Lord’s Resistance Army: ICC awards reparations to victims of commander Dominic Ongwen – what happens next: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has recently ordered reparations for victims of Dominic Ongwen, an ex-child soldier turned commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group that terrorised northern Uganda for two decades. The court’s order, the first …
If Kenya wants to help Haiti, it should push for colonial reparations not send in the police: As the security situation in Haiti deteriorates, Kenya has offered to lead a new sort of UN mission to the country from 2024. In early October, the UN Security Council authorised a Multinational Security Support mission led by …
Tory MP’s historic family links to slavery raise questions about Britain’s position on reparations: “Reparations have been paid for other wrongs and obviously far more quickly, far more speedily than reparations for what I consider the greatest atrocity and crime in the history of mankind: transatlantic chattel slavery.” So noted the eminent Jamaican international jurist …
Slavery stole Africans’ ideas as well as their bodies: reparations should reflect this: Jamaican hero: a statue to Sam Sharpe, who led the Baptist War slave rebellion in 1831. Debbie Ann Powell/Shutterstock In a speech to mark Unesco’s campaign for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, UN secretary-general António Guterres told the …
Uganda-DRC reparations verdict raises questions about the price of justice: Mother and child fleeing fighting between DRC and rebels backed by Ugandan forces shelter at a refugee camp in Zambia in 2003. Photo by Natalie Behring-Chisholm/Getty Images In 2005, the International Court of Justice found that Uganda had committed serious violations of international law during …
South Africa in the news: California’s first-in-the-nation reparations committee confronts harms of slavery, debates direct payments: Task force members will confront how a single state, which never formally sanctioned slavery, can make amends. During the first meeting, members openly grappled with whether reparations should …: “South Africa” – BingNews Will VAR be used in Euro …
Reparations for slavery and colonial abuses: how behavioural science can help: Johnny SIlvercloud/Shutterstock Germany has agreed to pay Namibia more than €1.1 billion (£940 million) in reparations for committing genocide during the colonial occupation of the country a century ago. It’s a landmark deal that will create a 30-year programme of investment in infrastructure, healthcare …
South Africa in the news: Chicago suburb set to pay reparations, but not all on board: When Teri Murray tried to buy her first home in 1968, searching this leafy college town for the perfect place, she thought she was an ideal candidate: married, steadily employed, ample savings.: “South Africa” – BingNews Coronavirus live: Covid-19 …
Why the West is morally bound to offer reparations for slavery: Kwame Akoto-Bamfo's sculpture dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade on display in Montgomery, Alabama. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images The 20th anniversary of the UN World Conference on Racism, held in Durban, South Africa, in 2001, will be celebrated this …
South Africa in the news: More US churches are committing to racism-linked reparations | Charlotte Observer: In the past year, there has been a surge of interest among U.S. religious groups in the concept of racism-linked reparations.: “South Africa” – BingNews R1.56 billion in overpayments made to ABB SAS recovered – Eskom: Eskom and the …
Slavery reparations: there’s little legal basis to make companies pay for historic actions: Pub owner Greene King's founder was connected to slavery. CC BY-SA Two major British businesses have said they will make undisclosed payments to black and minority ethnic groups to atone for their past owners’ involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. Pub group …
Why calls for reparations from China for coronavirus are an unfeasible distraction: There have been increasing demands for reparations from China for the harm caused by COVID-19. President Donald Trump called for compensation from China for the economic costs of the virus. Some reports suggest US officials are also discussing whether families of victims could …