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Jamaica to bring slavery reparations petition to King Charles
Olivia Grange, Jamaica's culture minister, will be leading the delegation to the UK
The Jamaican government will hand a petition to King Charles over slavery reparations on Monday, the country's culture minister Olivia Grange has said.
It will ask the King, who serves as Jamaica's head of state, to refer three questions to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the country's highest court, over the legality of the enslavement of Africans in Jamaica.
Grange said it could pave the way for a "long outstanding settlement for the hundreds of years of the most horrific abuse that our African ancestors endured".
She will also meet with British Museum officials to discuss the repatriation of artefacts taken during the colonial era.
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The three questions which the Jamaican government is asking the King to refer to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) are: whether the enslavement of Africans in Jamaica was legal under English law, whether it broke international law, and whether Britain now has a legal duty to provide redress.