Recalling the dignity and resilience of over 15 million African women, men and children who suffered the horror of enslavement and the trans-Atlantic slave trade, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk points out that while the history of slavery is a terrible reminder of suffering, injustice and loss, it is also the story of a victorious struggle against oppression and for freedom: a quest to fulfil our universal human rights.
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