Amnesty International has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of a resolution recognizing chattel enslavement of Africans as a crime against humanity, describing the move as a landmark victory for legal recognition and reparative justice. In a statement issued following the vote, the global human rights organization praised the resolution tabled by Ghana on […]
President John Dramani Mahama has welcomed the United Nations’ approval of a motion recognising the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity, describing the development as a landmark achievement in the global push for justice. The resolution, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, also advances calls for reparatory justice, marking a significant […]
President John Mahama has stated that the transatlantic slave trade was engineered to strip Africans of their humanity, stressing that the system was built on false notions of racial superiority. Delivering remarks at a United Nations event on slavery at the United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday, March 24, he argued that the historical framing of […]
President John Mahama is set to table a landmark United Nations resolution on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, formally declaring the Transatlantic Slave Trade as the gravest crime against humanity, a move Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes as a defining moment in the global push for reparatory justice. The draft resolution, titled Declaration of the Trafficking […]
