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The International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project, composed of 20 experts from different countries and regions of the world, has reflected on the important issue of reparations and issued the following statement during its last meeting in Cabo Verde in October 2015.
“We support recent calls by governments and civil society groups to make reparations a core component of the International Decade for People of African Descent. These calls build upon, further extend, and implement the Declaration and Plan of Action arising from the 2001 World Conference Against Racism held in Durban South Africa.
