Welcome to the National Commission on Reparations

The National Commission on Reparations has been created by the Government of Jamaica to recommend the form or forms which reparations may take, and to receive testimony from the public and from experts, with the aim of guiding a national approach to reparations.

The Commission’s work programme will include public meetings, presentations in the media, the showing of films, and maintaining an interactive website.

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The Cause of Reparations Needs the Participation of All Jamaicans
What Can You Do?
  • Write to the Commission with evidence, suggestions and ideas
  • Invite the Commission to address your school, church or organisation
  • Take part in the Commission’s public meetings in your parish

Professor Barry Chevannes, Chairman
University of the West Indies Centre for Public Safety And Justice

Mr. Garth Whyte
Historian / Musicologist

Mrs. Jeanette Grant-Woodham
Educator

Professor Rupert Lewis
UWI – Department of Government / Garvey Scholar

Lord Anthony Gifford
Attorney-at-Law, Kingston & London

Ras Junior Manning
Africa Millennium Council

Mr. Robert Miller
Youth Representative Consultant - Ministry of Education

Ms. Kim Marie Spence
Prime Minister’s Nominee

Miss Tanya Batson-Savage
MYSC / Secretariat

Ms. Donna Parchment
CEO of the Dispute Resolution Foundation

  • Last modified: Novmeber 26, 2009