The Centre for Reparation Research (CRR), officially began operations in March 2017 but was, however, launched to the public in October 2017. The CRR was created to promote research and engage in advocacy around the legacies of the transatlantic trafficking in enslaved Africans, African chattel enslavement, post-slavery indentureship (for example Indian indentureship), colonialism and its legacies in the Caribbean; and assist to bring justice and positive transformation to societies affected by these legacies.

The Centre for Reparation Research’s commitment to research, knowledge creation, documentation and the dissemination of information to what has become a Global Reparatory Justice Movement could never be stronger. The CRR, therefore, supports and contributes to the implementation of CARICOM’s Reparatory Justice Programme through the 10-point plan, which broadly seeks to foster public awareness around the lasting and adverse consequences of European invasion of Indigenous Peoples’ lands, African enslavement and colonialism in the Caribbean. The CRR also supports long-standing reparatory justice advocates, including Indigenous Peoples, Rastafari, civil society groups and individual academics, politicians and national reparation committees/councils/advisory groups locally, regionally and internationally. The Centre has embraced an additional responsibility – working with Departments, Institutes, Schools, Centres Units and Sites (DISCUS) at The University of the West Indies (for example, The P.J. Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy and the Institute of Caribbean Studies).The CRR also engages in outreach to other educational institutions, including Caribbean high schools, to promote education on colonial legacies and the need for justice and repair.

Vision

To be the leading center for reparation research, advocacy, and education in the Caribbean, fostering collaborative efforts to address the historical injustices of slavery and colonialism while advancing the region’s socioeconomic development.

Mission

To develop robust, evidence-based research on reparations, engage national and international partners, create educational programs, and mobilize advocacy for reparation justice across the Caribbean and in key global contexts, particularly the UK.