# Jamaican government ministers will file a petition on slavery reparations with King Charles during London visit

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/jamaican-government-ministers-will-file-a-petition-on-slavery-reparations-with-king-charles-during-london-visit/
- Published: 2026-09-05T00:51:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-05T01:07:24+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16106909/Jamaican-government-ministers-file-petition-slavery-reparations-King-Charles.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Jamaica to petition King Charles to refer slavery reparations questions to Privy Council
- Delegation led by Culture Minister Olivia Grange visits London this week
- UK has ruled out financial reparations amid ongoing Caribbean pressure

## Summary

The Jamaican government is set to file a formal petition on slavery reparations with King Charles during a delegation visit to London, marking what officials say will be the first time a Commonwealth state has used this particular legal route for reparatory justice. The petition asks the King, as Jamaica's head of state, to refer three questions about transatlantic chattel slavery to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the island's highest court of appeal, under powers granted by the Judicial Committee Act of 1833. The move comes amid a wider push by Caribbean nations for the UK to address its historical role in slavery, an issue Britain's government has so far resisted by ruling out financial compensation.

The delegation, led by Jamaica's Culture Minister Olivia Grange, will lodge the petition on Monday as part of a wider programme including a church service in south London, a political engagement event in Westminster, and talks with the National Windrush Museum and the British Museum over the potential repatriation of cultural artefacts. Jamaica, a British colony until 1962, saw as many as one million Africans transported there as part of a transatlantic slave trade that forcibly displaced an estimated 12.5 million people overall. Grange described the filing as "a milestone moment" for Jamaica, while the issue has also become politically contentious in the UK, with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage previously defending proposals to restrict visas for territories, such as Montserrat, that press for reparations.

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