Reparations
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Raising consciousness is itself a big win – Dr. Hilary Brown on Reparations for Native Genocide and
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Raising the consciousness of CARICOM nationals regarding issues related to Reparations for Native Genocide Slavery is, by itself, a win. Those sentiments were expressed by Programme Manager for Culture and Community Development Dr. Hilary Brown during her presentation on the matter at the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) held at the…
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Young People Urged to Take Up Reparation Struggle
Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, Professor Hilary Beckles, has charged young people across the Caribbean to take up the reparation struggle and carry on the conversation until the region has received justice. “This subject is going to go forward and we are going to have justice only when young people step up and play their role,” Professor Beckles said.…
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Dominica Announces Formation of National Committee on Reparations
Following the Caribbean Community’s recent agreement to set up national committees on reparations for slavery, Dominica has announced the formation of its own national committee. The purpose of the national committees is to “establish the moral, ethical and legal case for the payment of reparations by the former colonial European countries, to the native and people of the Caribbean Community,…
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CARICOM Leaders accept Caribbean Reparatory Justice Programme as basis for further action on reparations
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Caribbean Reparatory Justice Programme (CRJP) has been accepted by the CARICOM Heads of Government as a basis for discussions on reparations from slavery and native genocide. Chairman of the Caribbean Community Dr. the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves made the disclosure during a press conference following the Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of the CARICOM…
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CARICOM Reparations Commission identifies six key areas to be the focus of diplomacy and action
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Public Health was one of the key issues identified by the CARICOM Reparations Commission to receive reparatory diplomacy and action. This disclosure was made by Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, at a press conference on Tuesday following a meeting of the representatives from the Commission with law firm Leigh…
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CARICOM REPARATIONS COMMISSION PRESS STATEMENT Delivered by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (Chairman) on behalf of the CARICOM Reparations Commission Press Conference Regional Headquarters, UWI 10th December 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Public Health was one of the key issues identified by the CARICOM Reparations Commission to receive reparatory diplomacy and action. This disclosure was made by Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, at a press conference on Tuesday following a meeting of the representatives from the Commission with law firm Leigh…
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Caribbean leaders make case for reparations at U.N.
UNITED NATIONS — There are no shortages of challenges facing sun-soaked Caribbean countries — burgeoning unemployment, high crime, a chronic health crisis. But for almost every Caribbean leader who took the podium at the world’s leading global forum in New York last week, one issue came up time and again: compensating descendants of enslaved and oppressed Africans in Europe’s former…
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St. Vincent to intensify reparations efforts against Europe early next year
NEW YORK, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says he plans to intensify efforts in addressing the issue of Reparations for Native Genocide and Slavery when he assumes the chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) early in the new year. “When I take over the chairmanship of CARICOM in January I hope to get…
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PM makes case for reparations and SIDS at UN Assembly
NEW YORK- A request to have nations that engaged in the Trans-Atlantic Slave begin paying reparations was again issued by Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer during his address to the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Speaking on Wednesday Spencer made the case for Caribbean and other former disadvantaged colonies. “We have recently seen a number…
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Communique issued at the conclusion of the First Regional Conference on Reparations Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 15-17 September, 2013
On Sunday September 15th, the Caribbean Community opened the first Regional Reparations Conference at St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Victoria Park. The Conference was mandated by the historic, unanimous, decision of CARICOM Heads of Government in July, 2013, in Trinidad and Tobago. The Heads of Government also requested each CARICOM Member State to set up its own National Reparations Committee…
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