Government officially filed reparations petition to King Charles III – IRIE FM
September 7, 2026
Written byShanice Gibbs
The Government has officially filed a reparations petition to King Charles the third.
Culture Minister, Olivia Grange, who is in the United Kingdom, said Jamaica’s filing of a reparations petition was to honour the African ancestors who suffered under hundreds of years of enslavement on the island.
The petition asks the King, in his capacity of head of state of Jamaica, to refer three questions to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Jamaica’s highest court.
They are:
Was the seizure, transport and enslavement as chattel of Africans ever lawful under English law?
Was it a breach of international law to seize, transport and enslave Africans in Jamaica?
And whether the UK has a legal obligation to provide a reparatory remedy to the people of Jamaica?
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