Economic experts tell reparations task force that harms to descendants of enslaved people total at least $800 billion, but do not constitute reparations.

The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states are obligated under international law to tackle climate change and warned that failing to do so could open the door to reparations.In a ...

It marks the first time the International Court of Justice, the UN’s top court based in the Hague, has considered the climate crisis.

The International Court of Justice ruled that a healthy environment is a human right and countries must address the "existential threat" of climate change.

The court also said countries harmed by climate change could be entitled to reparations for the damage they have suffered from rising global temperatures, but what they are owed should be ...

Africa’s longstanding call for colonial reparations was revived at an international roundtable held in Bamako, Mali, where experts, politicians, and civil society leaders demanded compensation ...

After a sometimes contentious day-long meeting Saturday, California’s reparations task force approved a sweeping set of recommendations — including potentially hundreds of billions of dollars ...