The British Empire continues to shape the conditions in which we live and the institutions that govern our lives.
A people-led educational forum on the British Empire for the advancement of reparatory justice.
We are developing an independent forum through which people and communities affected by empire can tell the truth about its enduring impacts and strengthen demands for reparatory justice.
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The Forum is being designed through consultation.
The Global Peoples’ Forum on the British Empire will create a public record of the Empire’s histories and continuing structures, shaped by people and communities affected by them. This work will support collective demands for repair.
The Forum will sit outside the control of governments, palaces, and Commonwealth because the institutions and elites that enacted and benefited from empire should not determine how its history is told or what justice should follow.
We believe truth telling is critical, and we also know it is not enough. This Forum is being developed so that the communities and knowledge it brings together can help deepen public understanding and strengthen collective reparatory political action.
What is the Forum?
Five Core Functions
The Forum is currently being developed around five core functions. These proposals will be reviewed and revised through the consultation process.
Guiding Principles
The Forum’s work will be guided by the following principles. These will also be developed through consultation.
01 People and community-led
People affected by empire should shape the Forum’s priorities and the terms on which knowledge is shared.
02 Reparatory orientation
Truth-telling and mobilisation should contribute to forms of repair identified by affected communities.
03 Independent
The Forum must remain free from government, royal, & Commonwealth control.
04 Safety & non-harm
05 Reciprocal
Participation must respect consent, autonomy, and the safety of individuals and communities.
The Forum should return value to those who contribute and must not extract knowledge without benefit.
Read the current proposals
The current proposal for the Global Peoples’ Forum, including its purpose, proposed functions, and the questions that will shape its development through consultation.
The commitments that guide the Forum’s work and the standards that will shape the processes it facilitates and the resources it produces.
An overview of the consultation process, explaining who can participate, how workshops will be organised, and how contributions will inform the Forum’s development.
Help shape the Forum.
We are holding regional consultation workshops with communities and organisations committed to anti-imperialism, reparatory justice, and adjacent struggles.
Participants will examine the proposed functions, principles, and governance of the Forum.
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