On 18 March 2014, CARICOM announced that its Heads of Government had accepted the Caribbean Reparatory Justice Programme as a basis for discussions on reparations for slavery and Indigenous genocide. The ten-point plan included a full apology, cultural institutions, education measures, and debt cancellation. It framed reparations as a coordinated regional programme of development, research, public education, diplomacy, and redress, rather than only a demand for a single cash payment. Jamaica’s national campaign became part of this collective Caribbean strategy.
On 6 August 1962, Jamaica became an independent state, ending formal British responsibility for governing the country. The locally drafted constitution came into effect, and the Jamaican flag was...
On 20 October 1969, Jamaica first celebrated National Heroes Day, formally honoring figures whose work included resistance to slavery, anti-colonial struggle, labor organizing, and nation building....
On 1 August 1997, Jamaica reinstated Emancipation Day as a national public holiday, after the observance had been discontinued when independence celebrations replaced it in 1962. Restoring the date...
On 22 January 2009, Jamaica’s Cabinet approved the establishment of a National Commission on Reparations. Its remit was to consider proposals seeking reparations from countries involved in the slave...
On 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 accepts a ten-point reparatory justice programme
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On 18 March 2014, CARICOM announced that its Heads of Government had accepted the Caribbean Reparatory Justice Programme as a basis for discussions on reparations for slavery and Indigenous...
On 7 September 2026, the Government of Jamaica filed a petition asking King Charles, as Jamaica’s head of state, to refer legal questions about chattel slavery in Jamaica to the Judicial Committee...
