UN Human Rights Council Slams Starmer’s Chagos Surrender – Guido Fawkes

A group of “experts” commissioned by the United Nations Human Rights Council has attacked the Chagos surrender deal as it is agreed between the UK and Mauritius.

The “experts,” who are made up of three UN special rapporteurs and a member of the “Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent,” say the deal “fails to protect the rights of the Chagossian people, including their right to return to Diego Garcia, effective remedy and reparations and their cultural rights.” Chagossians have always been against the deal due to continued persecution from Mauritius…

Apart from complaining about the US base on Diego Garcia the UN group says “the agreement appears to be at variance with the Chagossians’ right to return” and “contains no provisions providing for the full panoply of the right to adequate and effective reparations.” They aren’t satisfied…

“In light of these significant concerns, we call for the ratification of the agreement to be suspended and for a new agreement to be negotiated that fully guarantees the rights of the Chagossian people to return to all islands of the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia. This includes their right to adequate and effective remedy and reparations, including restitution, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition, as well as their cultural rights.”

The “experts” say they are in touch with the United Kingdom and Mauritius regarding these issues. After giving the woke UN what it wanted and betraying Chagossians in the process, Starmer has still not fed the beast to fullness…

Read the full UN release below:

Agreement between Mauritius and the UK fails to guarantee rights of Chagossians say UN experts

GENEVA (10 June 2025) – The recently signed agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius fails to guarantee and protect the rights of the Chagossian people, including their right to return to Diego Garcia, effective remedy and reparations and their cultural rights, UN experts* said today.

On 22 May 2025, the United Kingdom and Mauritius signed a bilateral agreement to return sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia, to Mauritius to complete the decolonisation of Mauritius following years of negotiations and international pressure, including from the International Court of Justice and the General Assembly.

“By maintaining a foreign military presence of the United Kingdom and the United States on Diego Garcia and preventing the Chagossian people from returning to Diego Garcia, the agreement appears to be at variance with the Chagossians’ right to return, which also hinders their ability to exercise their cultural rights in accessing their ancestral lands from which they were expelled,” the experts said.

They raised serious questions about whether the foreseen £40 million Trust Fund, which remains subject to yet-to-be adopted regulations, would comply with the right of the Chagossian people to effective remedy and adequate, effective, and prompt reparation, including restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition.

Most notably, the current agreement contains no provisions providing for the full panoply of the right to adequate and effective reparations as it does not provide restitution, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition, the experts noted. The agreement also lacks provisions to facilitate the Chagossian people’s access to cultural sites on Diego Garcia and protect and conserve their unique cultural heritage.

“In light of these significant concerns, we call for the ratification of the agreement to be suspended and for a new agreement to be negotiated that fully guarantees the rights of the Chagossian people to return to all islands of the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia. This includes their right to adequate and effective remedy and reparations, including restitution, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition, as well as their cultural rights,” the experts said.

The experts had previously raised concerns about continuous forced displacement of the Chagossian people and lack of their effective participation in decision-making processes concerning negotiations over the Chagos Archipelago, in letters to the governments of Mauritius and the United Kingdom on 21 February 2023 as well as through a press release on 10 October 2024.

“We are gravely concerned about the lack of meaningful participation of Chagossians in processes that have led to the agreement,” the experts said.

They urged the Governments of the United Kingdom and Mauritius to apply a human rights-based approach in addressing historical injustices against the Chagossian people.

The experts are in touch with the United Kingdom and Mauritius regarding these issues.

ENDS