Caribbean reparations conference passes the advocacy torch

At their 34th regular meeting, CARICOM Heads of Government mandated a regional commission and national committees to pursue reparatory justice for Indigenous and African-descended communities. The...

The General Assembly proclaimed 2015–2024 as the International Decade for People of African Descent under the theme recognition, justice and development. The framework connected historical recognition...

CARICOM governments unanimously approved a ten-point plan proposed by the Reparations Commission. It links formal apology and repatriation with health, education, cultural institutions,...

CARICOM 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,...

Commission chair Hilary Beckles addressed the UK House of Commons on reparations, carrying the regional case into the legislature of a former imperial power. The appearance made historical...

The UN decade began with a mandate to promote recognition, justice and development for people of African descent. States and civil society used the decade to document historical legacies, challenge...

The permanent memorial “The Ark of Return” was unveiled at UN Headquarters. It centered remembrance of enslaved Africans within an institution created after the Second World War, while advocates...

A three-day National/International Reparations Summit in New York brought together organizers from the Caribbean, Europe, the Americas and Africa. Delegates urged Caribbean governments to invite...

The 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...

Hilary 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....