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UN Racial Discrimination Committee Urges Reparations for Slave Trade
9/1/2026
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- UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination urged states to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade.
- The committee said obligations arise from the binding 1965 Convention on Racial Discrimination, not historic laws.
- The text urges opening archives, revising memorials, and creating independent truth commissions.
- Liberia expert Pela Boker-Wilson expects states to move beyond regret and review policies and laws.
