The Architecture of Impunity

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dc.contributor.authorTutsahnai'i, Rezib
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-13T08:01:17Z
dc.date.issued0026
dc.descriptionOn March 25, 2026, one hundred and twenty-three nations voted at the United Nations General Assembly to declare the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity. The resolution itself is an insult to the dignity of every victim — those in the diaspora and those whose ancestors remained on the continent. Those who proposed it are at best ignorant of what they have done and at worst opportunists serving their own ambitions. The institution that received it, the states that adopted it, and the framework through which any remedy would flow are all instruments of the same project whose crime the resolution names. You cannot indict a crime using the instruments of the criminal.
dc.description.abstractOn March 25, 2026, one hundred and twenty-three nations voted at the United Nations General Assembly to declare the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity. The resolution itself is an insult to the dignity of every victim — those in the diaspora and those whose ancestors remained on the continent. Those who proposed it are at best ignorant of what they have done and at worst opportunists serving their own ambitions. The institution that received it, the states that adopted it, and the framework through which any remedy would flow are all instruments of the same project whose crime the resolution names. You cannot indict a crime using the instruments of the criminal.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.africarxiv.org/handle/1/11306
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectTransatlantic slave trade
dc.subjectreparations
dc.subjectUnited Nations
dc.subjectMarch 25 resolution
dc.subjectinternational law
dc.subjectcolonial sovereignty
dc.subjectBerlin Conference
dc.subjectpost-colonial state
dc.subjectAfrican Union
dc.subjectOrganization of African Unity
dc.subjectneocolonialism
dc.subjectdecolonization
dc.subjectindigenous governance
dc.subjectsacred governance
dc.subjectinitiatic traditions
dc.subjectMiddle Passage
dc.subjectAfrican diaspora
dc.subjectcontinental Africa
dc.subjectpost-colonial trap
dc.subjectimpunity
dc.subjectAfrican sovereignty
dc.subjectcivilizational destruction
dc.subjecthuman quality
dc.subjectinstitutional legitimacy
dc.titleThe Architecture of Impunity
dc.title.alternativeHow the United Nations, the Nation-State, and the Post-Colonial Order Render the March 25 Reparations Resolution Illegitimate
dc.typeWorking Paper

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