The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution on Wednesday declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being widely welcomed across Africa and among advocates of restorative justice and slave descendants.

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to formally recognise the transatlantic slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity" and called for reparations as “a concre

Two years after naming Carla Kupe as chief equity officer and charging her with overseeing the work of a $500,000 reparations task force, Mayor Brandon Johnson is launching a public engagement effort to “gather lived experiences of harm of Black Chicagoans.

Rep. Shri Thanedar introduced a federal reparations bill to create a commission studying land distribution for descendants of slaves, though it faces steep obstacles to becoming law.

The New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies continues collecting testimony and data for a final report.

The UN General Assembly recognized the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity,” aiming to confront historical injustice and advance reparatory justice. The resolution passed with 123 votes in favor.

San Francisco’s “Reparations Plan,” signed by Mayor Daniel Lurie late last year, intends to correct historic ills, but good intentions don’t make unconstitutional policy constitutional. Nor do they permit the government to address past discrimination with more discrimination.

Ghana plans to present a motion at the United Nations to formally recognize the Transatlantic Slave Trade as a crime against humanity, a step that could strengthen global calls for reparations by shifting the issue from historical acknowledgment to legal responsibility.