Casementin Kongon raportti, ulkopolitiikka ja julkinen moralismi Englannin alahuoneessa (1903–1904)
Journal: Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
Year: 2015

In this article, the parliamentary report of Consul Roger Casement on the administration of the Congo (1903) and the heated debate it aroused in the British Parliament are analysed. The report disclosed the harsh methods of accruing profits (forced labour) used by the king of Belgium, Leopold II. Applying Stefan Collini’s concept of ”public moralism”, the moral outrage and arguments of the members of the Parliament are disentangled. As Leopold had breached the 1885 international agreement to pro