US EditionAfrican Union to Seek UN Recognition of Slave Trade as Crime
Ghana leads a UN resolution calling the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime, backed by the African Union and Caribbean nations, with a vote set for March 25.
- Ghana plans to propose a United Nations resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime in human history and calling for reparations, with anticipated broad international support despite opposition from Europe.
- The African Union, representing 55 member states, has endorsed the resolution and is developing a unified vision for reparations including financial compensation, apologies, and policy reforms.
- African and Caribbean nations seek to establish a special UN reparations tribunal and pursue legal strategies inspired by the International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the Chagos Islands dispute.
- The campaign frames reparations as addressing historical injustices, economic disparities, and environmental responsibilities through various means such as debt relief, development funding, apologies, or economic partnerships.
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African Union adopts resolution calling slavery and colonialism genocide
African Union leaders meeting at at a two-day summit in Addis Ababa have adopted a resolution that describes slavery, deportation and colonialism as genocide and crimes against the people of Africa.
The African Union moves into the final stage of the reparations process: UN resolution recognizes slavery as a monstrous crime against humanity
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pan-African Progressive Front welcomes the decisions adopted at the 39th Session of the African Union Assembly in Addis Ababa on February 14--15, emphasizing the need for international acknowledgment of responsibility for the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism. Under the theme 'Ensuring Sustainable Access to Water and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063,' the
Ghana to submit UN resolution on slavery reparations; eyes broad support
Ghana intends to propose a United Nations resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as the "gravest crime in the history of humankind" and calling for reparations, and expects broad support despite resistance in Europe.
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