Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s minister of culture, has hailed the King’s decision to refer her slavery reparations petition to the privy council. Photograph: Jess Hurd/PA September 23, 2026 Natricia Duncan The move comes after Jamaica’s culture minister Olivia Grange travelled to the UK earlier this month to lodge the historic petition King Charles has referred a … Continue reading Jamaica hails King’s decision to refer slavery reparations petition to privy council as ‘really big deal’
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September 18, 2026 Story by Svar Nanan-Sen Caribbean nations are set to push slavery reparations onto the agenda at the 28th Commonwealth heads of government meeting, scheduled for November in Antigua and Barbuda, where the King is expected to be present. Andy Burnham may also be in attendance at the Antigua and Barbuda summit. Dr … Continue reading Caribbean nations to push for slavery reparation talks at summit attended by King Charles
Olivia Grange (right) said the petition’s request for Charles to seek legal advice from the privy council was critical to advancing Jamaica’s reparations claim. Composite: PA, Getty Images September 6, 2026 Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondeny Slavery’s legacy continues ‘to deprive our country and our people’, says minister, as group prepares to appeal to Jamaica’s head of state … Continue reading Jamaican delegates arrive in UK to hand slavery reparations petition to King Charles
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
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
By Jacqueline Charles August 1, 2026 GROS ISLET, SAINT LUCIA Throughout the English-speaking Caribbean—and in Canada—Aug. 1 is observed as the day the British Empire’s official abolition of slavery took effect in 1834. But as former British colonies mark Emancipation Day on Saturday, Caribbean leaders and activists pushing for reparatory justice say it’s also time to … Continue reading Why Emancipation Day in the Caribbean is becoming a reckoning with slavery’s legacy
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
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
July 1, 2026KINGSTON – Jamaica says it will formally petition Charles III on September 6 to refer key legal questions on slavery reparations to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as the Caribbean country advances its campaign for reparatory justice. Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister Olivia Grange told Parliament during her contribution to the 2026/27 … Continue reading Jamaica to ask King Charles to refer reparations questions to Privy Council
Prof Sir Hilary Beckles speaking at the reparations conference in Ghana last week. Photograph: Francis Kokoroko/Reuters June 25, 2026 Caricom Reparations Commission’s Hilary Beckles explains how it will help address the ‘residual legacy of slavery’ Barbados prime minister announces manifesto for slavery reparations One of the key outcomes of the recent reparations conference in Ghana was … Continue reading What is in the Caribbean’s new slavery reparations manifesto?