Dutch settlers arrived in Manhattan. Now, officials are marking the milestone with an honest examination of the past ...

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 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, marks the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in ...

While Dutch museums have made reference to slavery in their collections, the exhibition organized in 2021 by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam set the tone for those that followed. The perception has ...

It is currently on display at the Brooklyn Museum in an exhibition that ... Vlacke Bos” (Vlacke Bos is Dutch for Flatbush), serves to highlight the impact of slavery in and on Brooklyn ...

UN Rights Chief Urges States to Act on Slavery Reparations By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for ...

Shorto is the author of “The Island at the Center of the World” and curator of the exhibit “New York ... But the Dutch also established slavery in the region and contributed to the removal ...

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 ...

The story of that history is now being told in a featured exhibit at the New Haven museum called “Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale and Slavery.” Exhibition designer David Jon Walker ...

GENEVA, April 19 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief called ... adding his voice to calls for justice for slavery atrocities. Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations ...