6 月 17 日至 19 日，来自各国的代表在加纳阿克拉参加了名为“下一步”的会议，重点讨论了跨大西洋奴隶贸易赔偿正义问题 [1]。尽管联合国大会已通过决议承认该贸易为反人类罪，但许多被奴役者的后裔认为，仅靠象征性的道歉无法弥补世代遭受的损失和不公 [1]。
与会者提出了包括正式道歉、建立赔偿机制、债务减免、归还文物和人类遗骸以及教育倡议在内的框架要点 [1]。加纳活动家 Yaw Owusu Akyeaw 指出，“口头道歉是公关手段，无法修复损害或补偿受影响者”[1]。另一位代表 Marvin Walker 也表示，此类道歉被视为肤浅的姿态 [1]。
Representatives from various nations gathered in Accra, Ghana for the "Next Steps" conference held between June 17 and 19 to discuss compensation justice regarding the transatlantic slave trade [1]. Although a United Nations General Assembly resolution has recognized this trade as a crime against humanity with support from 123 countries [1], many descendants of enslaved people argue that symbolic apologies are insufficient to redress generations of loss and injustice [1]. During discussions on frameworks for reparations, key points included formal apologies, compensation mechanisms, debt relief, the return of artifacts and human remains, and educational initiatives [1]. Yaw Owusu Akyeaw stated that verbal apologies serve merely as public relations tactics unable to repair damage or compensate affected individuals [1]. Similarly, Marvin Walker characterized such apologies as shallow gestures [1].