UN Official Addresses Need for Colonial, Enslavement Era Reparations

Click to expand Image The Reparations Task Force meets to hear public input on reparations at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, US, September 22, 2022.  © 2022 Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, stressed the need and urgency forcomprehensive reparatory justice for historical and ongoing harm linked to colonialism and enslavementon October 1 at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The report is timely as attacks on even minimal diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts…

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