50. 对于跨时期原则被诠释为阻止了殖民主义和奴隶制的赔偿这一情况，各国必须认识到，规定跨时期原则的同一项国际法长期以来一直是为奴隶制和殖民主义效劳的。如上所述，国际法本身在整个殖民时期为强化种族歧视和从属关系的体制结构发挥了重要作用，包括通过与殖民主义有共同结构背景的习惯国际法。162那么，问题的一个方面就是国际法并没有完全“去殖民地化”，仍然充斥着阻止对植根于殖民时代的不平等和不公正作出赔偿和补救的理论。163
50. To the extent that the intertemporal principle is understood to bar reparations for colonialism and slavery, States must recognize that the very same international law that provides for the intertemporal principle has a long history of service to both slavery and colonialism. As mentioned above, international law itself played an important role in consolidating the structures of racial discrimination and subordination throughout the colonial period, including through customary international law, which was co-constitutive with colonialism. 162 Part of the problem, then, is that international law has not fully been “decolonized” and remains replete with doctrines that prevent the reparation and remediation of the inequality and injustice entrenched in the colonial era. 163