US EditionWhat Nrc Thinks | the Fact that the Netherlands Did Not Support the Slavery Resolution Is a Missed Opportunity
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The Netherlands abstained from voting on the slavery resolution. The emphasis placed in the discussion on the wording – “most serious crime against humanity” – may be a way of avoiding having to discuss the substantive implications: reparations.
On March 25, 2026, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution with 123 countries in favour, 52 abstentions and 3 votes against which “declares that the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the racialized slavery of Africans constitute the most serious crime against humanity.” The initiative was promoted by Ghana, with the support of the African Union and the Caribbean Community, and culminated in the adoption of a resolution of enormous import…
Vatican condemns slavery, counters ‘partial narrative’ in UN resolution
(OSV News): Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations, condemned modern and historical slavery—while also countering what he called a “partial narrative” in a newly adopted UN resolution denouncing the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity.” Archbishop Caccia made his remarks in a statement on March 25—the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Tr…
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