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UN Supports Call for Slavery Reparations

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The UN Committee against Racial Discrimination (CERD) said the legacy of slavery continues to contribute to racial disparities in areas including education, health, economic mobility and environmental security.

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A century after its condemnation by international law, the subject of slavery continues to stir up the highest bodies of the world. States that have participated, directly or indirectly, in the trade... The article "Reparing the harms": the UN wants to make France pay for the transatlantic trade appeared first on current values.

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Slavery does not belong only to the past. Its consequences continue to manifest themselves through systemic inequalities and racism. This is what the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) recalled on Monday on the occasion of the International Day of People of African Descent. According to the Committee, the time that has elapsed cannot [...] The article Slavery is not of the past: the UN calls for reparatio…

A United Nations (UN) committee has called on Britain and other former colonial powers to build public monuments celebrating people of African descent, part of a wider global push for so-called “restorative justice” in which African states are preparing a tough international legal offensive to extract massive financial compensation from London for the historic slave trade, The Telegraph reported.

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CGTN broke the news in Beijing, China on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
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