Ghana is hosting an international conference to advance a United Nations resolution formally recognizing slavery as the gravest crime against humanity. On Juneteenth—marking the emancipation of enslaved Americans—participants staged a reenactment of the slave trade. Leaders from the African diaspora are calling for meaningful reparations as the centerpiece of this recognition. According to Al Jazeera, the conference represents growing global momentum to confront the transatlantic slave trade's legacy and establish concrete remedies for its descendants.

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