On October 18, 2024, the International Committee for October 17, gathered at the end of its 10th biennial meeting in Dakar, came together at the House of Slaves, on Gorée Island, to reveal a solemn Declaration.
“We, the members of the International Committee for October 17, meeting in Gorée […] recognising this place as a symbol of the transatlantic trafficking of slaves, a shameful chapter in human history marked by cruelty, humiliation and human suffering, and its lasting impact on racial inequality today as well as the trafficking in persons worldwide […].”