Pope Leo XIV holds the pastoral staff as he celebrates the Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregoria Borgia) By NICOLE WINFIELD and PAOLO SANTALUCIA May 25, 2026 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery and … Continue reading Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery
Category: Transatlantic Slave Trade
ByIka Washington on March 26, 2026 On March 25, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly made a landmark decision. The global body formally adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. The Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime … Continue reading The Gravest Crime: Canada’s Abstention and the Call for Reparatory Justice
The Netherlands' King Willem Alexander, second from left, and Queen Maxima, left, pose for photos with Suriname President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons and her husband Glenn Geerlings, right, during an official welcome ceremony for the country's 50th independence anniversary, at the presidential palace in Paramaribo, Suriname, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Bentik Paulus) PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Representatives … Continue reading Indigenous Surinamese accept Dutch king’s apology for colonial slavery
April 19, 2025 Two centuries to the day after France imposed a crippling debt on Haiti in exchange for its independence, a UN forum heard calls for the restitution of what has long been described as a “ransom” extorted under the threat of force from the Caribbean nation that still bears the scars of colonialism … Continue reading Haiti’s independence debt to France focus of debate at UN
Photo caption - L-R: Yolanda Renee King, author and granddaughter ofDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor Sir Hilary Beckles and Ms. King’s parents: Arndrea Waters King and Martin Luther King III. Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles addressed the United … Continue reading Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Monday March 25, 2024 Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles is scheduled to headline a programme hosted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on March 25, 2024 to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The event, which takes place … Continue reading Professor Beckles to address UN General Assembly