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2 . The rise of reparations initiatives in Africa and the Caribbean : In these contexts we also identify impetuses that we must undoubtedly link to the reality in the US and Europe . On the one hand , the creation in 1993 of the African Reparations Movement , promoted by the AU , whose initiatives came to be discussed in Great Britain ’ s House of Commons . Later , in 2001 , at the first international conference against racism held in South Africa ( Durban ), a resolution was discussed calling for compensation from the West for Africa and its diasporas .[ 9 ] Finally , in September 2013 , the CARICOM Reparations Commission ( Caribbean ) was set up . One year later , fifteen Caribbean countries rolled out the “ CARICOM Ten-Point Plan for Restorative Justice ”, which set out demands for reparations from Europe . Among these demands were formal apologies from all nations involved or programmes to help Africans and Afrodescendants learn about and share their stories and to help institutions to improve literacy and the physical and mental health of descendants of slavery . The difference between these movements and those in the United States is that their narrative places Europe and its powers at the forefront of accountability , a fact that for our study we must assess in differential terms and connect with the preliminary considerations that recommend a mapping based on a transnational dialogue .
3 . Decolonial movements in Europe : The plethora of associations and movements of a decolonial nature and those engaged in the fight against racism promoted by racialised people in Europe undoubtedly explain the emergence of these trends in our geographical context . These movements have been in dialogue with the aforementioned phenomena and have incorporated the denunciation of the survival of the symbols and narratives of colonialism and slavery into their practice . These groups have been the ones that have led the largest protest movements in Europe in the last decade , noteworthy mobilisations in the case of Spain being Afroféminas , SOS Racismo , the Pan-African Movement and Black Lives Matter .
These three consecutive and correlated dimensions , but in constant feedback , explain the boom in recent decades in all the project ’ s contexts , namely , the USA , the Netherlands and Spain .
[ 9 ] Please see : https :// www . un . org / WCAR / pressreleases / rd-d24 . html
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