The United Nations Verdict Without Sentence: Slavery, and the Illusion of Justice
On March 25, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly delivered what, at first glance, appears to be a historic judgment: the transatlantic slave trade was declared the “gravest crime against humanity.” The language is unambiguous, and the moral weight is undeniable. Yet the outcome reveals something far more familiar than revolutionary. It is a verdict without a sentence.