US EditionIreland Abstains in UN Vote on Slavery over Concerns About 'Hierarchy of Atrocities'
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The UN wants reparations for slavery. Not all countries agree.
The United Nations has taken a major step in trying to correct a historic wrong. It has called for reparations for African nations that were subjected to the transatlantic slave trade and voted to recognize slavery as a crime against humanity. Though African countries welcomed the U.N.’s resolution, other nations, including the United States, viewed the vote with skepticism. What did the UN vote for? The U.N.’s resolution was spearheaded by Ghan…
The UN recognizes slavery as a historical crime, but does it really have the capacity to guarantee justice and reparation? In a world that is beset by inequality and new forms of domination, the global south demands that memory be turned into concrete actions of transformation. The recent resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (25.03.2026), which calls the transatlantic trade of enslaved Africans as “the most serious crime aga…
Adopted on 25 March by the United Nations General Assembly, the resolution adopted by Ghana on behalf of the African Group, with the support of the Caribbean States and the African Union, calls the transatlantic trade and "racialized slavery of Africans" "the most serious crime against humanity." This text, adopted by a very large majority, certainly gave rise to a strong and symbolic diplomatic moment, but it also highlighted the limits of the …
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