This paper explores the role of the Libyan Coastal Highway across history: originally built by fascist Italy during colonisation, in the postcolonial era Libya demanded Italy commit to the construction of a new motorway as part of the reparation process for its crimes. Only in 2008 was an agreement reached. Through it, Italy used the promise to build a new road as a bargaining-chip to secure Qaddafi’s cooperation in containing migrant mobility across the Mediterranean. This paper explores the different ways in which the Libyan road has endured as a space and a tool of power by tracing historical and political continuities across time, from colonisation to demands for postcolonial reparations and migration governance. Drawing inspiration from the notion of “coloniality”, the paper investigates the colonial continuum expressed by the Italian/Libyan reparation process, and seeks to posit alternative pathways towards the unresolved question of postcolonial justice around the Mediterranean.

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利比亚沿海公路的生命周期：意大利殖民主义、殖民主义和地中海地区赔偿司法的未来

本文探讨了利比亚沿海公路在历史上的作用：最初由法西斯意大利在殖民时期建造，在后殖民时代，利比亚要求意大利承诺修建一条新的高速公路，作为对其罪行进行赔偿的一部分。直到 2008 年才达成协议。通过它，意大利利用修建一条新道路的承诺作为讨价还价的筹码，以确保卡扎菲在遏制跨地中海移民流动方面的合作。本文通过追溯历史和政治的跨时间连续性，从殖民化到后殖民赔偿和移民治理的要求，探讨了利比亚道路作为一种空间和一种权力工具而存在的不同方式。从“殖民”的概念中汲取灵感，