CARICOM heads agree to establish reparations committees

The United Nations first observed the annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The date created a recurring platform for memorialization and...

Resolution 64/169 proclaimed an international year to strengthen action on the rights and social participation of people of African descent. The initiative framed recognition and equality as global...

The statute established a national legal framework to promote racial equality and combat discrimination, including in education, culture, health, and employment. It translated Black movement demands...

The UN year opened a global program focused on recognition, justice, and development. It provided an international platform for states and civil society to address the history of enslavement and...

Law 12.711 reserved places at federal universities and institutes for public-school graduates, with provisions reflecting racial and Indigenous demographics. It emerged from long campaigns over...

The conference brought governments, scholars, community organizers, and diaspora representatives together to develop a regional reparations agenda. Participants elected Hilary Beckles as chair of...

Resolution 68/237 established the 2015–2024 decade under the theme “Recognition, Justice and Development.” The resolution created an international framework for addressing racism and the continuing...

CARICOM 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...

The decade began with a UN program centered on recognition, justice, and development. The framework supported work by states, institutions, and civil society to confront discrimination and the ongoing...

The United Nations unveiled the Ark of Return memorial at its New York headquarters. The memorial recognizes the victims of slavery and the transatlantic trade in a global civic space. Its...