New York Event Urges Reparations for Haiti

As Haiti approaches the bicentennial of one of the most blatant acts of colonial injustice — the ransom imposed in 1825 by France in exchange for recognizing Haitian independence — activists, scholars, and civil society leaders gathered on April 13 at New York University’s School of Law (NYU School of Law) to launch a strong demand: reparations for Haiti, now.

Organized by the Kolektif Ayisyen Afwodesandan pou Dwa Reparasyon (KAAD) in collaboration with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), the