联合国种族歧视委员会周一发布指导意见，宣称各国根据1965年《消除一切形式种族歧视公约》在法律上有义务考虑对跨大西洋奴隶贸易的赔偿1。该委员会指出，至少1250万非洲人在15至19世纪间被贩运1，各国应采取包括官方道歉、财政补偿、开放档案、修改公共纪念碑和建立独立真相委员会等具体措施来解决种族歧视遗留问题1。委员会将此举称为一次"范式转变"，摆脱仅作历史责任争论的困境1。
利比里亚委员会专家佩拉·博克·威尔逊强调："我们要求各国采取具体有意义的行动"1。欧盟和英国在3月的联合国奴隶制决议中选择了弃权1。
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination released guidance stating that countries are legally bound under the 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade.1 The committee characterized this position as a significant "paradigm shift" away from framing slavery as merely a historical matter beyond the scope of present-day legal responsibility.1
The guidance calls for comprehensive measures extending well beyond formal apologies.1 Countries should implement financial compensation, declassify historical archives, modify public monuments, and establish independent truth commissions to address the lasting impacts of racial discrimination stemming from slavery.1 According to Pela Boker Wilson, a committee expert from Liberia, "we are demanding that states take concrete and meaningful action."1 This directive comes in the context of historical transatlantic slave trafficking, which forcibly displaced at least 12.5 million Africans between the 15th and 19th centuries.1 The European Union and the United Kingdom abstained during a related United Nations resolution on slavery in March, underscoring continued international disagreement on how to address this legacy.1
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