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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent

UK cannot ignore calls for slavery reparations, says leading UN judge

Judge Patrick Robinson pictured in 2008
Robinson, who presided over the trial of the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević, urged the UK to change its current position. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

A leading judge at the international court of justice has said the UK will no longer be able to ignore the growing calls for reparation for transatlantic slavery.

Judge Patrick Robinson, who presided over the trial of the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević, said the international tide on slavery reparations was quickly shifting and urged the UK to change its current position on the issue.

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