An important preparatory event to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting later in the fall where this issue will be up for discussion one way or another. September 2, 2026 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Barbados will host the third Caribbean Community (Caricom) Regional Conference on Reparations later this month, the Guyana-based Caricom Secretariat announced on … Continue reading Barbados to host third Caricom regional conference on reparation
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August 31, 2026 GENEVA – The harms of the trafficking in enslaved Africans and racialised chattel slavery continue today through systemic racial discrimination and structural inequalities, giving rise to State obligations to provide reparatory justice, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said in a new General Recommendation. “Anti-Black racism, created to sustain chattel slavery, has … Continue reading Harms of trafficking in enslaved Africans persist today and give rise to reparation obligations, UN racial discrimination committee says
ANEKA THOMPSON Guardian Senior Reporter Aug 17, 2026 CARICOM election observers have urged The Bahamas to implement campaign finance legislation, create an independent electoral management body and strengthen the logistical preparedness and operations of the Parliamentary Registration Department to ensure accuracy of the voters’ register in order to safeguard electoral integrity. The recommendations, among others, … Continue reading The Bahamas: CARICOM election observers recommend campaign finance, independent PRD
August 24, 2026 CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC)—The 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping has employed the services of a regional law firm to present its response to the challenge by Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar regarding the reappointment of Caricom Secretary General, Dr Carla Barnett. Caricom chairman and St Lucia’s Prime Minister Phillip J … Continue reading Caricom employs external law firm to deal with re-appointment of secretary general
August 14, 2026 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), in coordination with regional and international partners, has successfully completed Operation Eclipse. Executed during the month of May 2026, the intensive, intelligence-led maritime operation disrupted multi-jurisdictional smuggling loops and stripped transnational organised criminal groups (OCGs) of an estimated US$54.5 million in … Continue reading CARICOM IMPACS and partners disrupt transnational smuggling and seize US$54.5 million in illicit assets
Sir Hilary Beckles, chairman of the commission, insisted at a briefing in London that reparations and decolonisation should go hand in hand. Photograph: Francis Kokoroko/Reuter At London briefing, Caricom Reparations Commission decries fact region remains ‘most colonised part of world’ Chris Osuh Tue 14 Jul 2026 The main reparations committee for Caribbean nations has called on … Continue reading Caribbean calls for return of British Virgin Islands – and for King Charles to back decolonisation
July 13, 2026 by Nand C. Bardouille Members of a leading regional grouping of Caribbean countries have converged around a candidate regarding the much-publicised race for the next United Nations (UN) Secretary-General. Yet this diplomatic moment is not so straightforward. It requires a closer look with an eye to an emergent geopolitical situation that carries … Continue reading Guyana’s candidate for top UN post receives backing of Caribbean leaders
The CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Ten Point Plan for Reparations: A Manifesto for the Coming Enlightenment is a document prepared principally for the governments and people of the Caribbean but conceptualised and designed to facilitate and guide the global African reparations movement. It outlines the development priorities for the Region as it demands reparations from the … Continue reading The CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Ten Point Plan for Reparations: A Manifesto for the Coming Enlightenment
The CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting recently wrapped up in St. Lucia and the Communique has been released. As usual, the meeting covered a wide range of issues ranging from important governance issues (reappointment of the Secretary General); support for a candidate for the UN Secretary General position; updates on CARICOM memberships; Haiti; reparations; border … Continue reading Communique from the 51st CARICOM Leaders meeting
July 7, 2026 During the Retreat of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held on 06 July 2026, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago maintained its objection to the process used in the reappointment of the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). CARICOM acknowledged that the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago desires … Continue reading STATEMENT OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL