International Year for People of African Descent

The United Nations General Assembly declared the year 2011 as International Year for People of African Descent (in UN resolution A/RES/64/169).[1] That year also marked the 10th anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism (also known as the Durban Conference),[2] which approved a resolution stating that slavery along with the colonization that sustained it were crimes against humanity.[3]

  1. ^ 2011 International Year for People of African Descent", UNCHR,
  2. ^ "History in dialogue on memories of the slave trade and slavery", UNESCO, August 22, 2011.
  3. ^ Gina Thésée and Paul R. Carr, "The 2011 International Year for People of African Descent (IYPAD): The paradox of colonized invisibility within the promise of mainstream visibility", Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2012, pp. 158–180.