Story by, Paul Mensah Nsor
The Pan-African Progressive Front (PPF) will convene the Geneva Forum on Reparative Justice & Colonial Accountability on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in a move to translate the United Nations’ historic recognition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade into concrete legal and political action.
The full-day strategic meeting will be held at Ghandhi Hall, Maison Internationale des Associations (MIA), from 10:00 to 16:00 CET. It is being organized with the Ligue Panafricaine–UMOJA (LP-U) and the Université Populaire Africaine en Suisse (UPAF).
Organizers said the Forum responds directly to United Nations Resolution A/80/L.48, which declared the Transatlantic Slave Trade the gravest crime against humanity. The Geneva meeting builds on the PPF Global Pre-Conference held on March 30, 2026, which consolidated pan-African and diaspora positions on reparations.
The event will gather political leaders, legal experts, Pan-African intellectuals, traditional leaders, and civil society organizers. Participants include former heads of state, African Union legal experts, Caribbean reparations advocates, European scholars, and diaspora movement leaders.
The Forum is expected to deliver three landmark outcomes:
Launch of the PPF-D Justice Taskforce: A compact coordinating body that will drive global reparative justice efforts and sustain multi-generational advocacy across Africa and the diaspora.
Presentation of the Reparations Advocacy Manual & Toolkit: A practical resource for civil society organizations, legal practitioners, journalists, educators, policy makers, faith communities, and allied movements worldwide.
Adoption of the Geneva Declaration: A formal statement of principles, demands, and strategic vision to be transmitted to international bodies, governments, and multilateral institutions.
Organizers said Geneva was chosen deliberately as the venue. Home to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the birthplace of the Geneva Conventions, the city signals that reparative justice is a central pillar of the international human rights architecture, not a sectional demand.
The Forum’s programme features voices from across the pan-African world. H.E. Samuel Sam-Sumana, former Vice President of Sierra Leone, will deliver the keynote address.
Other confirmed speakers include Comrade Kwesi Pratt Jnr, Managing Editor of _The Insight_ and CEO of the Pan African Television Network, Ghana; Dr. Mutombo Kanyana, Founder of the Université Populaire Africaine en Suisse; Amzat Boukari-Yabara, historian and President of the Ligue Panafricaine–UMOJA, France; Advocate Kingston Magaya, African Union Legal Expert on Reparations, Zimbabwe; and Queen Mother Blakely, traditional leader and reparations advocate from the United States.
Additional speakers include Mme Eugénie Dossa-Quenum, Pan-African advocate and diaspora leader; Nintcheu Brice of Foundation Moumié; M. José Martin Jean-Pierre, President of MIR-Guadeloupe; and M. Medina Antonio Muanda, Coordinator of LP-U Switzerland and UPAF.
A closing press conference will be held at Ghandhi Hall from 16:00 CET on April 28, 2026. Journalists and media representatives are invited to attend. Accreditation is available on request via the Organising Secretariat.
The Pan-African Progressive Front is a coordinating platform of African and diaspora organizations committed to continental sovereignty, reparative justice, and the unity of African peoples. It convenes political movements, civil society organizations, intellectuals, and educators across Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Americas under the motto _Mobilising People, Emancipating Minds_.
