Mayor Zohran Mamdani said this week that he supported #reparations efforts in New York City but that it was too early to commit to making monetary payouts, first his racial equity commission must complete its report. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/n...

Mamdani Leaves Door Open to Paying Reparations to Black New Yorkers

The mayor said in recent interviews that it was important to acknowledge the city’s role in slavery but that he could not commit to payouts before his racial equity commission completes its report.

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"Interviewed fishermen consistently identified restitution and financial compensation as their primary reparative priorities, particularly to replace boats and fishing equipment that had been destroyed or confiscated." globalrightscompliance.org/new-report-h...

Great overview of the current state of the US-Iran conflict and peace negotiations discussing the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, the possibility of sanctions relief on the US' part, and the likelihood of lasting peace and war #reparations. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...

Trump says ‘good chance’ of progress in Iran talks. What we know

Negotiators are trying to break the deadlock over transit fees and management of the Strait of Hormuz.

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🎉Two new blogs are now live on our website! Mausumi M. Chetia and @felixundstein.bsky.social write about climate repair and restorative justice calls in the field of global health. Check them out here⤵️ #climatechange #lossanddamage #justice #reparations

Check out two recently published blogs written by our team members — REPAIR

Our team members have published two blogs that you can now read open access on our website: In her brand-new blog titled ‘ Why Climate Repair must be here and now: Fieldnotes from the Yasawas ’ o...

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Important developments in the legal fight over Russian assets frozen in the EU, which sit at the heart of debates on Russia-Ukraine #reparations and the proposed loan mechanisms. www.reuters.com/business/mos...

Moscow court rejects Euroclear appeal in frozen assets case, state media reports

A Moscow court on Thursday rejected an appeal by Euroclear against a ruling ​that it should pay damages of 18.2 trillion roubles ($233 ‌billion) to the Russian central bank in a dispute over the freez...

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Great recent entry in the OEA all about the anthropology of #repair and #reparation. ⤵️

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New article! " #Repair is never merely technical or restorative. It is an ambivalent and often fraught engagement with harm, shaped by unequal capacities, contested values, and the persistent question of what—and who—is worth being kept." Heike Drotbohm

“We accept full responsibility for what happened, and I sincerely apologize to all those who have been harmed” - said the San Francisco archbishop. The settlement also requires the archdiocese to implement a series of child protection and transparency reforms. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

San Francisco archdiocese to pay $395m to settle over 500 child sexual abuse claims

Settlement requires archbishop to write apology letter to each survivor and implement child protection reforms

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1/5 📣 ONE YEAR AGO TODAY ✊ 🌏 Today marks one year since the International Court of Justice delivered its historic #AdvisoryOpinion on #ClimateChange, 🎂 bringing unprecedented legal clarity to States' obligations on climate change. 🕊️ #FromWordsToAction

A thought-provoking piece on the barriers survivors face in accessing #reparations for sexual violence and other war crimes committed during the Bosnian War. balkaninsight.com/2026/07/03/i...

In Bosnia, War Crimes Compensation Failing Victims - But Not Those Acquitted

Individuals acquitted of war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina have received far more money in compensation than the survivors of war crimes. The latter wait for decades and often never receive reparat...

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President Donald Trump said he’s holding Canada responsible for wildfire smoke hovering over much of the Midwestern and eastern US and vowed to call Prime Minister Mark Carney, suggesting that the “cost of this pollution” could be added to tariffs Canada is already paying.

Trump says he’s holding Canada responsible for wildfire smoke and threatens higher tariffs | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump said Friday he’s holding Canada responsible for wildfire smoke hovering over much of the Midwestern and eastern United States and vowed to call Prime Minister Mark Carney, sugge...

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Democratic ​Republic of Congo has formed a new advisory council to support its push for accountability for atrocities committed in the country's east and to advise Congolese state institutions as they push for #reparations for victims. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Congo forms new council in push for war crimes justice

Democratic ​Republic of Congo has formed a new advisory council that includes senior ‌war crimes lawyers from the United States and Europe to support its push for accountability for atrocities committ...

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During this week's visit, the Caricom #Reparations Commission called on the UK to return the British Virgin Islands and for King Charles to commit to decolonising Britain’s remaining overseas territories. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...

Caribbean calls for return of British Virgin Islands – and for King Charles to back decolonisation

At London briefing, Caricom Reparations Commission decries fact region remains ‘most colonised part of world’

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Interesting potential #compensation case between Nigeria and South Africa - The demands emerged from the hundreds of Nigerians forced to abandon their lives and property amidst growing anti-immigration sentiment in South Africa. www.bbc.com/news/article...

South Africa anti-migrant protests: Nigeria to seek compensation for property left by repatriated citizens

Nigeria's High Commissioner says businesses and properties left behind by returnees are being documented.

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"We got this as a result of serving our country. And we deserve to be taken care of" - The US government pays nearly $3m in #compensation to victims of 'Havana Syndrome', a mysterious neurological condition reported by spies, diplomats and their families. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Jamaican officials will travel to the UK in September to formally lodge an unprecedented petition with King Charles to seek legal guidance on their slavery #reparations claim from Britain. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Jamaican delegation to travel to UK to lodge formal slavery reparations petition with King Charles

Visit to monarch planned for 6 September and will take Jamaica’s mission for reparatory justice to the ‘next level’

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The City Council pledged a lasting tribute as part of the 2015 agreement authorizing $5.5 million in reparations to 57 victims tortured under disgraced police Cmdr. Jon Burge. Mayor Brandon Johnson finally delivered on that.

Mayor Johnson breaks ground on long-awaited memorial to Jon Burge torture victims

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1/3 📣 B9 EXPOSES THE MASSIVE LOSS AND DAMAGE FINANCE GAP 📉 🇵🇭 The ninth meeting of the Board (B9) of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) is currently underway in Manila, Philippines, driving intense negotiations to operationalise critical #ClimateFinance. 🗺️

Ugandan farmers file a crowdfunded lawsuit with London’s High Court to stop the EAC Oil Pipeline from starting to operate by applying Uganda’s laws that protect citizens’ right to a clean and healthy environment against the project’s UK-registered company. www.climatechangenews.com/2026/07/07/u...

Ugandan farmers launch UK court case against East African oil pipeline

Crowdfunded lawsuit filed at London’s High Court seeks to enforce Uganda’s laws against EACOP Ltd, the pipeline project's ⁠UK-registered company

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Interesting instance of appropriating #reparations discourse by the far right, this time by former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman of Reform UK. 🔗 www.middleeasteye.net/news/former-...

Former UK minister demands reparations from Britain’s ex-colonies

Suella Braverman said ex-colonies should repay Britain for the empire’s 'investment'

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As part of “third-country” removal policy, the US is deporting people to places they could face serious harm. Now Ghana is being sued by rights groups to get #reparations for deportees and to deter other nations from making deals with the Trump administration. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/...

Advocacy groups file complaint against Ghana over Trump deportations

The deportees were sent to Ghana, then to their home countries, despite earlier rulings by US judges that it was unsafe.

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Cancer, soil & water pollution: In the French Indies, where the use of a carcinogenic pesticide was permitted by the French government until 1993, 90% of adults carry chlordecone in their blood. Yet French courts dismiss victims' lawsuits on statute-of-limitations grounds and refuse #compensation.

Pour les victimes de l’insecticide chlordécone, l’interminable chemin de la réparation

ANALYSE. Alors que la cour d’appel de Paris vient de refuser de relancer l’enquête pénale sur ce scandale sanitaire qui a frappé les Antilles, nombre de malades attendent toujours d’être dédommagés. U...

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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights evoked notions of "truth, justice, #reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence" in relation to ICE's conduct as well as the incresed death rates within detention centres while calling for an independent investigation. news.un.org/en/story/202...

Deaths in US immigration custody must be investigated: UN rights chief

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called for stronger independent oversight of the United States immigration detention system and investigations into all deaths in US Immigra...

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Moluccans who fought for the Dutch colonial army during the post-WW2 struggle for Indonesian independence - and were then brought to the Netherlands, housed in dire conditions with no job or integration prospects - received a formal apology from Dutch PM Jetten. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

'Historical justice': Dutch PM makes formal apology to Moluccans

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten Sunday issued a formal state apology to members of the Moluccan community for their decades-long mistreatment by the Netherlands after Indonesia won independence from…

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Mia Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, has announced a new manifesto asserting the “moral, ethical and legal case” for #slavery #reparations. The manifesto introduces new issues including the disproportionate impact of slavery on girls and women. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...

Barbados prime minister announces manifesto for slavery reparations

Updated document, which emphasises harm done to African women, is being considered by other Caribbean countries

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New in #openaccess! RESTITUTION AND THE MOVING IMAGE: GLOBAL FILM HERITAGE BETWEEN RETURN, ACCESS, AND ARCHIVAL REPARATION, edited by Nikolaus Perneczky @kinolaus.bsky.social and Cecilia Valenti www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

10 years ago today, the Brexit Referendum marked a defining moment in our politics. In the aftermath, I explored why my Indian immigrant parents – like many others like them – voted Leave. A fascinating, complex story of Empire, loyalty, colonised mindsets, identity, reparation... Revisit it here 👇

The Story of Brexit is the Story of Empire: Why Did Asian Immigrants Vote to Leave the EU?

The complicated love-hate relationship of immigrants from former colonies with the British Empire cannot be ignored if lessons are to be learned in post-Brexit Britain

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Late Windrush victim’s compensation to fund prize for British Caribbean playwrights

Late Windrush victim’s compensation to fund prize for British Caribbean playwrights

The Windrush Prize will award £10,000 to the writer of the winning play, which will receive a run at the Arcola theatre next year The first prize dedicated to discovering and developing British Caribbean playwrights has been launched using compensation awarded to a Windrush victim who died before receiving it. The Windrush Prize for British Caribbean Playwrights, believed to be the first major prize of its kind in 30 years, has been established by Shereener Browne, the founder and artistic director of Orísun Productions and a former barrister, in memory of her late father, Myron Brown. Continue reading...

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The colonial past now enters discussions about money, influence and global economy. It is a debt the West may not wish to acknowledge but can no longer simply dismiss tomorrowsaffairs.com/reparations-... #reparations #slavery #UN

Reparations and the new politics of the Global South

The colonial past now enters discussions about money, influence and global economy. It is a debt the West may not wish to acknowledge but can no longer simply dismiss

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Ghana is hosting a conference to push #reparatory #justice. It is the first major meeting on the issue since the UN resolution declaring enslaved Africans' trafficking the gravest crime against humanity was adopted, and features a #Juneteenth commemoration today. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...

Ghana to advance reparatory justice at first major gathering since landmark UN resolution

Heads of state and participants from more than 80 countries at three-day event in Accra to pursue actionable commitments to reconciliation and restitution

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Trump administration challenges reparations for Black residents in Chicago suburb, city defends program reut.rs/4xxPmo1

Trump administration challenges reparations for Black residents in Chicago suburb, city defends program

The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was moving to challenge a reparations program for Black residents in the Chicago suburb ​of Evanston, while the city's mayor defended the program.

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