On 25 March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 80/250, declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans the gravest crime against humanity. Ghana led the resolution, which received 123 votes in favour. The vote marked a major act of international recognition within the wider reparatory justice movement, including claims advanced by CARICOM and Guyana. The resolution did not by itself award compensation or conclude legal debates about responsibility; its adoption is an important political and historical milestone whose practical effects remain to be determined.
On 8 September 2019, a groundbreaking ceremony marked plans for a new 1823 Demerara Slave Revolt monument at Independence Park (Parade Ground), Georgetown. The proposed location was the site of...
On 18 August 2023, Guyana marked 200 years since the Demerara Revolt began. The commemorations included public and scholarly events, while President Mohamed Irfaan Ali urged Guyanese to protect...
On 24 August 2023, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali said an apology by descendants of plantation owner John Gladstone should be accompanied by compensation and reparative justice. Ali connected the...
On 25 August 2023, Charles Gladstone delivered a public apology at the University of Guyana on behalf of descendants of John Gladstone, whose plantations relied on enslaved Africans and indentured...
On 18 March 2024, the Bank of Guyana announced the release of a G$200 commemorative coin marking the 200th anniversary of the Demerara Revolt. The coin carried the uprising into the country’s monetary...
👉 UN General Assembly adopts a resolution on the transatlantic slave trade
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25 March 2026
On 25 March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 80/250, declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans the gravest crime against...
