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The unhelpful geopolitics of energy in the Caribbean

by chloe | Feb 26, 2015 | Canada & the Caribbean, Regions

Originally posted on Caribbean News Now.  by Sir Ronald Sanders, ICWS Senior Research Fellow US commentators are predicting the death of PetroCaribe, the Venezuelan oil initiative in the Caribbean, and the ascendancy of United States as the dominant player in the...

Reparations for Slavery: Can a claim be sustained?

by commonwealth-oral-history-project | Aug 13, 2013 | Canada & the Caribbean, Human Rights

By Sir Ronald Sanders KCMG AM, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and a former Caribbean diplomat In 1838, British slave owners in the English-Speaking Caribbean received £11.6 billion in today’s value as compensation for the emancipation...

The Arms Trade Treaty: Will the Commonwealth support its member states in its effective implementation?

by commonwealth-oral-history-project | Jun 14, 2013 | Human Rights

by Helena Whall, Advocacy Officer, Oxfam On 3rd June, government and civil society representatives gathered at the UN in New York for the Signing Ceremony of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), adopted by 156 states in April. 67 nations signed the treaty on that day, one...

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