reparatory

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But reparatory justice could also take the form of a formal apology, educational programmes or public health assistance.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025

As well as financial reparations, reparatory justice can come in several forms, including debt relief, an official apology, educational programmes, building museums, economic support, and public health assistance.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

British officials succeeded in blocking plans for an entirely separate declaration on reparatory justice, but at the moment are having to accept that some text on the subject will appear in the final communique.

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

My appetite never failed; indeed, as I got worse, it sharpened - a sort of reparatory instinct.

From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Robert Louis