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Countries obligated to consider repatriation for transatlantic slave trade – UN Committee
This report comes five months after the UN General Assembly voted to recognise the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity. The post Countries obligated to consider repatriation for transatlantic slave trade – UN Committee appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .
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- Why it matters
- Countries now face formal pressure to examine reparations for descendants of enslaved people, following the UN General Assembly's declaration of the slave trade as humanity's gravest crime.
- Most affected
- Countries with colonial slave trade histories — Face obligation to consider repatriation policies for affected communities.
Descendants of enslaved people — Gain formal UN backing for reparation claims from governments. - Likely next
- Whether individual countries announce repatriation or reparations policies in response to the recommendation.
Also reported by: South China Morning Post, The Straits Times