UN slave trade recognition must lead to reparatory justice — Vice-President

The Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has said that Ghana and the international community must move beyond the recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity and continue to pursue concrete measures towards reparatory justice.

She said a UN resolution recognising the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the system of racialised chattel enslavement as the gravest crime against humanity should serve as a starting point for education, preservation, restitution and sustained international engagement.

Speaking at a solemn ceremony at the Cape Coast Castle in the Central Region as part of activities marking the 62nd Oguaa Fetu Afahye, the Vice-President said: “Recognition creates responsibility.