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Commonwealth Leaders Support Dialogue on Reparatory Justice

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A document signed by 56 heads of government has acknowledged calls for discussions on reparatory justice, which refers to compensation or reparations for historical injustices such as slavery and colonialism. However, Sir Keir Starmer, the UK Prime Minister, has stressed that these discussions are not about money, but rather a conversation on the concept of reparatory justice. This contradicts the views of some Commonwealth leaders, who have been pushing for the UK to apologize and pay reparations for its historical role in the slave trade. The UK government has insisted that it does not pay reparations.

  1. GB
    Patricia Scotland
    Commonwealth
    1. Our Commonwealth is going to take exactly the same approach to considering these matters … that they have taken to every difficult issue which has been painful and has been a matter of concern for our members.
  2. GB
    Keir Starmer
    Labour Party
    1. None of the discussions have been about money. Our position is very, very clear in relation to that.
    2. The slave trade, slave practice, was abhorrent, and it's very important that we start from there. Abhorrent is the right word.
    3. There is … the paragraph in the communique about reparatory justice, which does two things: it notes calls for discussion and it agrees that this is the time for a conversation.
    4. The dominant theme of the two days has been resilience and climate.
  3. GB
    Kingsley Abbott
    Institute of Commonwealth Studies
    1. The Commonwealth and its new secretary general should see this as an opportunity to lead on a potentially historic process, and to do so with vision and courage.
    2. The commitment to conversations on reparatory justice wedges open the door for dialog, and now the hard work really begins.

Commonwealth slavery reparations

  1. King Charles III acknowledges "painful" history at Commonwealth summit
  2. Commonwealth Leaders Reject UK's Slavery Reparations Position

sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.BBC
  4. 4.Agence France-Presse

perspectives

  1. 1.British Foreign Policy
  2. 2.UK under Keir Starmer
  3. 3.Slavery
  4. 4.Commonwealth

countries

  1. 1.AustraliaAU
  2. 2.BahamasBS
  3. 3.United KingdomGB
  4. 4.GhanaGH
  5. 5.KenyaKE
  6. 6.SamoaWS

organizations

  1. 1.Commonwealth
  2. 2.10 Downing StreetGB
  3. 3.Institute of Commonwealth Studies
  4. 4.University of London
  5. 5.African Union

persons

  1. 1.Keir StarmerGB
  2. 2.Frederick MitchellBS
  3. 3.Kingsley AbbottGB
  4. 4.Patricia ScotlandGB
  5. 5.Alasdair Pal
  6. 6.Catarina Demony
  7. 7.Cordelia Hsu
  8. 8.James Redmayne
  9. 9.Lincoln Feast
  10. 10.Rachel ReevesGB
  11. 11.Sam McKeith
  12. 12.William James

technicals

  1. 1.Caribbean Sea
  2. 2.Pacific Ocean
  3. 3.Slavery Abolition Act
  4. 4.Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
  5. 5.Sydney Opera House
  6. 6.UK-Caribbean Forum
Commonwealth Leaders Support Dialogue on Reparatory Justice