Friday, March 24, 2023

The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade


 The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

 

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/122 that established the Outreach Programme on the transatlantic slave trade and slavery, also designated 25 March as the annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The Day is observed with ceremonies and activities at United Nations Headquarters in New York and at United Nations offices around the world.

 

 

KEY DOCUMENTS

General Assembly Resolutions on the Permanent Memorial and the Outreach Programme (2007)

General Assembly Resolutions on the Permanent Memorial and the Outreach Programme (Archive)

Secretary-General’s Reports on the Programme of educational outreach on the transatlantic slave trade and slavery

RELATED PROGRAMMES, OFFICES AND ASSOCIATIONS

Slave Route Project (UNESCO)

International Decade for People of African Descent, 2015-2024

United Nations Outreach Programme on the Holocaust

HUMAN RIGHTS

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Breaking the Silence (UNESCO)

Legacies of Slavery: A Resource Book for Managers of Sites and Itineraries of Memory

Multimedia Resources

www.un.org

 

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