The High Court has ruled that the Government acted improperly when it discontinued funding to the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly–Guyana (IDPADA-G) in 2022, ordering that the organisation receive the outstanding balance of its annual subvention for the final months of that year.

The ruling, delivered by acting Chancellor Chief Roxane George-Wiltshire, S.C., concludes a legal battle that began after the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration halted monthly payments to the organisation in September 2022 following public allegations concerning its governance and management of public funds. The subvention was instituted by the A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change coalition government.

IDPADA-G was established in 2017 as Guyana’s coordinating body to implement the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent (2015–2024), an initiative centred on the principles of Recognition, Justice and Development.