Barbados prime minister announces manifesto for slavery reparations
Summary
Barbados’s Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced a new plan by Caribbean leaders to seek reparations for the harms caused by centuries of slavery. The plan calls for monetary compensation, apologies, and education from former colonial powers, highlighting the impact of slavery on women and Indigenous peoples.Key Facts
- The manifesto updates the Caribbean Community’s (Caricom) 10-point plan for slavery reparations.
- It adds a focus on gender-based violence and the effects on enslaved women, who made up about 30% of enslaved Africans transported across the Atlantic.
- The document links climate justice with slavery reparations and calls for support for Indigenous peoples affected by genocide.
- Caricom demands monetary compensation and formal apologies from Britain and other European countries.
- The plan does not specify a compensation amount but sets a vision for the pursuit of reparatory justice.
- The manifesto was presented at a conference in Ghana following a UN resolution calling the trafficking of enslaved Africans the gravest crime against humanity.
- Some countries, including the UK, the US, and Israel, did not support the UN resolution fully.
- Caricom’s document frames reparations as a global human rights issue and includes new scientific and historical evidence.
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