{"id":148865,"date":"2022-03-31T11:38:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T15:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=148865"},"modified":"2022-03-31T11:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T15:38:25","slug":"how-serious-is-the-caribbean-about-reparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/how-serious-is-the-caribbean-about-reparations\/","title":{"rendered":"How serious is the Caribbean about reparations?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Sir Ronald Sanders\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

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(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Ambassador to the US and the OAS.\u00a0\u00a0He is also Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The views expressed are his own)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

On March 25, the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, publicly pointed out that \u201conly six of our 34 active member states have ratified the Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance\u201d.<\/p>

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Almagro was speaking at an OAS meeting to commemorate the victim of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.\u00a0\u00a0Poignantly, he asked why 28 states have not ratified the Convention.\u00a0\u00a0He emphasized the relevance of his question by inquiring further:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cDo we not agree that \u201cevery human being is equal under the law? Do we not agree that every human being has a right to equal protection against racism, racial discrimination, and related forms of intolerance\u201d?<\/p>

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The Secretary-General\u2019s questions have great significance for the 14 CARICOM member states of the OAS, because only one Caribbean state – Antigua and Barbuda \u2013 is among the six hemispheric nations that have ratified the treaty.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Yet, the Convention has been open for signature and ratification for nine years since 2013.<\/p>\n

The Convention is the only international treaty that specifically identifies \u201cpeople of African descent\u201d as \u201cvictims of racism, racial discrimination, and other related forms of intolerance in the Americas\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0For that reason alone, Caribbean states should have signed and ratified the Convention, especially as, in arguing for reparations for slavery, Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have declared that the region \u201ccontinues to suffer from the effects of slavery today\u201d.<\/p>

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The Convention was not easily achieved.\u00a0\u00a0Its adoption took years of hard negotiations during which many member countries of the OAS, including the United States (US) and Canada withdrew from the process.\u00a0\u00a0Today, apart from Antigua and Barbuda, the other five countries that have ratified the Convention are: Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and Uruguay.<\/p>\n

The fact that CARICOM states, other than Antigua and Barbuda, have not ratified the Convention is rightfully a bewilderment for other OAS nations.\u00a0\u00a0This oddity has gained greater importance over the last 9 years when blatant and fatal discrimination have been meted out to people of African descent, giving rise to the movement which asserts that \u201cblack lives matter\u201d.<\/p>

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While it is true that acts of racial discrimination within a state are matters for the jurisdiction concerned \u2013\u00a0even when they are fatal, as in the well-known case of George Floyd in\u00a0the US,\u00a0\u00a0Conventions such as the one being discussed here, provide the opportunity for intervention without accusations of interference in the internal affairs of a state.\u00a0\u00a0CARICOM states can raise their voices when specific acts of discrimination occur.\u00a0\u00a0One of the overarching principles of the Convention is the commitment by participating states that: \u201cthe individual and collective experience of discrimination must be taken into account to combat segregation and marginalization based on race, ethnicity, or nationality, and to protect the life plan of those individuals and communities at risk of such segregation and marginalization\u201d.<\/p>

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The fact that Caribbean countries have not signed and ratified the treaty provides an excuse for other states to do likewise.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Caribbean countries can hardly call for the Convention to be ratified and upheld when they have not done so themselves.<\/p>\n

Many regard the absence of the majority of CARICOM countries from the nations that have ratified the Convention as weakening the quest for reparatory justice from the racial discrimination that is a part of slavery\u2019s legacy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And that is perhaps the greatest danger for the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

In its statement to the OAS meeting at which Secretary-General Almagro asked his pertinent questions, the Antigua and Barbuda delegation said the following:<\/p>\n

\u201cCARICOM countries – where\u00a0Afro-descendants are the majority, and occupy all levels of business, government, and society – have a moral obligation to insist on the same rights for Afro-descendants everywhere, particularly those in jurisdictions where their rights are routinely and structurally denied\u201d.<\/p>\n

Antigua and Barbuda praised an earlier public call by Almagro for \u201creparations to begin now\u201d and supported his position at the March 25 meeting that \u201cto overcome the consequences of slavery, which, even today continue to haunt many of our societies; we must open the dialogue for reparations\u201d.<\/p>\n

The OAS is the second inter-governmental organization in which the matter of reparations for slavery has been raised, although not formally placed on the table for discussion.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The first was the United Nations where several Caribbean leaders have called for reparations at meetings of the General Assembly.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The difference between the UN and the OAS is that the latter’s Secretary-General \u2013 its Chief Executive Officer – has associated himself with the advancement of the matter.<\/p>\n

Caribbean countries have an opportunity to advance the reparations cause in the OAS.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It might be an uncomfortable discussion for some non-Caribbean countries, but it is one that should not be avoided.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The task of advancing this cause falls to CARICOM countries.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It requires unity of purpose and a clear and realistic understanding of what is meant by \u201creparations\u201d and the form it should take.<\/p>\n

One of the first meaningful steps in showing that they are serious about moving forward the discussion on reparations is for Caribbean countries to ratify the\u00a0only Inter-American Convention that\u00a0specifically identifies \u201cpeople of African descent\u201d as \u201cvictims of racism, racial discrimination and inequality of treatment\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If not, the question will be asked: how serious are Caribbean states about reparations?<\/p>\n

Responses and previous commentaries:\u00a0www.sirronaldsanders.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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