President John Mahama is set to table a landmark United Nations resolution on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, formally declaring the Transatlantic Slave Trade as the gravest crime against humanity, a move Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes as a defining moment in the global push for reparatory justice.
The draft resolution, titled Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialised Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity, is scheduled for consideration and adoption by the UN
General Assembly on a date that coincides with the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Ghana is spearheading the initiative in its capacity as African Union Champion on Reparations, working in collaboration with CARICOM and all people of African descent.
