Sentence examples for reparations that from inspiring English sources

Where are the reparations that have been paid?

Then, the victorious Allied powers had imposed a punitive peace on Germany, demanding heavy reparations that bred resentment.

The issue was dismissed out of hand by Germany, with Angela Merkel's spokesperson rejecting questions about reparations that "have been legally and politically resolved".

Nor have Greeks let go of the idea that Germany owes them billions in reparations that were never paid after the brutal Nazi occupation during World War II.

The meeting will not be undermined by the international tensions arising from war debts and reparations that were so poisonous in the interwar years.

Although Germany never fully paid the reparations that had been demanded, chiefly by France, in the post-war Versailles treaty, many in Britain felt that they were too harsh.

The inheritance argument relies on the idea that present day African Americans have inherited the rights to reparation that was owed their enslaved ancestors and was never paid.

But is not this latter case exactly similar to that of African Americans in the U.S.? Would they not save themselves from hardship and oppression at the hands of their debtors if they insisted on their right to inherit the reparation that was owed their slave ancestors and never paid?

"The UN Security Council and other UN bodies must now take the steps necessary to ensure that the victims receive the justice and reparation that is their due and that perpetrators don't get away with murder.

Reparation: that is, doing something for the victim or community to make up for the harm caused.

Perhaps; but just because it would be wrong of him to demand restitution, it does not follow that it would be wrong of him to demand reparation; that his rights to reparation are somehow "superseded".