Sentences with word «reparation»

The mechanism to be anchored in the Paris agreement must at a minimum be able to: address slow onset climate impacts beyond adaptation; provide for reparations for permanent loss and damage; and protect climate migrants.

HREOC encourages a co-operative, whole of government approach to measures involved in reparations for the Stolen Generations.

The history of dispossession of the Indigenous peoples of Australia has resulted in various state, territory and federal laws being passed in recent years with an intention of making reparation for dispossession.

Those for whom this way of paying reparations was not justice enough, or else the wrong kind of justice, would have to argue in a higher court than Lincoln had ever practiced in.

This intriguing show imagines a present - day USA in which African - Americans formed a nation - state after the Civil War as reparations for slavery.

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.

Transfers the functions with regards to awards of reparations from the Court of Claims commissioners or a single judge of the Court of Claims to the Court.

As an example, did the Treaty of Versailles assign some monetary value to each British human life lost during WW1 for reparation payments by Germany?

It assists in providing reparations for another party's medical expenses and property damage repair cost if you are found at fault in an accident.

The U.S. wants to keep any sort of climate reparation scheme part of a non-binding pledge by rich countries to give to poor countries for global warming mitigation.

When someone sues you, they are seeking reparations for damages you are perceived to have caused.

The nations that had been victorious in World War I demanded reparations from Germany, which could not be paid in German paper currency, as this was of suspect value due to government borrowing.

Lawsuits, particularly class - action lawsuits, can be used to force public systems to right wrongs and make reparations by ensuring mistakes of the past aren't repeated.

U.S. diplomats were specifically instructed by the Obama administration to oppose any attempts to create an independent fund for climate reparations from rich countries to poor countries.

What is more fascinating is how WWI with reparations helped lead to WWII.

In Kentucky, the Motor Vehicle Reparations Act (MVRA) is a law that is enforced.

It seems to me that was the same kind of thinking behind German war reparations after WWI, and we all know how that ended.

My post about reparations drew as many vitriolic comments as it did constructive ones.

The approach to reparations packages for Treaty grievances has been the subject of controversy for some considerable time now in New Zealand.

This conference, no doubt, has to confront, I believe in the context of Australian aboriginal people, equally demanding enquiries about the need for reparatory measures, hence the theme of the conference - Moving forward: Achieving reparations for stolen generations

This aimed to promote the rights of victims to compensation and argued that «in practice victims of EC antitrust infringements only rarely obtain reparation of the harm suffered.

These are not people wealthy countries are simply tasked with accommodating, they are in part victims of a phenomenon that they have had little hand in creating, which deserves some recognition, if not reparation.

It is timely for the federal government to take a leadership role in developing a national reparations process to be co-funded by the states and territories.

In short: Your leased vehicle will lose value over time, and covered reparation funds may be higher than those covering a purchased vehicle.

Both parties» initiatives are sorely needed, along with a truly national reparations scheme that covers Stolen Generations members and families in every state, and a comprehensive strategy to tackle intergenerational trauma, among other priorities.

This civil penalty, which is also known as victim reparation, requires drivers to pay a $ 200 fee when reinstating their drivers licenses which were suspended or revoked as a result of committing a DUI offense.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on four produce firms for failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, including one for more than $ 1.3 million.

As seen in the trailers for the film, Jordan eventually becomes a gold - plated Black Panther of his own, hellbent on collecting reparations from a world that hasn't been fair to those who look like him.

Congress had been thinking of giving reparations to black citizens at one time and it still may be an open subject.

As such, the US did not consider itself in the state of war with Thailand throughout the war while the British did and demanded reparations after the war concluded.

Being professionals, they can usually give advice about the local area and are a good first point of contact in case you need reparations done, want to file a complaint or more.

I had already written the historical narratives of Caleb Harper, Dorothea Rounds and Josephine Bell before either the art exhibit or reparations lawsuit entered into the story.

Our defender reparation team carry out all types of work for the public sector, self insured companies and major insurers.

Connecticut also offers Basic Reparations Benefits coverage, which covers medical expenses and lost wages in case of an auto accident.

«According to Brüning, the suffering they would cause would help elicit international sympathy for the Germans and help put an end to the unpopular reparations imposed at Versailles.»

Yes, he does mean reparations.

The story in Reparation does not always mesh together logically and sometimes seems internally contradictory, but it is interesting and mysterious enough to hold the viewer's attention.

Another travel benefit involves coverage of common carrier travel accidents (formally known as travel accident insurance) which covers reparation costs for accidents involving trains or planes.

Germany was hit as hard in the 1920s as a result of unpayably high reparations debt.

If you have experienced any of these occurrences, you may be entitled to back - pay, future lost earnings, attorney's fees and costs, and other reparations.

An open and shut case, one might assume; a convicted rapist has money and one of his proven victims seeks just reparation.