The debate around reparations for the transatlantic slave trade has been discussed for centuries with no end in sight. This article does not intend to cover the historical or political aspects of this debate, but instead to shed more light on the legal options with regards to reparations. In particular this article examines the role of politically negotiated reparations in transitional societies and the limits of avenues of redress in international law. Key to such discussions is the identification of eligible victims and appropriate measures of redress from responsible actors. With the so-called ‘transatlantic slave trade’ the passage of time has strained legal principles of causation to identify those victimised by atrocities of the past. Instead this article argues that reparations beyond the international law construct can be politically negotiated to at least acknowledge the past and offer some symbolic measures of redress to victimised populations of transatlantic enslavement.

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对跨大西洋奴隶贸易和历史奴役的赔偿

关于跨大西洋奴隶贸易赔偿的争论已经讨论了几个世纪，而且看不到尽头。本文无意涵盖这场辩论的历史或政治方面，而是更多地阐明有关赔偿的法律选择。本文特别研究了政治协商赔偿在转型社会中的作用以及国际法中补救途径的局限性。此类讨论的关键是确定符合条件的受害者以及负责任的行为者采取的适当补救措施。随着所谓的“跨大西洋贩卖奴隶”，随着时间的推移，因果关系的法律原则难以确定那些因过去的暴行而受害的人。