The Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery was established in 2007 with the adoption of General Assembly resolution 62/122. The Programme raises awareness of the history ...
The National Museum of Slavery, a long-awaited project by descendants of African communities from the Netherlands’ former colonies in Suriname (South America) and the Netherlands Antilles (the ...
Dutch King Willem-Alexander has apologised over his country’s role in slavery and asked for forgiveness in a historic speech at an event to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the abolition of ...
Travel company TUI has apologised after offering Dutch tourists the chance to follow in the footsteps of their “brave ancestors” who enslaved people in the former colony of Suriname.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for slavery reparations over the transatlantic slave trade, which deprived enslaved people of “education, healthcare, opportunity ...
In his new exhibition Suspended States at London's Serpentine Gallery, artist Yinka Shonibare looks at the impact of imperial ...
April 16 (Reuters) - A United Nations forum on people of African descent opened on Tuesday with calls for extra funding to support its work and progress towards reparations for transatlantic ...
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday for reparations over the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle its legacy in today's society, including systemic ...