GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) are in the United Kingdom (13 to 16 July 2026) to advance its advocacy for reparatory justice. The delegation’s mission is to strengthen strategic partnerships to promote a programme of public education and civil society engagement on the reparations agenda. Meetings and events will be hosted by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London.
The members of the CRC delegation are Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, chairman, CRC; Dorbrene O’Marde, chairman, Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Support Commission and vice chair, CRC; Eric Phillips, chairman, Guyana Reparations Committee and vice chair, CRC; Professor Verene Shepherd, vice chair, CRC, and vice chair, UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and ambassador David Comissong, Barbados ambassador to CARICOM.
Dr Ron Daniels, Convenor of the National African Reparations Commission (USA), will also join the delegation.
The Commission’s visit takes place during a period of significant developments in international reparations efforts and as CARICOM member states prepare for CHOGM 2026 in Antigua and Barbuda and other engagements.
In March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the landmark Ghana-led resolution declaring the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans and chattel enslavement as the “gravest crime against humanity.”
Following this achievement, Ghana hosted the high-level consultative conference on Reparations in Accra in June 2026. Described as a “historic turning point for Africans and People of African descent,” the event brought together governments, international organisations, legal experts, and civil society leaders to develop a unified framework for advancing reparatory justice worldwide.
Additionally, this month the revised “CARICOM Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice: A Manifesto for the Coming Enlightenment” which positions reparations as a “global human rights imperative,” was finalised and approved by the Conference of CARICOM heads of government who also agreed to several initiatives to advance the region’s Reparations agenda.
The CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Ten Point Plan for Reparations: A Manifesto for the Coming Enlightenment
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 United Kingdom (UK), Europe and all enslaving nations, for their role in over four hundred years of native genocide, chattel African enslavement and violent extractive colonialism.