African Lawyers Urge Global Backing for UN Resolution on Slave Trade

African lawyers urge global backing for UN resolution on slave trade

The Pan African Lawyers Union has called for global backing for Ghana’s UN resolution recognizing the slave trade as “gravest crime” Read Ful

Gravest crime against humanity – Ghana moves slavery resolution to UN floor

Ghana is set to present a draft resolution at the United Nations General Assembly on March 25 to declare the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity. The move follows a pledge by John Dramani Mahama during his address to the UN General Assembly last year. The resolution, developed with support from the African Union and Caribbean partners, seeks formal recognition of the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised cha…

Pan-African Lawyers Union supports Ghana’s push for UN to declare transatlantic slavery ‘ gravest crime against humanity’

By Hannah Dadzie A United Nations vote later this month could redefine how the world formally recognises the transatlantic slave trade, following a proposal led by the President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama to classify it as the “gravest crime against humanity.” The resolution, scheduled for debate on 25 March 2026 during the United Nations General Assembly, coincides with the annual International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Trans…

Ghana Wants the United Nations to Call Slavery Humanity’s “Gravest Crime”

Ghana is set to propose a United Nations resolution calling for the identification of transatlantic enslavement as the “gravest crime” in all of human history. First reported by Reuters, the Foreign Ministry said the proposal could be made this month at the U.N. General Assembly. With the resolution, Ghana is also calling for reparations as they push for the lasting impacts of enslavement to be acknowledged.  President John Dramani Mahama says t…