Exclusive: Patrick Robinson says reparation for transatlantic slavery ‘is required by history and is required by law’
The study estimates that trillions of dollars are owed in reparations to countries affected by transatlantic slavery. The report, which was published by the University of the West Indies after a symposium held by the American Society of International Law, concludes that the UK alone is required to pay a sum of $24tn as reparations for transatlantic slavery in 14 countries. Of that sum, about $9.6tn is due to Jamaica.
At the launch of the report at the University of the West Indies in Kingston Jamaica, PJ Patterson, a former prime minister of Jamaica, reportedly said that reparations were owed to Jamaica and the other countries affected by transatlantic slavery, and would not rule out bringing the issue to courts.
“The tide is changing, the political tide, the global tide is moving. The United Kingdom – [including] both principle parties, the Conservative party and the Labour party and the other parties, which are just as important – need to take into account that movement is a movement in favour of reparations.
“I was responsible for advising the government on international law matters. I became a member of the International Law Commission. I became a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and its president, and I became a member and president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, and actually presided over the trial of Slobodan Milošević. Then in 2015, I was elected to the international court of justice.
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