Xeerka Qaramada Midoobay: Dalalka waa inay ka jawaabaan dhibaatada ganacsiga qurba-joogta
Warbixin cusub oo maanta soo baxday ee ururka CERD ayaa sheegaysa in dalalka adduunka ay xeer ahaan u baahan yihiin inay ka jawaabaan dhibaatada ganacsiga qurba-joogta, iyadoo ku xiran heshiis 1965-kii la saxiixay oo ku saabsan xasiloonida dadka.
Soo jeedinta cusub ee xeerka
Warbixinta ayaa tilmaamaysa in dalalka ay u baahan yihiin inay qaadaan tallaabooyin ku habboon dadka Afrikaanka ah, iyadoo ku xiran heshiiska 1965-kii la saxiixay oo ku saabsan xasiloonida dadka. Tani waxay ahayd beddelka qaab-dhismeedka hore ee la isku dayay in lagu jawaabo dhibaatada ganacsiga qurba-joogta.
Warbixinta ayaa sidoo kale sheegtay in dalalka ay u baahan yihiin inay qaadaan tallaabooyin ku habboon dadka Afrikaanka ah, iyadoo ku xiran heshiiska 1965-kii la saxiixay oo ku saabsan xasiloonida dadka. Tani waxay ahayd beddelka qaab-dhismeedka hore ee la isku dayay in lagu jawaabo dhibaatada ganacsiga qurba-joogta.
Dhibaatada ganacsiga qurba-joogta
Warbixinta ayaa sheegtay in 12.5 milyan oo qof oo Afrikaan ah la qaaday oo la iibiyo xilliga 15-aad ilaa 19-aad, taas oo ahayd dhibaatada ugu weyn ee la xaqiijiyay ee adduunka. Tani waxay ahayd dhibaatada ugu weyn ee la xaqiijiyay ee adduunka.
Warbixinta ayaa sidoo kale sheegtay in 12.5 milyan oo qof oo Afrikaan ah la qaaday oo la iibiyo xilliga 15-aad ilaa 19-aad, taas oo ahayd dhibaatada ugu weyn ee la xaqiijiyay ee adduunka. Tani waxay ahayd dhibaatada ugu weyn ee la xaqiijiyay ee adduunka.
Tallaabooyinka cusub ee la qaadi karo
Warbixinta ayaa sheegtay in dalalka ay u baahan yihiin inay qaadaan tallaabooyin ku habboon dadka Afrikaanka ah, iyadoo ku xiran heshiiska 1965-kii la saxiixay oo ku saabsan xasiloonida dadka. Tani waxay ahayd beddelka qaab-dhismeedka hore ee la isku dayay in lagu jawaabo dhibaatada ganacsiga qurba-joogta.
Warbixinta ayaa sidoo kale sheegtay in 12.5 milyan oo qof oo Afrikaan ah la qaaday oo la iibiyo xilliga 15-aad ilaa 19-aad, taas oo ahayd dhibaatada ugu weyn ee la xaqiijiyay ee adduunka. Tani waxay ahayd dhibaatada ugu weyn ee la xaqiijiyay ee adduunka.
A United Nations committee has declared that countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and take measures to address its enduring legacy of racial discrimination, marking a significant shift in international law.
A Legal Paradigm Shift on Historical Responsibility
Guidance published on Monday by the committee on the elimination of racial discrimination (CERD) said the obligations arose from a legally binding 1965 convention on racial discrimination, not from the legal standards that existed when the slave trade took place. The committee described the approach as a 'paradigm shift' away from debates over historical responsibility that have often been used by governments to resist reparations claims.
The committee described the approach as a 'paradigm shift' away from debates over historical responsibility that have often been used by governments to resist reparations claims. Some states have sought to dodge claims for justice in courtrooms by arguing that there were no international laws outlawing the slave trade at the time – the so-called intertemporality principle.
Comprehensive Remedies Beyond Financial Compensation
'States parties must implement comprehensive reparatory measures for people of African descent, covering all aspects of remedies,' said the UN document, which may be cited in courtrooms. Financial compensation alone is not sufficient, it adds, urging 'transformative' measures including opening archives, revising public memorials and establishing independent truth commissions.
Financial compensation alone is not sufficient, it adds, urging 'transformative' measures including opening archives, revising public memorials and establishing independent truth commissions. 'Irrespective of the legal characterisation of the original historical acts, states parties remain bound by their present obligations under the convention to address structural inequalities,' the UN document says.
Call for Concrete Action to Affirm Dignity
Pela Boker Wilson, a committee expert from Liberia who helped draft the document, said she expected states to move beyond broad expressions of regret and review policies and laws. 'We are calling on state parties to take concrete and meaningful action,' she told Reuters. 'We want to affirm the dignity of those whose suffering was denied, whose suffering was minimised or forgotten.'
'We are calling on state parties to take concrete and meaningful action,' she told Reuters. 'We want to affirm the dignity of those whose suffering was denied, whose suffering was minimised or forgotten.' At least 12.5 million Africans were taken and sold between the 15th and 19th centuries in what CERD called the largest forced displacement in history.
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