This report comes five months after the UN General Assembly voted to recognise the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.

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...