A United Nations committee is issuing a decree to white majority western countries to pay reparations to African descendants of slaves. Tops on that list were America and Britain. The committee insisted, “States Parties must implement comprehensive reparatory measures for people of African descent, covering all aspects of remedies.”
U.N. Committee Says 182 Countries Must Consider Reparations for Transatlantic Slave Trade › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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A United Nations committee is calling on countries, including the United States and United Kingdom, to provide reparations to people of African descent for the continuing effects of the transatlantic slave trade, potentially including financial compensation.
The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued guidance Monday arguing that countries have present-day obligations under the legally binding 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
“States Parties must implement comprehensive reparatory measures for people of African descent, covering all aspects of remedies,” the committee said.
The guidance applies to the 182 countries that are parties to the convention, including the United States, United Kingdom, France and Portugal.
The committee’s position represents what it describes as a “paradigm shift” in the reparations debate. Rather than determining whether slavery violated international law when it occurred, the committee argues that governments have a current obligation to address racial inequalities it attributes to slavery and colonialism.
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