CARICOM reparations chair calls for an international summit

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...

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...

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...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted resolution ACHPR/Res.543(LXXIII)2022, affirming that accountability and remedies for historical mass crimes, including slavery and...

The Permanent Forum on People of African Descent held its first session in Geneva. The session created a recurring UN space for descendants, states and experts to discuss human rights and policy,...