{"id":21487,"date":"2025-06-26T15:35:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/?p=21487"},"modified":"2025-11-03T16:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:30:50","slug":"why-the-aus-2025-theme-of-the-year-matters-for-the-reform-of-the-multilateral-system-special-research-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/why-the-aus-2025-theme-of-the-year-matters-for-the-reform-of-the-multilateral-system-special-research-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the AU\u2019s 2025 Theme of the Year Matters for the Reform of the Multilateral System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21487?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>[vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;1&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;581919&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; font_family=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down_fixed=&#8221;yes&#8221; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;1000&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243; heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-189933&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;137078&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]Why the AU\u2019s 2025 Theme of the Year Matters for the Reform of the Multilateral System[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-182326&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;100080&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]Date | 26 June 2025[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;194969&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]INTRODUCTION[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;234239&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 2025 African Union (AU) theme of the year is \u2018Justice for Africans and peoples of African descent through reparations.\u2019 This special\u00a0 research report\u00a0 introduces the\u00a0 background to the theme of the year and examines how\u00a0 the focus on\u00a0 remedying\u00a0 the way the international system is shaped by these historical injustices can help narrow the gap between the commitments of international human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals on the one hand and how the international financial and trading system operate in practice vis-\u00e0-vis Africa and parts of the world affected by slavery and colonialism.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243; radius=&#8221;btn-square&#8221; hover_fx=&#8221;outlined&#8221; outline=&#8221;yes&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Famaniafrica-et.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FWhy-the-AUs-2025-Theme-of-the-Year-Matters-for-the-Reform-of-the-Multilateral-System-Special-Research-Report.pdf|target:_blank&#8221; button_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;167532&#8243;]Read Full Document[\/vc_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 June 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[168,537,581],"class_list":["post-21487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-reports","tag-special-report","tag-537","tag-multipolar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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