African Futures Lab and Meghna Abraham (external link), an international human rights lawyer and expert, made a joint submission to CERD in response to its call for inputs (external link). This submission (external link)focuses on the need for a comprehensive and transformative approach to reparations for the historical injustices from the chattel enslavement of Africans and the ensuing and ongoing harms to people of African descent. It also includes some brief overall comments on the questions raised by the Committee on the illegality of chattel slavery and its implications in terms of racial discrimination.
Submissions
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