Global framework for reparatory justice adopted at landmark conference in Ghana

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A global framework for reparatory justice has been adopted at a conference in Ghana.

Heads of state, governments and other officials adopted the strategy on Friday at a gathering in a hotel in the capital, Accra, which was the first major meeting since the adoption of the landmark United Nations (UN) resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.