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UN committee says countries legally obliged to consider slavery reparations

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Neutral summary

A UN committee has said countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and take other measures to address the enduring legacy of racial discrimination. Guidance published on Monday by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination states that the obligations arise from a legally binding 1965 convention on racial discrimination, not from the legal standards that existed when the slave trade took place. The document, approved last week, is expected to provide a powerful new tool supporting reparations claims.

How it was framed

Outlets: 12. Countries: 9. Facts in the shared core: 3.

Publication timeline

  1. · Malay Mail (outlet profile)

    UN committee presents legal case for broad slavery reparations. GENEVA, Aug 31 — Countries are legally obliged to provide broad reparations for harms resulting from both direct a...

  2. · Euronews (outlet profile)

    UN racial discrimination committee presents legal case for broad slavery reparations. The document, which was approved last week but only published on Monday, is expected to provide a powerful new tool supporting repara…

  3. · The Jerusalem Post (outlet profile)

    UN committee says countries must consider reparations for slave trade. Guidance published on Monday by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination stated that the obligations arise from a legally binding 1…

  4. · South China Morning Post (outlet profile)

    Countries must consider reparations for slave trade, UN committee says. A UN committee has said countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and take other measures to address…

  5. · The Guardian (outlet profile)

    Countries legally obliged to consider slavery reparations, says UN committee. Guidance says states must implement ‘comprehensive measures’ to address legacy of racial discrimination A UN committee has said countries are…

  6. · El Economista (outlet profile)

    Una comisión de la ONU insta a los países a estudiar reparaciones por la trata de esclavos. Una comisión de la ONU ha afirmado que los países están legalmente obligados a considerar reparaciones por la trata transatlánt…

  7. · N1 Srbija (outlet profile)

    Komitet nezavisnih stručnjaka UN traži reparacije za ropstvo i kolonizaciju Afrike. Države koje su učestvovale u transatlantskoj trgovini robljem i kolonizaciji Afrike dužne su da isplate finansijsku naknadu štete nasta…

  8. · RT - Daily news (outlet profile)

    Countries linked to slave trade owe reparations – UN. A UN committee has said states involved in the transatlantic slave trade are legally obliged to provide broad reparations Read Full Article at RT.com

  9. · Premium Times (outlet profile)

    Countries obligated to consider repatriation for transatlantic slave trade – UN Committee. This report comes five months after the UN General Assembly voted to recognise the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crim…

  10. · Коммерсантъ (outlet profile)

    ООН потребовала от стран выплат за участие в работорговле. Комитет по ликвидации расовой дискриминации (CERD) ООН заявил, что негативные последствия работорговли до сих пор сказываются на африканцах и чернокожих, живущи…

  11. · Africanews (outlet profile)

    UN panel urges states to confront slavery’s legacy with reparations. A UN committee has called on countries to adopt comprehensive reparations for people of African descent, arguing that the legacy of the transatlantic…

  12. · Аргументы и факты (outlet profile)

    Последствия рабства. В ООН призвали восстановить историческую справедливость. Комитет ООН по ликвидации расовой дискриминации (CERD) принял Общую рекомендацию № 40 о репарациях за трансатлантическую работорговлю и рабст…

Factual core

  • A UN committee said countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade.
  • The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination published guidance on Monday stating that reparations obligations arise from the legally binding 1965 convention on racial discrimination.
  • The document was approved by the UN racial discrimination committee last week.

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