Jamaica takes slavery reparations campaign to King Charles
Jamaica is taking its long-running campaign for reparations for slavery into the legal arena, petitioning King Charles III to consider questions over Britain’s responsibility for the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Jamaica says the petition could provide answers on the country’s historic claims, while experts say the legal move could also strengthen its wider push for reparatory justice.
Jamaica is asking the committee to consider whether the forced transportation and enslavement of Africans was illegal, whether it constituted crimes against humanity, and whether Britain has an obligation to provide a remedy to Jamaicans.
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