International Day for Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Channel: UN Human Rights
Date: 2023-03-24

Recalling the dignity and resilience of over 15 million African women, men and children who suffered the horror of enslavement and the trans-Atlantic slave trade, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk points out that while the history of slavery is a terrible reminder of suffering, injustice and loss, it is also the story of a victorious struggle against oppression and for freedom: a quest to fulfil our universal human rights.