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

The UK did not want any language in the communique about reparatory justice, but at the moment it is having to accept it will include three full paragraphs setting out the Commonwealth’s detailed position.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

All three of the candidates - Shirley Botchwey of Ghana, Joshua Setipa of Lesotho and Mamadou Tangara of Gambia - back reparatory justice.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

Diplomats said the expectation now was that reparatory justice would be a central focus of the agenda for the next Commonwealth summit in two years’ time in the Caribbean, possibly Antigua and Barbuda.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

This does not however conclude the task we have imposed on ourselves, for from its usual attributes especially does this reparatory sense derive its importance.

From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette