UN slavery resolution isn’t binding, but revives calls for reparations – Prof Appiagyei

Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Ghana School of Law, Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, says the recent United Nations resolution on slavery, though not legally binding, has revived global calls for reparations.


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