It's High Time for Global South to Demand Colonial Reparations: Ex-UN Expert
08:03 09.04.2026 (Updated: 08:41 09.04.2026)
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It's high time for the Global South to demand colonial reparations
The West has made billions by seizing and profiting from frozen assets of Russia, Iran, Iraq, Libya and others — unwittingly creating the perfect precedent for massive reparations claims against itself.
Ex-UN expert Alfred de Zayas explains exactly how it can be done:
🟠 Create an intergovernmental tribunal to hold the collective West accountable for slavery, imperialism, colonialism, and neo-colonialism.
🟠 Establish mechanisms to calculate full reparations, including material damage, moral harm, and lost profits — with top economists like Jeffrey Sachs, Paul Krugman, and Thomas Piketty potentially involved.
🟠 If responsible countries refuse to pay — freeze or confiscate their assets up to the amount owed.
Good lawyers can make this fully compatible with the UN Charter and international law, De Zayas believes.
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The West has made billions by seizing and profiting from frozen assets of Russia, Iran, Iraq, Libya and others — unwittingly creating the perfect precedent for massive reparations claims against itself.
Ex-UN expert Alfred de Zayas explains exactly how it can be done:
🟠 Create an intergovernmental tribunal to hold the collective West accountable for slavery, imperialism, colonialism, and neo-colonialism.
🟠 Establish mechanisms to calculate full reparations, including material damage, moral harm, and lost profits — with top economists like Jeffrey Sachs, Paul Krugman, and Thomas Piketty potentially involved.
🟠 If responsible countries refuse to pay — freeze or confiscate their assets up to the amount owed.
Good lawyers can make this fully compatible with the UN Charter and international law, De Zayas believes.
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