Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

On 7 September 2026, Jamaica, which remains a Commonwealth Country with King Charles III as its head of state, will formally present a petition to the King with three questions about the legality of transatlantic chattel slavery and the UK’s responsibility to make reparations. Jamaica's petition is part of a decade-long coordinated campaign of Caribbean (CARICOM) countries to seek reparations for slavery. It comes amidst increasing momentum for a wider international movement seeking to establish transatlantic chattel slavery as a wrong for which redress is owed as a matter of international law. Jamaica's Prime Minister has called the move a "watershed moment for CARICOM and the broader global movement for reparatory justice."…