RegendansGhana is pursuing a UN resolution that considers African slavery ‘the most serious crime against humanity’
The text, which has the support of much of the Global South, including the 55 countries of the African Union and the Caribbean Community, represents a ‘legal claim’ and ‘accountability’ for the abuses committed by colonizers, according to the Ghanaian government
Ghana is promoting a resolution at the United Nations, with the support of the 55 member states of the African Union (AU), to declare “the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized slavery of Africans” as the “most serious crime against humanity.” This action, which has been described as an “unprecedented” initiative by legal experts and reparations specialists, comes at a time of re-examination of the colonial past and abuses committed by the West in various parts of the Global South. In Africa, at least 12.5 million people were victims of trafficking and slavery over a period of 300 years.
Ghana is pursuing a UN resolution that considers African slavery ‘the most serious crime against humanity’
The text, which has the support of much of the Global South, including the 55 countries of the African Union and the Caribbean Community, represents a ‘legal claim’ and ‘accountability’ for the abuses committed by colonizers, according to the Ghanaian government