EAN: 9781474618137

THE LAST COLONY - PHILIPPE SANDS KARTONIERT (TB)

After the Second World War  new international rules heralded an age of human rights and
self-determination. Supported by Britain  these unprecedented changes sought to end the scourge
of colonialism. But how committed was Britain? In the 1960s  its colonial instinct ignited once
more: a secret decision was taken to offer the US a base at Diego Garcia  one of the islands of
the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean  create a new colony (the 'British Indian Ocean
Territory') and deport the entire local population. One of those inhabitants was Liseby Elysé 
twenty years old  newly married  expecting her first child. One suitcase  no pets  the British
ordered  expelling her from the only home she had ever known. For four decades the government
of Mauritius fought for the return of Chagos  and the past decade Philippe Sands has been
intimately involved in the cases. In 2018 Chagos and colonialism finally reached the World
Court in The Hague. As Mauritius and the entire African continent challenged British and
American lawlessness  fourteen international judges faced a landmark decision: would they rule
that Britain illegally detached Chagos from Mauritius? Would they open the door to Liseby Elysé
and her fellow Chagossians returning home - or exile them forever? Taking us on a disturbing
journey across international law  THE LAST COLONY illuminates the continuing horrors of
colonial rule  the devasting impact of Britain's racist grip on its last colony in Africa  and
the struggle for justice in the face of a crime against humanity. It is a tale about the making
of modern international law and one woman's fight for justice  a courtroom drama and a personal
journey that ends with a historic ruling.

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