Strategic Litigation in International and Domestic Fora - Panel I: UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic For more than four decades, the people of the Chagos Archipelago have pursued their claim, in different jurisdictions on two continents, that they were forcefully removed from their island home in the Indian Ocean by the British and U.S. governments to make way for a military base. David Vine will discuss the role of empirical data, sociology and anthropology in developing a reparations model to remedy the damages. Richard Gifford is a UK solicitor who has represented the Chagossians for more than three decades, and in several fora. Olivier Bancoult is the leader of the Chagossian people. He has been an articulate voice for the Chagossians’ aspirations, and is lead plaintiff. (Javascript is required to view Mediasite content)