reparatory

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A document signed by 56 heads of government, including UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, acknowledged calls for "discussions on reparatory justice" for the "abhorrent" transatlantic slave trade.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025

Last year, Commonwealth leaders agreed it was time for a "meaningful, truthful and respectful conversation" about reparatory justice for the "abhorrent" transatlantic slave trade.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025

However, several Commonwealth leaders - particularly those from Caribbean countries - are expected to defy the UK and hold discussions on how they can secure reparatory justice.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

This is the most commonly understood form of reparatory justice – where a state gives money to a country whose communities it enslaved.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

There is, besides, a constant interchange of electricities between the ocean and the burning mountains, the upheaving from the ocean bed having probably some connection with the reparatory powers.

From Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah by Lumley, Benjamin