Slavery tribunal? African, Caribbean countries unite on reparations
A performance on the trans-atlantic slave trade is staged during the opening event of the African Union's conference on reparations in Accra, Ghana on November 14, 2023. PHOTO | REUTERS
Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities dating to the transatlantic trade of enslaved people, with the United States backing a UN panel at the heart of the effort.
A tribunal, modelled on other ad-hoc courts such as the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals after World War Two, was proposed last year. It has now gained traction within a broader slavery reparations movement, Reuters reporting based on interviews with a dozen people reveals.
