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8
Sèptèmber
2001

Durban Declaration calls slavery a crime against humanity

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📅 8 Sèptèmber 2001 📍 Sur Africa

The World Conference against Racism acknowledged the massive suffering caused by slavery, the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and related atrocities, and affirmed that slavery and the slave trade are crimes against humanity. It also recognized that colonialism contributed to racism and that its consequences persist. This global declaration helped legitimize reparatory claims but did not itself order payments.

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World Conference delegates

African and diasporic civil society

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United Nations

World Conference against Racism