http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/0e7452592b3aa8c3 https://verfassungsblog.de/un-resolution-enslavement/ Three Lessons from the UN Declaration on Enslavement - On Time, Responsibility, and International Law Eslava, Luis eng 2026-04-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Historical Injustices International Law Sklaverei Slavery UN General Assembly United Nations Vereinte Nationen. Generalversammlung Sklaverei Vereinte Nationen. Generalversammlung Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 25 March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted, led by African and Caribbean states, the Declaration on the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialised Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity. The Declaration can be read as operating within the language of foundational instruments of international law while simultaneously pushing their limits through a set of decisive doctrinal moves. Seen in this light, the Declaration offers at least three lessons for international law today.