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Reparations ‘key to dismantling systemic racism’: UN rights chief

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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has described reparatory justice for colonialism, enslavement and the trade in enslaved Africans as “key to dismantling systemic racism.”

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Reparations ‘key to dismantling systemic racism’: UN rights chief

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Top United Nations Human Rights official points to reparations as the 'key to dismantling systemic racism'

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Top United Nations Human Rights official points to reparations as the 'key to dismantling systemic racism'

U.N. High Commissioner Volker Türk applauded global reparations efforts, calling them essential to dismantling systemic racism tied to colonialism and enslavement.