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A significant step forward for Haïti in terms of reparations and restitutionHaïti joins CARICOM Reparations Commission
A significant step forward for Haïti in terms of reparations and restitution
Haïti joins CARICOM Reparations Commission
  • July 30, 2024
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A significant step forward for Haïti in terms of reparations and restitution

At the 47th Ordinary Meeting of the CARICOM Conference of Heads of State and Government, Haïti took an important step by joining the CARICOM Reparations Commission. Dominique Dupuy, Haiti’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced this development following her meeting with Rector Fritz Deshommes.

On the international stage, Ms. Dupuy stated: “Following my meeting with Rector Fritz Deshommes, regarding the creation of a Working Group at the UEH on Reparations and Restitutions Related to Slavery and Haitian Independence, we have brought the matter to the 47th Ordinary Meeting of the CARICOM Conference of Heads of State and Government, in which I am taking part alongside President Edgard Leblanc Fils.”


This Working Group will sit as the Haitian National Committee within the CARICOM Reparations Commission. “Haïti now joins the CARICOM Reparations Commission where this Working Group will sit as the Haitian National Committee,” added Dominique Dupuy.

This initiative represents a crucial step for Haiti, marking its active engagement in regional discussions on historical reparations and restitution.

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