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Mottley urges UK to begin slavery reparations talks

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Mottley Calls Reparations

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley called on the United Kingdom to start slavery reparations negotiations.
Caribbean leaders drafted a multigenerational action plan at the CARICOM Reparations Conference in Barbados, 17-19 September.
Delegates said they may seek an International Court of Justice advisory opinion or pursue the UK Privy Council for redress.
Indigenous chief Damon Gerard Corrie demanded that Caribbean reparations also address native peoples’ rights and land claims.

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Imhoff Calls Technical Teams

Chaneil C. Imhoff was named Caribbean Ambassador for GOHETD at the reparations conference.
Imhoff urged creation of national technical teams of historians and economists to document harms and craft demands.
The Ethio-Africa Diaspora Union Millennium Council presented a Jamaica-Ethiopia pilot to resettle Rastafarians in Shashamane.
The pilot seeks support from U.S. and U.K. communities to provide land, legal rights, and livelihoods.

History

Historical Context

From 31 August to 8 September 2001 the UN World Conference against Racism convened in Durban, South Africa, where Mary Robinson chaired a debate that acknowledged slavery and colonialism as moral outrages but omitted explicit reparations language. The forum’s contentious legacy, especially the split over Israel, spurred Caribbean leaders such as Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley to revive multigenerational reparations proposals rooted in Durban’s unresolved calls.

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Mottley Calls Reparations

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley called on the United Kingdom to start slavery reparations negotiations.
Caribbean leaders drafted a multigenerational action plan at the CARICOM Reparations Conference in Barbados, 17-19 September.
Delegates said they may seek an International Court of Justice advisory opinion or pursue the UK Privy Council for redress.
Indigenous chief Damon Gerard Corrie demanded that Caribbean reparations also address native peoples’ rights and land claims.

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