Sentences with phrase «other reparations»

There are two other equally difficult problems standing in the way of reparations for slavery that were not present in the other reparations cases.

Not exact matches

After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada, which are the main agents in the deaths of these children

While agreeing with Robinson's account of the situation, others contend that reparations are not the solution.

In other words, it was the victims who paid reparations, not the victimizers.

The idea that one party to a conflict can end up owing financial reparations in some form or other to the opposing party is not a new one.

But if they are not all that vulnerable legally to reparations demands, corporations are vulnerable in other ways.

Britain should start paying out its reparations to all the people and cultures it destroyed in the last 250 years and keep its mouth shut criticizing others.

Above all, we have a moral imperative not to take advantage of other's suffering and its lasting effects, which can take the form of either an active denial of reparations or a passive denial of the duty to give up benefits.

Recall that the Economic Community Of West African State, ECOWAS, Court of Justice had in December 2012 ordered the government to hold oil companies and other perpetrators of the environmental damage accountable, ensure reparation for the collective harm done to the communities; restore within the shortest possible time the environment of the Niger Delta; and prevent the occurrence of damage to the environment.

Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon made the same argument, saying it would be a form of «reparations» — comments criticized by Sharpton and other black leaders.

She has been disfigured by a gunshot wound to the face; her friend Lene (Nina Kuzendorf) helps nurse her back to health, urging Nelly to claim her postwar reparations and join other surviving Jews in Palestine.

Of her works, Campbell notes: «As we approach the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Red Summer, and other race riots that took place across the country, I offer this installation to ponder the architecture of our country and its relationship to justice, reparations, accountability, privilege, civic responsibility, codes of silence, generational trauma, tradition, legacy, apology, national inheritance, and reconciliation.»

I can't see why Africa and other developing nations should be ready to refrain from demanding hundreds of billions of dollars in reparations given that Nicholas Stern and other green campaigners and government officials claim that the West is liable for current and future climate disasters.»

It was very curious to watch China at Copenhagen, covering their disappointment at the lack of reparations with the charge of neo-colonialism by Obama and others.

Conor's book, Reparations and Victim Support in the International Criminal Court (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) explores the ICC's regime of victim redress and the role it plays within the context of other systems of remedies for grave violations of international law at the national and international levels.

The New Mexico Legal Aid Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Helpline is funded by the New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission and is available to victims of domestic violence to provide free and confidential legal information, advice, and referrals to attorneys and other community agencies.

As a result of the growing willingness of survivors to speak publicly about their suffering and to press for reparation, many churches and other organizations issued formal apologies for their involvement in the residential school system.

Alston's report urges the UN to make use of other precedents for lump sum settlements, such as the 9/11 trust fund, the USA - France agreement to compensate Holocaust victims, and the Canadian Reparations Programme for the Indian Residential School System.

... WHEREAS there are circumstances when the interests of justice are served by having an offender and the victim of the unlawful conduct or other community representatives find a resolution that promotes public safety by providing healing, reparation and re-integration into the community outside the traditional criminal prosecution process;

Personal Injury Protection Coverage / PIP - automobile coverage available in states that have enacted no - fault laws or other auto reparation reform laws for treatment of injuries to the insured and passengers of the insured.

Other types of coverages like medical coverage, basic reparation benefits, work loss coverage, loan / lease GAP insurance, accident death benefits coverage, could also be considered if you feel that the threat of accidents are more in your area of driving.

As already known, between the Hellenic Republic and Germany there is a long standing and unresolved dispute regarding WWII reparations arising — among others — from individual compensatory claims [ICCs] belonging to private persons (civilians) targeted with belligerent reprisals perpetrated within the forum's jurisdiction and by the Reich's military forces.

It is in this context that PIAC, in consultation with representatives from the HREOC National Inquiry Secretariat, Link - Up, ATSIC, the Aboriginal Legal Service, the Aboriginal Medical Service, the NSW Dept of Aboriginal Affairs, the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and others, developed a proposal for the establishment of a Stolen Generations Reparations Tribunal in 1997.

Firstly, with respect I acknowledge that I am here on the Country of the Tharawal People and I say thank you to Marg Cook and other Tharawal members for their warm welcome to participants of this conference on Reparations.

Some of the most severe abuses of the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are beyond any form of reparation other than the most sincere expression of sorrow and apology based on a frank acknowledgement of history.

[1] It focuses on the meaning of reparations in international law, and examples of the responses of other governments to gross violations of human rights.

In its response to the report, the Australian government decided, against all other advice, that the stolen generations do not need guarantees against repetition or a formal apology or a reparations tribunal or compensation.

Aside from the National Apology and the establishment of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation, many of the other recommendations for reparation remain largely outstanding, including the establishment of compensation payment schemes for the Stolen Generations and their families.

The other recommendations for reparation remain largely outstanding, including the provision of monetary compensation to the Stolen Generations and their families.