The Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery was established in 2007 with the adoption of General Assembly resolution 62/122. The Programme raises awareness of the history ...
Dutch settlers arrived in Manhattan. Now, officials are marking the milestone with an honest examination of the past ...
The tribunal would assess the harmful legacies of the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism, and Jim Crow segregation, and push America and other governments to apologize and compensate those ...
Mr. Shorto is the author of “The Island at the Center of the World” and curator of the exhibit “New York Before New York,” at the New-York Historical Society. This spring is the 400th ...
UN Rights Chief Urges States to Act on Slavery Reparations By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for ...
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April 16 (Reuters) - A United Nations forum on people of African descent opened on Tuesday with calls for extra funding to support its work and progress towards reparations for transatlantic ...
As Jews worldwide gather around the Seder table this week for Passover, recounting the biblical story of the Israelites’ ...
Wonder Land: From California to New York, the people who pay taxes and fees are pushing back, taking inspiration from a 1978 tax revolt called Proposition 13. Images: AP/Getty Images Composite ...
David Comissiong, a high-level Caribbean ambassador, has voiced the need to establish an international special tribunal for seeking reparations related to transatlantic slavery. There is growing ...
GENEVA, April 19 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for people of African descent at a U.N. meeting on Friday, adding his ...