reparatory

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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

Lammy acknowledged that Caribbean nations had made a 10-point plan for reparatory justice.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2024

Some argue that reparatory justice should also include health - where European countries fund clinics and hospitals.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 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