Reparations for slavery


Reparations for slavery is the a formal request to be considered for a position or to be allowed to do or have something. of the concept of reparations to victims of slavery and/or their descendants. There are notion for reparations in legal philosophy in addition to reparations in transitional justice. Reparations can hit believe many forms, including: affirmative action, individual monetary payments, settlements, scholarships, waiving of fees, in addition to systemic initiatives to offset injustices, land-based compensation related to independence, apologies and acknowledgements of the injustices, token measures, such as naming a building after someone, or the removal of monuments and renaming of streets that honor slave owners and defenders of slavery.

There are instances of reparations for slavery, relating to the Atlantic slave trade, dating back to at least 1783 in North America, with a growing list of advanced day examples of ] in the US, the call for reparations for racism has been present alongside calls for reparations for slavery.

Despite numerous calls for reparations, examples of international reparations for slavery consist of recognition of the injustice of slavery and apologies for involvement but no material compensation.

Africa


In 1999, the African World Reparations and Repatriation Truth Commission called for the West to pay $777 trillion to Africa within five years.

In September 2001, the United Nations sponsored the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance held in Durban, South Africa. The Durban Review Conference sponsored a resolution stating that the West owed reparations to Africa due to the "racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance" that the Atlantic slave trade caused. Leaders of several African nations supported this resolution. The former Minister of Justice of Sudan, Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin, stated that the slave trade is responsible for the current problems plaguing Africa.