UN pushes nations to consider slavery reparations but legal group says idea 'not going to fly in the US'

The United Nations says countries are legally obliged to consider slavery reparations and implement restorative justice for racial discrimination.

UN presents legal case for broad slavery reparations  Dawn

[RFI] Countries are "legally obliged" to provide broad reparations for harms resulting from both direct and indirect involvement in the transatlantic African slave trade, a United Nations committee has said. This comes amid a fresh interpretation of a global accord, published on Monday.

The accord obliges countries to work to redress the harms caused by slavery and the continuing consequences.

the UN General Assembly in March adopted a landmark resolution recognising the transatlantic slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity".