Guidance published on Monday by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination stated that the obligations arise from a legally binding 1965 convention on racial discrimination.

A UN committee has called on countries to adopt comprehensive reparations for people of African descent, arguing that the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade continues to fuel…

GENEVA, Aug 31 — Countries are legally obliged to provide broad reparations for harms resulting from both direct and indirect involvement in the transatlantic African slave...