CELAC Parliamentary Group adopts CARICOM's call for Reparations

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Parliamentary Group has adopted the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) call for reparations for native genocide and the enslavement of African people in the Caribbean through the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
    
The call for its adoption came via a presentation from Jomo Thomas, Speaker of the House of Assembly in St Vincent & The Grenadines (SVG).

He was speaking during a meeting last week, in which legislators from 17 countries met in Quito, Ecuador, to formalise the operation of a parliamentary network across Latin America and the Caribbean.                   

Mr Thomas, who is Chairman of the Reparations Commission for St Vincent & The Grenadines, stated that CARICOM has agreed on the call for reparatory justice, and urged CELAC parliamentarians to join the cause.

CARICOM has already set out a ten-point plan of action in pursuit of reparations, and is working with a UK based law firm on furthering this goal.