Consensus on need for slavery reparations beyond apologies
Performers present a reenactment of the trans-Atlantic slave trade at the Christiansborg Castle, a former slave post, during a high-level consultative conference on the next steps to the landmark United Nations resolution on the trafficking of enslaved Africans, in Accra, Ghana on June 19, 2026.
Following the landmark passage of the United Nations resolution on the gravity of the enslavement of Africans through the transatlantic slave trade, Ghana in its capacity as the African Union’s champion on reparations just concluded a successful high-level consultative conference in Accra.
It brought together heads of state and government, senior officials and representatives of civil society and citizens from across the globe to discuss an implementation road map for reparatory justice. The focus was on the implications of the UN resolution (passed in March) on Africans and their descendants across the world.
