e13c1f6b>is 
a project by *Radha D’Souza* and *Jonas Staal* that stages public 
hearings in immersive installations functioning as a court, to prosecute 
intergenerational climate crimes committed by states and corporations 
acting together. These hearings address crimes of the past, present and 
future, reflecting the intergenerational impacts of climate crimes on 
ecologies and communities.

This newly commissioned chapter of the /CICC/ consists of a specially 
appointed court constructed within the former concrete hall of Ambika P3 
in London. It was in London that the East India Company was founded in 
1600, and where the corporate entity would subsequently shape the city 
in its own interests and image. The court will interrogate witnesses 
regarding the crimes committed by the British East India Company, 
highlighting the interconnectedness of colonial and climate crimes that 
continue to shape our devastating present and future.

Non-human agents will act as evidence and witnesses in the court, in 
this case in the form of plants that played a pivotal role in the 
colonial and industrial projects of the British Crown and the East India 
Company. The audience present will have the task to act as public jury 
members.

Putting the British East India Company on trial, 425 years after its 
founding and 168 years after its dissolution in 1857, expands notions of 
intergenerational justice. It raises questions about reparations for 
crimes that transcend generations and examines how dissolved entities, 
like the EIC, endure as legal, institutional, and ideological frameworks 
for extractive capitalism and imperialism, perpetuating ecological collapse.

Following the public hearings, Ambika P3 will host an installation with 
selected materials from the tribunals in combination with the /CICC 
/School 
<https://cream.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=45289f31cc9f5859617e506db&id=e33ae22748&e=a1e13c1f6b>: 
an ongoing programme of lectures, workshops, screenings and trainings to 
deepen the relationship between artistic and legal imaginaries in the 
struggle for climate justice.

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Please note, all events are free, but booking is required. Please find 
the relevant links below. As audiences act as a public jury for the 
hearings, attending a hearing commits you to stay for the full session, 
please refer to the schedule below.

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/Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes///(/CICC/)/: The British 
East India Company on Trial/ is a project by Radha D’Souza and Jonas Staal.

Commissioned and produced by Serpentine Ecologies. In partnership with 
Framer Framed, Amsterdam (long-term partner), Law Development & Conflict 
Research Group, Ecological Futurisms, CREAM, Ambika P3, University of 
Westminster, Creative Scotland, Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) and 
Create Ireland. With special thanks to Mondriaan Fund and Jessica Sweidan.

For more information, visit 
https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/court-for-intergenerational-climate-crimes-cicc 
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Radha D'Souza and Jonas Staal,/Court for Intergenerational Climate 
Crimes: Extinction Wars/(2022), Gwangju Art Museum

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*Programme *

Fri 4 April, 6–9pm
Opening Reception and Conversation with Radha D’Souza and Jonas Staal 
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Sat 5 April, 11am–2:45pm
Case I: The East India Company and the British Crown: Partners in Crimes 
Against Ecologies and Communities 
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Sat 5 April, 3:45–7:30pm
Case II: The Indigo Trade, the East India Company and the British Crown: 
Establishing Agribusiness, Destroying Interdependent Ecologies 
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Sun 6 April, 1–4:45pm
Case III: Trading with People’s Lives: East-India Company, the British 
Crown and the Violent Severance of Land-People Relationships 
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*CICC Exhibition*

10–24 April
Thursdays–Sundays
1–6pm



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*CICC School*

Tue 8 April, 6–8pm
Talk: The war in Sudan, a people-centered perspective 
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Wed 9 April, 2–5pm
Study Group: On Planetary Health and Justice 
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Wed 9 April, 6–8pm
Talk: Territory as a place of encounter and meaning 
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Thu 10 April, 7–9pm
Screening: Serpentine Cinema: The World's Womb 
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Fri 11 April, 10:30am–12:30pm
(arrive at 10:20am)
Offsite: East India Company Walking Tour: St Paul’s Cathedral 
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Fri 11 April, 6–8pm
Screening: Legend of the Loom 
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Sat 12 April, 6–8pm
Screening: Bengal Shadows 
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Sun 13 April, 11am–1pm (arrive at 10:50am)
Offsite:East India Company/Dock Walking Tour by Dr Georgie Wemyss 
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Sun 13 April, 3–5pm
Conversation: Indigo Resistances: Sonic and Textile Testimonies 
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Tue 15 April, 6–8pm
Conversation: System of Systems with Nadine El-Enany 
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Wed 16 April, 6–8pm
Discussion: Ingrid Pollard and Corinne Fowler 
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Thu 17 April, 2–5pm
Workshop: Unsensed: More Than Human Rights 
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Thu 17 April, 6–8pm
Panel: Indian Indenture: Histories, Continuities 
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Tue 22 April, 2–5pm
Imagining Otherwise: Decolonial study group 
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Wed 23 April, 2–5pm
Workshop: How Did We Get Here? Zine Making with Incidental Unit 
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Thu 24 April, 6–9pm
Book launch: Decolonizing Knowledge, followed by drinks reception 
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