Today we pay tribute to and honour the memory of the millions of women and men, girls and boys robbed of their fundamental freedoms and lives through the transatlantic slave trade. The horrors of slavery are a collective stain on our history. Families were destroyed, communities decimated and nation…
The United States would like to congratulate President Abraham on his election to the presidency of the International Court of Justice earlier this year. We also congratulate Judges Joan Donoghue and Mohamed Bennouna on their re-elections, and Judges James Crawford, Kirill Gevorgian and Patrick Robi…
I am honoured to represent the United States today on this important occasion to recognize the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
Two hundred and seven years ago, on 1 January 1808 in New York City, a young Peter Williams Junior, a self-describ…
The United States thanks Presidents Meron and Joensen for their reports on the work of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Without the diligence and hard wo…
