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...neral Gordon Granger arrives with Black Union soldiers and announces the end of slavery in Texas. This is our Juneteenth origin story.
Last summer, Pulitzer Prize-...
Slavery is illegal almost everywhere. But millions of men, women and children are trapp...
Today, 50 million people are living in modern slavery. 1 in 4 are children. Childhoods are being lost to violence and exploitation.
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Today, 50 million people are living in modern slavery. 1 in 4 are children.
Children living in modern slavery miss out on safety, f...
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📌On 24 March 2026, President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana urged the world to back a resolution recognising the slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity.” The result: 123 Member States vot..
Lakshmi Iyer discusses in a recent episode of VoxDevTalks
On 14 April 2026, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Ashwini K.P., delivered remarks on the first day ...
...e UN General Assembly on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, March 25, 2026.
...n of the General Assembly on the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade.
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Secretary-General António Guterres for his...
...o Guterres called for urgent global action to confront the enduring legacies of slavery, including systemic racism and inequality, during the UN General Assembly’s com...
... a call not just to remember, but to act.
“There are spirits of the victims of slavery present in this room… and they are listening for one word only: justice.”
The ...
After the vote, Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said this was “an emphatic victory for justice, and our ancestors, Africans are all people of African descent are today honoured tha...
Esclavage et traite transatlantique | Présidente de l'Assemblée générale | Nations Unie
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Esclavage et traite transatlantique | Secrétaire général | Assemblée générale | Nations Unies
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...r the 2026 observance of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on 25 March 2026.
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"Hoje prestamos homenagem às vítimas de um crime absolutamente estarrecedor:
Milhões de pessoas arrancadas às suas famílias e comunidades em África.
Traficadas através do Atlântico.
E, caso sobr...