Following the CERD call for inputs for the elaboration of a General Recommendation regarding reparations for the historical injustices from the chattel enslavement of Africans, and the ensuing harms and crimes to people of African Descent, Human Rights Watch (HRW), published the submission below highlighting their recommendations to CERD including “the need for victim-centered reparatory processes, which empower affected communities to shape the framework of the process and the outcome”. You can see HRW´s submission HERE.
