International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

UNESCO Member States organize events every year on that date, inviting participation from young people, educators, artists and intellectuals.

As part of the goals of the intercultural UNESCO project, "The Slave Route", it is an opportunity for collective recognition and focus on the "historic causes, the methods and the consequences" of slavery.

Additionally, it sets the stage for analysis and dialogue of the interactions which gave rise to the transatlantic trade in human beings between Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean.

[6] The inaugural Slavery Remembrance National Memorial Service will be held on 21 August 2016 in Trafalgar Square.

[7] The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich hosts an annual commemoration event on 23 August which closes with a silent ceremony on the banks of the river Thames.