The #TransatlanticSlaveTrade is the gravest crime against humanity – why the UN declaration matters

The resolution passed by #UnitedNations General Assembly on 25 March 2026 seeking recognition of the transatlantic slavery as “gravest crime against humanity” potentially creates a broader definition of crimes against humanity in international law and allows for restitution claims against perpetrators.

https://theconversation.com/the-transatlantic-slave-trade-is-the-gravest-crime-against-humanity-why-the-un-declaration-matters-279218

#racism #colonialism #reparations #Ghana #AfricanUnion #USA #UK

The histories of #enslavement, #displacement and organised #theft are foundational to the modern world - the #UNdeclaration "calls on all nations to recognise what happened, teach its history honestly, and remember the victims"

How utterly disturbing that @EUCommission @Bundesregierung refused to do so... #Europe continuing on its exploitative trajectory, no lessons learned 😭

#history #culpability #reparations #europe #africa #ghana #EU #TransatlanticSlaveTrade #UN

https://theconversation.com/the-transatlantic-slave-trade-is-the-gravest-crime-against-humanity-why-the-un-declaration-matters-279218

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/27/un-slavery-ruling-african-union-reparations-slavery-analysis

One way #reparations can be made is through allowing #climate #migrants from #Africa to settle down in the higher latitudes of #US #Canada #Europe - I explore this possibility in my uplifting #climatefiction book "A New Faith"

https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

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U.S. Votes No on UN Measure Calling Slavery ‘Gravest Crime’

The United States joined Israel and Argentina on Thursday in voting against a Ghana-led resolution that declared the…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Ghana #reparations #slavery #UnitedNations #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/454536/

US votes against UN resolution recognizing slavery as 'gravest crime against humanity' https://thehill.com/policy/international/5802886-un-resolution-slavery-reparations-vote/

#UNGA #HumanRights #Reparations #SocialJustice #GlobalNews

*The United States voted against a United Nations resolution this week to formally recognize the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity.”*

*The resolution, which was led by Ghana, urged U.N. member states to apologize for the slave trade and to contribute to a reparations fund.*

https://archive.ph/lmvZb

#slavery #africandiaspora #history #capitalism #reparations #uspol #uspolitiics #EuropeanPolitics #Africa #ghana