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31
August
2026

CERD issues General Recommendation 40 on reparatory justice

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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination adopted guidance addressing reparatory justice for harms and continuing consequences of colonialism, trafficking in enslaved Africans and racialized chattel slavery. It interprets statesโ€™ present obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. A general recommendation is authoritative treaty-body guidance, not a treaty amendment or court award.

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