{"id":176433746,"date":"2014-03-13T00:56:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T05:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176433746"},"modified":"2014-03-13T00:56:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T05:56:54","slug":"reparations-caricom-nations-unanimously-approve-10-point-plan-for-slavery-reparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2014\/03\/13\/reparations-caricom-nations-unanimously-approve-10-point-plan-for-slavery-reparations\/","title":{"rendered":"REPARATIONS: CARICOM nations unanimously approve 10 point plan for slavery reparations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CARICOM nations <\/span><\/h1>\n

unanimously approve <\/span><\/h1>\n

10 point plan for <\/span><\/h1>\n

slavery reparations<\/span><\/h1>\n
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Reparations ten-point plan approved unanimously by meeting of Caribbean nations in St Vincent<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A meeting of\u00a0CARICOM<\/span><\/a>\u00a0nations in St Vincent has approved unanimously a ten-point plan proposed by the Caricom Reparations Commission to achieve reparatory justice for the victims of genocide, slavery, slave trading, and racial apartheid.\u00a0<\/span>Sir Hilary Beckles, the Chairman of the Caricom Reparations Commission, said:\u00a0<\/span>“I am very pleased that the conference has adopted the Plan. Reparations for the slave era is an issue that has resonated increasingly in recent years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Reparations for slavery, and the century of racial apartheid that replaced it into the 1950s, resonate as a popular right today in Caribbean communities because of the persistent harm and suffering linked to the crimes against humanity under colonialism.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Martyn Day, from law firm Leigh Day and who is advising the commission said:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is a very comprehensive and fair set of demands on the Governments whose countries grew rich at the expense of those regions whose human wealth was stolen from them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“A Conference in London between representatives of CARICOM and the slave nations, to include the Governments of Holland, UK, France as well as potentially other nations who profited from the slave trade, will enable our clients to quickly gauge whether or not their concerns are being taken seriously.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ten Point Action Plan<\/span><\/h2>\n

Introduction<\/span><\/h3>\n

In 2013 Caribbean Heads of Governments established the Caricom Reparations Commission [CRC] with a mandate to prepare the case for reparatory justice for the region\u2019s indigenous and African descendant communities who are the victims of Crimes against Humanity [CAH] in the forms of genocide, slavery, slave trading, and racial apartheid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This document, prepared by the CRC, proposes the delivery of this mandate within the formulation of the Caricom Reparations Justice Program [CRJP]. The CRC asserts that victims and descendants of these CAH have a legal right to reparatory justice, and that those who committed these crimes, and who have been enriched by the proceeds of these crimes, have a reparatory case to answer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The CRJP recognizes the special role and status of European governments in this regard, being the legal bodies that instituted the framework for developing and sustaining these crimes. These governments, furthermore, served as the primary agencies through which slave based enrichment took place, and as national custodians of criminally accumulated wealth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

THE CRC ASSERTS THAT EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n