August 2024

The chairman of the National Reparations Commission in Suriname, Armand Zunder, says the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country “can and must learn” from its regional neighbours on how to tackle the decolonization process expeditiously

The Haitian government has appointed Fritz Deshommes, the rector of the State University of Haiti (UEH), as the country’s representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparations Commission, tasked with ensuring reparations and restitution.

In recognizing Emancipation Day on Thursday, August 1, 2024, the former Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Hon. PJ Patterson in an address observing the day, expressed optimism, and acknowledged that support from nations within the Commonwealth, particularly nations in Africa and the Caribbean, could significantly accelerate the implementation of reparation justice.

The Bahamas National Reparations Committee was relaunched on Friday with its chairperson Dr. Niambi Hall Campbell-Dean telling reporters she believes it is only a matter of time before the descendants of the Atlantic slave trade are given restitution.

IN 1985, under the George Chambers administration, TT became the first country in the world to commemorate the end of African enslavement by marking Emancipation Day with a public holiday.

The Bahamas National Reparations Committee officially relaunched on Friday just days ahead of Emancipation Day and a decade after it was first formed.