[Geo4All] UK cannot ignore calls for slavery reparations, says leading UN judge

[Suchith Anand]

A leading judge at the international court of justice has said the UK will no longer be able to ignore the growing calls for reparation for transatlantic slavery.

Judge Patrick Robinson, who presided over the trial of the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević, said the international tide on slavery reparations was quickly shifting and urged the UK to change its current position on the issue.


Robinson spoke exclusively to the Guardian ahead of UNESCO’s Day for Remembering the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Abolition. He is scheduled to make the keynote address on Wednesday at the London mayor’s office to mark the day.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/22/uk-cannot-ignore-calls-for-slavery-reparations-says-leading-un-judge-patrick-robinson


23 August is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Learn more at https://www.unesco.org/en/days/slave-trade-remembrance


2023 Theme: “Fighting slavery’s legacy of racism through transformative education”  . Learn more at   https://www.un.org/en/rememberslavery/observance/2023


Best wishes


Suchith


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