The United Nations finally recognized our right to return and our status as a distinct people. This victory belongs to every one of the 253 people who stood against the status quo to demand our ancestral sovereignty. We have cracked the wall of indifference but now we must ensure this …
August 28, 2020
Final supporters
A Petition under Resolution 1503 was filed April 10, 2012 to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Restitution and Repatriation of Africans in America UNDER International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Article 12, the RIGHT OF RETURN. Recognizing Africans in America have national, racial, ethnic and religious element which distinguish this minority from other population groups in the United States. Minority-specific provisions were set forth in a number of UN human rights instruments i.e. the Right of Return to ones own country.
International Human Rights Law
The term right of return refers to a principle of international law, codified in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, giving any person the right to return to, and re-enter, his or her country of origin. This principle is sometimes reflected in special consideration in a country's immigration laws (called "repatriation") which facilitate or encourage the reunion of a diaspora.
GENERAL COMMENTS ADOPTED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 40, PARAGRAPH 4, OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS- Article 12) The right to enter one's own country (para. 4)
Summary: As African Americans, we vision grassroots empowerment and a resolution designed to restore our dignity and self-determination of an entire population of disenfranchised peoples. This will result in the safe and dignified return of massive numbers of former slaves, men, women and children back to our homeland. It is a generally recognized principle of international law that when sovereignty ... over an area changes hands, there is a concurrent transfer of responsibility for the population of that territory. Therefore it cannot be argued that African American, as descendants of slaves in America ... no longer had any rights with regard to the Africa in which they were taken because of the slave trade. Moreover, where slavery results in ... statelessness, Article 15 of the Declaration, which stipulates that "[e]veryone has the right to a nationality," becomes a further relevant protection of the right of return.
Updates
November 1, 2018
The United Nations continues to ignore our legal claim to restitution and our inherent right to return. We are not asking for permission to seek justice for our people because our national identity is not up for negotiation. Keep the pressure on these international bureaucrats until they are forced to address our petition.
Reached 100 supporters
December 28, 2012
December 26, 2012
The United Nations needs to see that we are not going away quietly. We are almost at one hundred signers so push this link to your networks right now to force their hands.
46 Comments
I have always felt, that one day I layed down to take a nap and woke here in the US, a nightmare from the beginning and I would like to go home.
I agree with this petiton whole heartedly, we should have a nation state within the African continent. However this should include all peoples of the diaspora, including the Caribbean, Europe and South America. In that respect the numbers of potential signatories would be much greater.
I was born here but never felt that this was my home. I have many friends that are from the continent and I would love to live and breathe the air my ancestors did
I Request that we seek International Soveriegn Citizenship in Addition to this and our Case be Brought before the Hauge Court. Soveriegn Global Citizenship has yet to be Approached for us as a People. Our's is a Human Rights Violation Case that should be Won hands Down.
Repatriation is the only solution to the fear and violence perpetuated against us by white people in America, & Europe. It is the only solution to the dysfunctions we suffer i.e. post-traumatic slave syndrome. Repatriation reverses the brain drain in Africa as well. It is therefore the best action for all parties involved.
Yes please, I truly want to go. I just need to know how to do this.
We must increase funding for African American Heritage, and build monuments honoring Black History.
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The United Nations finally recognized our right to return and our status as a distinct people. This victory belongs to every one of the 253 people who stood against the status quo to demand our ancestral sovereignty. We have cracked the wall of indifference but now we must ensure this …
August 28, 2020
Final supporters
A Petition under Resolution 1503 was filed April 10, 2012 to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Restitution and Repatriation of Africans in America UNDER International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Article 12, the RIGHT OF RETURN. Recognizing Africans in America have national, racial, ethnic and religious element which distinguish this minority from other population groups in the United States. Minority-specific provisions were set forth in a number of UN human rights instruments i.e. the Right of Return to ones own country.
International Human Rights Law
The term right of return refers to a principle of international law, codified in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, giving any person the right to return to, and re-enter, his or her country of origin. This principle is sometimes reflected in special consideration in a country's immigration laws (called "repatriation") which facilitate or encourage the reunion of a diaspora.
GENERAL COMMENTS ADOPTED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 40, PARAGRAPH 4, OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS- Article 12) The right to enter one's own country (para. 4)
Summary: As African Americans, we vision grassroots empowerment and a resolution designed to restore our dignity and self-determination of an entire population of disenfranchised peoples. This will result in the safe and dignified return of massive numbers of former slaves, men, women and children back to our homeland. It is a generally recognized principle of international law that when sovereignty ... over an area changes hands, there is a concurrent transfer of responsibility for the population of that territory. Therefore it cannot be argued that African American, as descendants of slaves in America ... no longer had any rights with regard to the Africa in which they were taken because of the slave trade. Moreover, where slavery results in ... statelessness, Article 15 of the Declaration, which stipulates that "[e]veryone has the right to a nationality," becomes a further relevant protection of the right of return.
Updates
November 1, 2018
The United Nations continues to ignore our legal claim to restitution and our inherent right to return. We are not asking for permission to seek justice for our people because our national identity is not up for negotiation. Keep the pressure on these international bureaucrats until they are forced to address our petition.
Reached 100 supporters
December 28, 2012
December 26, 2012
The United Nations needs to see that we are not going away quietly. We are almost at one hundred signers so push this link to your networks right now to force their hands.
46 Comments
With DNA technology, Africans in the diaspora can reintegrate by ethnic group, city-state, or by nation. In any case, a return is better than living here. Building Africa will not take a long time.
I have always felt, that one day I layed down to take a nap and woke here in the US, a nightmare from the beginning and I would like to go home.
I agree with this petiton whole heartedly, we should have a nation state within the African continent. However this should include all peoples of the diaspora, including the Caribbean, Europe and South America. In that respect the numbers of potential signatories would be much greater.
I was born here but never felt that this was my home. I have many friends that are from the continent and I would love to live and breathe the air my ancestors did
I Request that we seek International Soveriegn Citizenship in Addition to this and our Case be Brought before the Hauge Court. Soveriegn Global Citizenship has yet to be Approached for us as a People. Our's is a Human Rights Violation Case that should be Won hands Down.
Repatriation is the only solution to the fear and violence perpetuated against us by white people in America, & Europe. It is the only solution to the dysfunctions we suffer i.e. post-traumatic slave syndrome. Repatriation reverses the brain drain in Africa as well. It is therefore the best action for all parties involved.
Yes please, I truly want to go. I just need to know how to do this.
We must increase funding for African American Heritage, and build monuments honoring Black History.
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With DNA technology, Africans in the diaspora can reintegrate by ethnic group, city-state, or by nation. In any case, a return is better than living here. Building Africa will not take a long time.