Third CARICOM Regional Conference on Reparations will be held in Barbados
from 17-19 September 2026 –
“Reparatory Justice as the Coming Enlightenment”
The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), Government of Barbados and the CARICOM Secretariat will host the Third CARICOM Regional Conference on Reparations under the theme “Reparatory Justice as the Coming Enlightenment” from
17-19 September 2026.
The three-day activity will take place at the Wyndham Grand Sam Lord’s Castle, Saint Philip, Barbados.
The Conference will provide practical guidance on implementing the
revised CARICOM Ten-Point Plan for Reparatory Justice: A Manifesto for the Coming Enlightenment
, while highlighting new perspectives in reparatory justice emerging from African and Caribbean political discourse.
The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), Government of Barbados and the CARICOM Secretariat will host the Third CARICOM Regional Conference on Reparations under the theme “Reparatory Justice as the Coming Enlightenment” from
17-19 September 2026.
The three-day activity will take place at the Wyndham Grand Sam Lord’s Castle, Saint Philip, Barbados.
This is the first major CARICOM forum on reparations following the adoption of the landmark United Nations Resolution A/RES/80/250 on 25 March 2026, which declared the trafficking and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans as “the gravest crime against humanity.”
The Conference will provide practical guidance on implementing the
revised CARICOM Ten-Point Plan for Reparatory Justice: A Manifesto for the Coming Enlightenment
, while highlighting new perspectives in reparatory justice emerging from African and Caribbean political discourse. It will amplify public dialogue on the revised Ten-Point Plan and assess global progress in the reparations movement, particularly in the context of the 25th Anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the Second International Decade for People of African Descent, and the African Union Decade for Reparatory Justice.
Members of the media are cordially invited to join the event (via the
CARICOM YouTube channel, Facebook and UWI TV Channels)
to provide coverage.
What
: Third CARICOM Regional Conference on Reparations
Where
:
CARICOM YouTube channel
,
and UWI TV Channels.
When
:
Opening Ceremony
| Thursday, 17 September 2026 | 6:00 p.m. AST
Day Two
| Friday, 18 September 2026 | 9:30 a.m. AST
Day Three
| Saturday, 19 September 2026 | 9:00 a.m. AST
Members of the media are kindly requested to join the event at least 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.
Additional information
The
First CARICOM Regional Conference on Reparations
was hosted by St. Vincent and the Grenadines in September 2013, marking the launch of the CARICOM Reparations Commission. That event featured the drafting of the Commission’s Terms of Reference and a major opening ceremony headlined by the late Hon. Bunny Wailer, OJ, who was received as patron of the regional reparations movement.
The
Second CARICOM Regional Conference on Reparations
was held in Antigua and Barbuda in September 2014, presenting a series of expert panels on a wide range of issues in the reparations discourse, aligned with the CARICOM Ten-Point Plan for Reparatory Justice. The Most Hon. PJ Patterson delivered the keynote address at the opening and contributed to the discussions alongside other regional and international experts.
The Commission has also organised several important symposia and conferences since 2014. These included
“Western Banking, Colonialism and Reparations”
held in Antigua and Barbuda in October 2019; the virtual symposium
“Sir William Arthur Lewis: Founder of Reparations for Caribbean Development”
in June 2020; and the CRC Tenth Anniversary Symposium
“Reparations and Royalty, Africa and Europe: Exploding Myths and Empowering Truths”
held in Jamaica in March 2023.
This article was originally published by Antigua News Room. Read the original article here: Antigua and Barbuda to Participate in Third CARICOM Reparations Conference in Barbados.