African Union endorses a united front on reparations

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 African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted resolution ACHPR/Res.543(LXXIII)2022, affirming that accountability and remedies for historical mass crimes, including slavery and...

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,...

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...

General Assembly resolution 79/193 proclaimed 2025–2034 the Second International Decade for People of African Descent, extending the framework of recognition, justice and development. The decade...

The AU declared 2025 the Year of Reparations: Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations. This continental agenda connected historical recognition to policy,...