INVESTIGATION NOTICE (NTI): APPG-AR — Definition of “Afrikan” & Safeguards
About this campaign
ic3csi is requesting that the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations (APPG-AR) publish: (1) a formal definition of “Afrikan” covering the continent and diaspora with clear handling of edge cases; and (2) a public glossary/eligibility note aligned to UK classifications, with a transparent crosswalk. Where APPG-AR does not lead, the ic3 Black International State (IBIS) will publish an open, sector-ready standard for funders, public bodies, and civil society to adopt.
Why NTI: The conference proceeds without a published definition of “Afrikan” or a public eligibility/crosswalk. To prevent identity capture and anti‑Black harm, we have opened a Neutral Trigger Inquiry requesting governance safeguards and funding transparency for IC3 Black and IC6 Mixed‑Black people.
Open Letter
Reparation Nation Limited / ic3 Crime Scene Investigators (ic3csi)
23 Jersey House, 2 Eastfield Road, Enfield, EN3 5UY, United Kingdom
Email: thereparationnation@gmail.com — Telephone: +44 7874 338 512 — Website: ic3csi.com
Date: 17 October 2025
To: The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations (APPG-AR)
c/o Office of Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP (Chair), House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom
By email: afrikanreparations.appg@gmail.com; bell.ribeiroaddy.mp@parliament.uk
Subject: Request to publish a formal definition of “Afrikan” and a public glossary/eligibility note aligned to UK classifications
Our Ref: IC3CSI/IBIS/APPGAR/001 — Your Ref: [please insert]
Dear Ms Ribeiro-Addy,
We welcome the UK Reparations Conference 2025 and the APPG-AR’s efforts to progress reparative justice. For clarity, fairness, and effective policymaking, ic3 Crime Scene Investigators (ic3csi) formally requests that the APPG-AR:
- Publish a formal definition of “Afrikan” that states constituency scope across the continent and diaspora, with explicit treatment of ancestry/heritage cases and edge cases.
- Publish a public glossary/eligibility note aligned to UK race-and-ethnicity classifications (and/or a transparent crosswalk to those standards currently in use).
- Set out a public timeline and process for consultation, adoption, publication, and ongoing maintenance of these definitions (including who is responsible, and how updates will be agreed).
Proposed timeline: please confirm by 31 October 2025; publish the definition and glossary/crosswalk by 15 November 2025 ahead of further APPG actions or recommendations.
Offer to assist: the ic3 Black International State (IBIS) is prepared to lead and/or support a short, standards-based process to deliver the above, including drafting, consultation notes, and a maintained crosswalk that can be referenced by Parliament, departments, local authorities, civil society, and donors. This work would be delivered openly and licensed for public use.
If APPG-AR declines to define eligibility transparently, we will (a) publicly document the definitional gap and its risks; and (b) invite donors and supporters presently assisting APPG-AR to fund IBIS-led standards work to provide the missing clarity for the sector.
We look forward to your written response.
Yours faithfully,
John Canoe (Derrick Lynch)
for Reparation Nation Limited / ic3 Crime Scene Investigators (ic3csi)
CC: APPG-AR Secretariat/Co-Secretariat (for information) — Enclosures: IBIS overview (available on request)
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