International reparations summit connects Caribbean and diaspora campaigns

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...

At the opening of the Second Regional Conference on Reparations in Antigua and Barbuda, former Jamaican prime minister P. J. Patterson urged a new generation of Caribbean leaders to continue the...

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...

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....

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing on H.R. 40, examining the case for a commission to study and develop reparations proposals. A...

Resolution 76/226 established a Permanent Forum as a consultative mechanism for people of African descent and a platform for improving their safety, quality of life and human rights. Its creation gave...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted Resolution 543, encouraging member states to advance reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and related...