Jamaica is set to bring a petition on slavery reparations to King Charles, seeking a referral of three questions to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
The planned approach centres on a formal request for the King to send those questions to the committee. The available material does not set out the wording of the questions or specify when the petition will be presented.
The issue concerns reparations linked to slavery, with Jamaica seeking to use the petition route involving the King and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. No further details have been provided about the legal arguments, the parties preparing the petition or the process expected to follow.
There is also no supplied response from Buckingham Palace, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council or Jamaican officials beyond the stated intention to bring the petition.
The latest known position is that Jamaica will ask King Charles to make the referral. Any next step would depend on how the petition is submitted and whether the requested referral is made.
