AU Committee of Experts on Reparations holds dedicated working sessions

The forum met under the theme of expanding human rights during the Second International Decade for People of African Descent. It provides a global space for people of African descent to raise lived...

The session concluded discussions on human rights, participation and conditions affecting people of African descent. The forum’s continuity links diaspora advocacy to UN institutions, while its...

The AU observed the anniversary of the OAU’s founding in 1963, renewing public calls for unity and implementation of Agenda 2063. Commemoration sustains a Pan-African public calendar while official...

The joint Africa Day message connected continental unity to institutional reform and reparatory justice. It reflects official priorities and should be read as a political commitment whose practical...

The second meeting of AUCER and AULER opened with a joint plenary, beginning technical work on the African common position for reparatory justice. This marks a shift from broad political...

AULER convened from 4–5 June to address legal pathways and a framework paper. The work connects historical claims to present legal debate but does not resolve jurisdiction, responsibility or remedies.

The joint process organized work on global governance, finance, education and culture, legal pathways and advocacy. The categories show that reparations are being approached as structural and cultural...

Three mechanisms—the AU reparations committee, AU legal experts and CARICOM Reparations Commission—met to operationalize a joint process. The meeting builds Africa–Caribbean coordination in a...

African, Caribbean and international participants met to plan action after the UN resolution. This consultative process creates a cross-regional platform, while the scope of a common agenda remains...

At the conference, President Mahama announced global advisory, cultural restitution and legal panels. The design points toward research, education, memorialization, restitution and law; the panels’...