The new Constitution recognizes antiracist and quilombola claims

Campaigners held a rally in Ottawa demanding redress for wartime dispossession, displacement and internment. Community testimony and organization made state responsibility a public issue. The rally...

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert took place at Wembley Stadium and reached international television audiences. The Anti-Apartheid Movement used the event to recruit supporters and...

The government accepted the Waitangi Tribunal's recommendation to return Takaparawhā, or Bastion Point, land to Ngāti Whātua. The announcement followed a long struggle that included the 1977–1978...

President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act after sustained Japanese American advocacy. It provided an apology and authorized payments to eligible surviving victims of wartime...

The federal government announced a settlement negotiated with the National Association of Japanese Canadians. It acknowledged wartime injustices and included individual compensation and resources...

The High Court invalidated Queensland legislation intended to extinguish rights in the Torres Strait islands. The decision allowed the Meriam plaintiffs' land claim to continue. Antidiscrimination law...

Brazil sanctioned Law 7,716, defining offences based on prejudice of race or colour, including discriminatory exclusion from employment and access to services. It supplied criminal-law mechanisms...

Implementation of Namibia's independence plan began under UNTAG. The process was intended to create conditions for elections and end South African rule, although its opening was marred by fighting. In...

The International Labour Conference adopted Convention 169 in Geneva. It addressed Indigenous and tribal peoples' institutions, cultures, land and participation, including consultation through...

The OAU's ad hoc committee adopted the Harare Declaration, developed through ANC diplomacy. It set out a route towards negotiations and a nonracial democracy, including removal of obstacles to free...