Latest Commentaries
Thursday 14 May 2026
All of Sir Ronald's commentaries up to MAY 14, 2026 can be read in the "Commentaries" section of this website. The most recent one is entitled, "The OAS Faces a Moral Test in Panama".
An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed “Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples of African Descent” from proceeding to the OAS General Assembly scheduled to be held in Panama next month.
The proposed Declaration is the product of a negotiating process of a Working Group of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (CAJP) of the OAS, led principally by Brazil and Colombia, and involving numerous member states across the hemisphere, including Antigua and Barbuda.
Yet, some countries are now seeking to block the Declaration from proceeding, advancing arguments that ring hollow. Among them is the claim that “more time” is needed. But the evidence of history is not obscure. The denial of rights to peoples of African descent in the Americas is not a recent discovery. It is written into centuries of slavery, colonial exploitation, racial discrimination, exclusion, and dispossession. To say now that more time is required risks appearing less as a procedural concern than as an effort to avoid acknowledging truths that have long been plain.
See the entire commentary in the commentaries section.
Latest Videos
Wednesday 13 May 2026
Latest Video 1
Sir Ronald Supports Canada for OAS Development on 06 May 2026
https://www.youtube.com/v/LSbmtj19u2g
Latest Video 2
Sir Ronald tells OAS Haiti needs Partical Support on 06 May 2026
www.youtube.com/v/NTXPjWuwIcA&t=3s
Latest Video 3
SIr Ronald call for release of political prisoners in Venezuela on 06 May 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGBa6isW3Zc
Latest Video 4
On 22 November 2025, the University of Guyana awarded Sir Ronald Sanders the Degree of Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa). This was his acceptance speech to the graduands:
www.youtube.com/v/CoAu7jlF0xY
Latest video 5
The 2025 OCCBA Lecture on "Has the rule of law been replaced by Might Is Right"? 25 November, 2025.
In this powerful 2025 Distinguished Lecture for the Organisation of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations, Sir Ronald Sanders examines the future of sovereignty, justice, and small-state survival in an increasingly coercive world.
Delivered at the University of Guyana to a hybrid audience of more than 600, and dedicated to Caribbean statesman Sir Shridath Ramphal, the lecture explores how international law can still restrain power and protect the vulnerable — if nations choose to uphold it.
It is a challenge to all who believe justice still matters in a world drifting toward raw power.
www.youtube.com/v/2SDvIje0bxQ