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World Conference against Racism opens in Durban
đź“… 31 August 2001The UN World Conference against Racism opened in Durban, South Africa. African states, Caribbean states, diaspora movements and NGOs brought slavery and colonialism into a major multilateral debate on...
CARICOM heads establish a regional reparations framework in Port of Spain
📅 6 July 2013At the close of CARICOM’s 34th Heads of Government meeting in Port of Spain, leaders agreed to establish national reparations committees and a regional CARICOM Reparations Commission. The proposal...
CARICOM heads agree to establish reparations committees
đź“… 7 July 2013At their 2013 meeting, Caribbean leaders agreed to establish national reparations committees and a regional commission to prepare the case for reparatory justice concerning Indigenous genocide,...
First Regional Conference on Reparations opens in St. Vincent
đź“… 15 September 2013The conference brought governments, scholars, community organizers, and diaspora representatives together to develop a regional reparations agenda. Participants elected Hilary Beckles as chair of...
Grenada joins the first CARICOM regional reparations conference
đź“… 15 September 2013CARICOM opened its first Regional Reparations Conference in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines, with Grenada among the 12 member states represented. The conference treated the afterlives of...
CARICOM constitutes a regional Reparations Commission
đź“… 17 September 2013On 17 September 2013, the first CARICOM Regional Conference on Reparations concluded by constituting the CARICOM Reparations Commission. The conference followed a unanimous decision by Caribbean heads...
CARICOM governments endorse the Ten Point Action Plan
đź“… 11 March 2014CARICOM governments unanimously approved a ten-point plan proposed by the Reparations Commission. It links formal apology and repatriation with health, education, cultural institutions,...
CARICOM leaders endorse a ten-point reparatory justice programme
đź“… 11 March 2014On 11 March 2014, CARICOM heads of government endorsed a ten-point plan for reparatory justice, later framed as the Caribbean Reparatory Justice Programme. The programme called for a full formal...
CARICOM adopts Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice
đź“… 11 March 2014CARICOM governments approved a plan developed with the Caribbean Reparations Commission, responding to Indigenous genocide and slavery. Its measures include a formal apology, repatriation, an...
CARICOM leaders accept reparatory justice programme
đź“… 12 March 2014CARICOM Heads of Government accepted a ten-point Caribbean Reparatory Justice Programme as a basis for further action. It called for a full formal apology and measures including education, health,...
CARICOM announces acceptance of its reparatory justice program
📅 18 March 2014CARICOM reported that its leaders had accepted the regional reparatory justice program as a basis for further action after their March 10–11 intersessional meeting. Its proposals treated reparations...
CARICOM announces acceptance of a ten-point reparatory justice programme
đź“… 18 March 2014CARICOM leaders accepted the Caribbean Reparatory Justice Programme as a basis for discussions on reparations for slavery and Indigenous genocide. Its ten-point proposals included a formal apology...
CARICOM launches a regional reparations relay
đź“… 19 April 2016The CARICOM Reparations Commission launched a relay in Barbados, carrying a symbolic baton and torch between Caribbean countries. Athletes and communities helped make the issue visible across the...
CARICOM reparations chair calls for an international summit
đź“… 10 July 2020Hilary Beckles called for a summit bringing Caribbean and European governments together with corporations, universities and civil society to discuss contributions to a Caribbean development plan....
President Ali calls for reparations before the Gladstone family apology
đź“… 24 August 2023On 24 August 2023, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali said an apology by descendants of plantation owner John Gladstone should be accompanied by compensation and reparative justice. Ali connected the...
Accra Proclamation organizes a united front for reparations
đź“… 14 November 2023African governments, civil society, scholars and diaspora representatives adopted the Accra Proclamation after a continental conference. It urged a united front, stronger AU and diaspora coordination,...
Accra Proclamation sets out a reparations agenda
📅 17 November 2023The conference’s proclamation called for an AU reparations committee, a global reparations fund, a special envoy, a legal reference group, stronger AU–CARICOM–diaspora cooperation and exploration of...
African Union conference adopts the Accra Proclamation on Reparations
đź“… 17 November 2023Delegates from Africa and the diaspora adopted a shared call addressing enslavement, colonialism and apartheid, including structural inequalities in global political and economic systems. The...
CARICOM commission begins a strategic advocacy visit to the United Kingdom
đź“… 17 November 2025The Reparations Commission began a UK advocacy visit with meetings intended to strengthen alliances and advance dialogue on reparatory justice, historical accountability and socio-economic...
AU backs closer coordination with CARICOM on restorative justice
📅 15 February 2026The Assembly calls for stronger synergy between African states, Afro-descendant nations and regional bodies, and affirms support for AU–CARICOM initiatives. The statement connects continental...
UN General Assembly adopts resolution on enslavement as gravest crime against humanity
đź“… 25 March 2026The General Assembly adopted A/RES/80/250, spearheaded by Ghana, recognizing trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement as the gravest crime against humanity. The resolution...
UN General Assembly adopts declaration on transatlantic slavery
đź“… 25 March 2026The General Assembly adopted a declaration recognizing the transatlantic slave trade and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. Ghana led the initiative; the...
UN General Assembly adopts a resolution on the transatlantic slave trade
đź“… 25 March 2026On 25 March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 80/250, declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans the gravest crime against...
General Assembly adopts resolution on enslavement of Africans as a grave crime against humanity
đź“… 25 March 2026The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 80/250 on the transatlantic trafficking and racialized enslavement of Africans. The declaration renewed international debate about historical...
AU and CARICOM reparations bodies hold their first joint meeting
📅 17 June 2026Three mechanisms—the AU reparations committee, AU legal experts and CARICOM Reparations Commission—met to operationalize a joint process. The meeting builds Africa–Caribbean coordination in a...
Accra consultative conference opens on next steps for reparatory justice
đź“… 18 June 2026African, Caribbean and international participants met to plan action after the UN resolution. This consultative process creates a cross-regional platform, while the scope of a common agenda remains...
Ghana convenes the Accra Next Steps conference and establishes global panels
đź“… 18 June 2026Following the UN resolution on enslaved Africans, Ghana convened a high-level conference on reparatory justice and announced advisory, cultural restitution and legal panels to develop next steps....
Third CARICOM reparations conference opens on reparatory justice
📅 17 September 2026The conference brought Caribbean governments, researchers and advocates together under the theme “Reparatory Justice as the Coming Enlightenment.” It continues a regional reparations agenda with...
Caribbean leaders press slavery reparations as King Charles begins regional visit
📅 27 October 2026Reuters reported on 27 October that King Charles III and Queen Camilla began a visit to the Bahamas, Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda amid Caribbean demands for reparations for Britain’s role in the...
Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago propose dedicated Africa-Caribbean reparatory-justice platform
đź“… 4 November 2026Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago discussed a dedicated platform to advance reparatory justice and coordinate structured engagement with the United Kingdom at a bilateral meeting on the margins of CHOGM...
CHOGM communiqué welcomes UK dialogue on reparatory justice
📅 5 November 2026The official Commonwealth Heads of Government communiqué, released on 5 November, welcomed the United Kingdom government’s agreement to engage affected parties in structured, time-bound, inclusive and...