African human-rights commission reaffirms remedies for historic mass crimes

The CARICOM Reparations Commission launched a relay in Barbados, carrying a symbolic baton and torch between Caribbean countries. Athletes and communities helped make the issue visible across the...

Hilary Beckles called for a summit bringing Caribbean and European governments together with corporations, universities and civil society to discuss contributions to a Caribbean development plan....

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing on H.R. 40, examining the case for a commission to study and develop reparations proposals. A...

Resolution 76/226 established a Permanent Forum as a consultative mechanism for people of African descent and a platform for improving their safety, quality of life and human rights. Its creation gave...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted Resolution 543, encouraging member states to advance reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and related...

The Permanent Forum on People of African Descent held its first session in Geneva. The session created a recurring UN space for descendants, states and experts to discuss human rights and policy,...

At its 36th Ordinary Session, the AU Assembly endorsed Ghana’s proposal to convene an international conference on justice and reparations to Africans. The decision made reparations a continental...

California’s Reparations Task Force delivered its final report to the state legislature, documenting slavery and continuing state-sanctioned harms and proposing a comprehensive program. The state...

African governments, civil society, scholars and diaspora representatives adopted the Accra Proclamation after a continental conference. It urged a united front, stronger AU and diaspora coordination,...

The conference’s proclamation called for an AU reparations committee, a global reparations fund, a special envoy, a legal reference group, stronger AU–CARICOM–diaspora cooperation and exploration of...