Fourth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

The event will take place in the context of the fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPF) on April 14-17, 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States.

Relevant to UNPF agenda, panel 1: Reparatory Justice for Africa and people of African descent

Date/time: Tuesday, April 15 at 1.30-2.30pm EST 

Language: English; with one speaker speaking in both English and Spanish
 
Sponsoring organizations/entities
Black Academy, Decolonize Berlin, Justin Hansford, member of Permanent Forum on People of African Descent; executive director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Centre, Human Rights Watch, International Coalition of People of African Descent (ICPAD), International Women* Space, Nama Traditional Leaders Association, Reform Initiatives, The Advocacy Team, The Armah Institute of Emotional Justice

Description of the event: Global reparations movements aim to address the lasting harm of legacies of colonialism, enslavement and the transatlantic slave trade.
Calls for reparations seek redress for historical wrongs and contemporary structural racism, inequalities and rights abuses linked to those crimes against humanity. To articulate a shared global agenda for a political, collective and decolonial approach to reparations, these movements need to come together. The Reparations Hub, a platform led by grassroots and African descent organisations with HRW’s support, is a tool designed to unite social movements. The organisers will discuss the power of the collective cross-regional struggle to achieve a united reparations movement.

Location:
The side event will be hybrid. Interested participants need to register to the event under the following link and will receive additional information upon registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/bq7tlIxYSaW4T_S9X6UFQA

Contact lead organizer (and permission to publish the lead organizer’s contact details):
Justin Hansford justin.hansford@law.howard.edu
Esther Mamadou esther@africandescent.org