Sentence examples for amount of reparations from inspiring English sources

The amount of reparations to be imposed was to be determined later.

The commission's report said the amount of reparations was a matter for the Legislature to decide.

He and his Jamaican colleague Verene Shepherd have spurred on the recent call by the 15-member Caribbean Community for Britain, France and the Netherlands to pay an undefined amount of reparations for slavery and the slave trade.

You have to figure that for the money BP is showering on these influence brokers, the chances are that the company wants them to find ways to lowball its liability rather make sure it does not have to pay a penny more than the maximum officially assessed amount of reparations.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story tied the amount of the reparations fund request to what Chicago has paid in legal defense fees and settlements.

Tom argues that a global climate deal will only work if it's fair, and a fair deal requires a huge amount of GDR-style reparations.

The Green Climate Fund, in which rich countries aim to place $100bn a year for poorer nations by 2020, must therefore amount to watertight proof of their commitment to this form of reparations.

In "It's Futile to Put a Price on Slavery" (Op-Ed, May 29), Glenn C. Loury suggests that the descendants of slaves should not be paid reparations since no amount of money can erase past wrongs.

(Some cases of reparations are discussed below).

Is this their version of reparations?

But the issue of reparations is controversial.