| 30 July 2026 |
Belize
|
Reparations
|
CCJ clarifies implementation questions in the Maya land-rights order
|
| 18 June 2026 |
Ghana
|
Reparations
|
Ghana convenes the Accra Next Steps conference and establishes global panels
|
| 25 March 2026 |
Unknown
|
Reparations
|
UN General Assembly calls transatlantic racialized enslavement the gravest crime against humanity
|
| 22 May 2025 |
Mauritius,
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
UK and Mauritius sign an agreement on Chagos sovereignty and a Chagossian trust
|
| 31 December 2024 |
Brazil
|
Reparations
|
Brazil reports progress and continuing barriers in quilombola land titling
|
| 2 December 2024 |
Belgium,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Reparations
|
Belgian court awards damages to women abducted under colonial rule
|
| 12 November 2024 |
Norway
|
Reparations
|
Norwegian Parliament apologizes for forced assimilation of Indigenous and minority peoples
|
| 26 October 2024 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Canada apologizes to five Anishinaabeg First Nations and commemorates CAD$447.9 million settlement
|
| 25 October 2024 |
Australia,
United States
|
Reparations
|
UCLA returns cultural belongings to Warumungu community
|
| 28 June 2024 |
France
|
Reparations
|
France issues rules for its human-remains restitution process
|
| 27 April 2024 |
Portugal
|
Reparations
|
Portuguese government rejects initiating a reparations process for former colonies
|
| 23 April 2024 |
Portugal
|
Reparations
|
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa says Portugal bears responsibility for colonial crimes
|
| 22 April 2024 |
Brazil
|
Reparations
|
Brazil delimits land for the Pitanga de Palmares quilombola community
|
| 28 March 2024 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Lac Seul First Nation ratifies settlement for flooding of reserve lands
|
| 4 March 2024 |
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
Church of England oversight group calls for a £1 billion reparatory fund
|
| 18 February 2024 |
Unknown
|
Reparations
|
African Union designates 2025 as the Year of Reparations
|
| 5 February 2024 |
Ghana,
United States
|
Reparations
|
UCLA permanently returns seven Asante objects to Ghana
|
| 2 February 2024 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Canada signs English River First Nation agricultural benefits settlement
|
| 25 January 2024 |
Ghana,
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
UK museums loan 32 Asante objects to Ghana for three years
|
| 26 December 2023 |
France
|
Reparations
|
France creates a legal route for returning human remains from public collections
|
| 17 November 2023 |
Ghana
|
Reparations
|
African Union conference adopts the Accra Proclamation on Reparations
|
| 6 July 2023 |
Indonesia,
Netherlands,
Sri Lanka
|
Reparations
|
Dutch government decides to return 478 colonial-era objects
|
| 1 July 2023 |
Netherlands
|
Reparations
|
King Willem-Alexander apologizes for the Dutch monarchy’s role in slavery
|
| 1 June 2023 |
Norway
|
Reparations
|
Norwegian Truth and Reconciliation Commission submits its report
|
| 27 May 2023 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Whakatōhea sign settlement deed with apology, land return and natural resource arrangements
|
| 10 January 2023 |
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
Church Commissioners announce £100 million commitment addressing slavery links
|
| 20 December 2022 |
Germany,
Nigeria
|
Reparations
|
Nigeria receives the first 22 Benin Bronzes returned from Germany
|
| 19 December 2022 |
Netherlands
|
Reparations
|
Dutch government apologizes for the state’s role in slavery
|
| 29 October 2022 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Crown delivers Ngāti Maru apology in Tarata and returns land titles
|
| 25 July 2022 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Pope Francis apologizes for church complicity in colonial cultural destruction
|
| 1 July 2022 |
Germany,
Nigeria
|
Reparations
|
Germany and Nigeria agree on ownership transfer of Benin Bronzes
|
| 20 June 2022 |
Belgium,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Reparations
|
Belgium returns Patrice Lumumba’s tooth to his family
|
| 25 November 2021 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Moriori Claims Settlement Act receives Royal assent
|
| 14 November 2021 |
Benin,
France
|
Reparations
|
Benin receives 26 returned royal objects from France
|
| 11 November 2021 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Maniapoto and the Crown sign deed with financial and cultural redress
|
| 9 November 2021 |
Benin,
France
|
Reparations
|
France transfers ownership of 26 Abomey royal treasures to Benin
|
| 9 November 2021 |
Benin,
France
|
Reparations
|
France transfers ownership of 26 royal treasures to Benin
|
| 29 October 2021 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua sign NZ$115 million settlement
|
| 4 August 2021 |
France
|
Reparations
|
France authorizes restitution of proceeds from confiscated illicit assets
|
| 19 July 2021 |
Unknown
|
Reparations
|
UN Special Rapporteur issues report on transitional justice in colonial contexts
|
| 28 May 2021 |
Germany,
Namibia
|
Reparations
|
Germany and Namibia announce contested genocide reconciliation framework
|
| 27 February 2021 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) sign deed with apology and land redress
|
| 5 December 2020 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāti Rangitihi sign settlement deed with apology and restoration provisions
|
| 5 November 2020 |
France,
Madagascar
|
Reparations
|
France places Ranavalona III’s crown ornament in Madagascar under a deposit agreement
|
| 17 July 2020 |
Belgium,
Burundi,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Rwanda
|
Reparations
|
Belgian Parliament establishes a special commission on the colonial past
|
| 30 June 2020 |
Belgium,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Reparations
|
King Philippe expresses regret for violence and cruelty in Congo
|
| 14 February 2020 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Moriori and the Crown sign a deed agreeing historical redress
|
| 17 November 2019 |
France,
Senegal
|
Reparations
|
France begins a symbolic return process for Omar Tall’s sword to Senegal
|
| 22 May 2019 |
Mauritius,
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
UN General Assembly calls for the UK to end its Chagos administration
|
| 4 April 2019 |
Belgium,
Burundi,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Rwanda
|
Reparations
|
Belgian prime minister apologizes to people of mixed ancestry abducted during colonial rule
|
| 23 November 2018 |
Benin,
France,
Senegal
|
Reparations
|
Sarr-Savoy report proposes a framework for returning African heritage
|
| 7 October 2018 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Te Patukirikiri and Crown sign a deed of settlement
|
| 29 August 2018 |
Germany,
Namibia
|
Reparations
|
Germany returns 27 human remains to Namibia
|
| 4 July 2018 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Act receives Royal assent
|
| 8 February 2018 |
Brazil
|
Reparations
|
Supreme Court upholds the quilombola land-titling decree
|
| 17 August 2017 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāti Hei and the Crown sign a deed including apology and redress
|
| 14 August 2017 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāti Pūkenga Claims Settlement Act records Crown apology and cultural redress
|
| 8 July 2017 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāti Tūwharetoa sign a comprehensive Crown settlement deed
|
| 20 March 2017 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Te Awa Tupua Act gives legal effect to the Whanganui River settlement
|
| 15 December 2015 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Truth and Reconciliation Commission publishes its final report and Calls to Action
|
| 30 October 2015 |
Belize
|
Reparations
|
CCJ orders a fund to protect Maya customary land tenure
|
| 27 September 2015 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Heretaunga Tamatea sign a settlement deed with Crown apology and redress
|
| 12 September 2015 |
Kenya,
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
Mau Mau memorial to victims of colonial torture is inaugurated
|
| 22 April 2015 |
Belize
|
Reparations
|
Belize agrees to develop a mechanism recognizing Maya customary land rights
|
| 5 August 2014 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Whanganui Iwi and the Crown sign the river settlement deed
|
| 11 March 2014 |
Unknown
|
Reparations
|
CARICOM adopts Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice
|
| 23 December 2013 |
Unknown
|
Reparations
|
UN proclaims the International Decade for People of African Descent
|
| 6 June 2013 |
Kenya,
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
UK agrees compensation and memorial support for Mau Mau claimants
|
| 30 August 2008 |
Italy,
Libya
|
Reparations
|
Italy and Libya sign a treaty for colonial-era infrastructure funding and cooperation
|
| 11 June 2008 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Canada apologizes to former residential school students
|
| 13 February 2008 |
Australia
|
Reparations
|
Parliament apologizes to the Stolen Generations
|
| 28 November 2007 |
Suriname
|
Reparations
|
Inter-American Court recognizes Saramaka collective rights and reparations
|
| 19 September 2007 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement implementation begins
|
| 18 December 2006 |
Australia
|
Reparations
|
Tasmania legislates ex gratia payments for Stolen Generations survivors
|
| 20 November 2003 |
Brazil
|
Reparations
|
Brazil establishes a federal process to title quilombola territories
|
| 8 September 2001 |
South Africa
|
Reparations
|
Durban Declaration calls slavery a crime against humanity
|
| 31 August 2001 |
Nicaragua
|
Reparations
|
Inter-American Court orders recognition of Awas Tingni communal land
|
| 21 May 2001 |
France
|
Reparations
|
Taubira Law recognizes slavery and slave trading as crimes against humanity
|
| 29 September 1998 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act gives legal effect to redress
|
| 21 November 1997 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāi Tahu deed records Crown apology and settlement
|
| 22 May 1995 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Waikato-Tainui and the Crown sign a raupatu settlement deed
|
| 29 April 1993 |
Nigeria
|
Reparations
|
Abuja Proclamation makes a Pan-African reparations claim
|
| 30 April 1849 |
France,
French Guiana,
Guadeloupe,
Martinique
|
Reparations
|
France legislates indemnities for former slaveholders
|
| 27 April 1848 |
France
|
Reparations
|
French Republic abolishes slavery in its colonies
|
| 12 February 1838 |
France,
Haiti
|
Reparations
|
France and Haiti revise the independence indemnity but retain the debt
|
| 3 August 1835 |
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
Parliament debates and authorizes the slaveholder compensation loan
|
| 28 August 1833 |
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
Slavery Abolition Act provides compensation to slaveholders
|
| 17 April 1825 |
France,
Haiti
|
Reparations
|
Charles X conditions recognition of Haitian independence on a colonial indemnity
|
