The Constitutional Assembly adopts a new constitutional text

Black men gathered in Washington, DC, for the Million Man March, associated with Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. Its emphasis on responsibility and community renewal made Black collective...

Nigeria's military authorities executed Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists after a trial condemned by human-rights organizations. Their struggle had challenged oil-related environmental...

Black organizations brought roughly 30,000 people to Brasília for the Zumbi dos Palmares March against Racism, for Citizenship and Life. Marking three centuries since Zumbi's death, participants...

The Mexican government and EZLN reached agreements on Indigenous rights and culture at San Andrés. The commitments envisaged a changed relationship based on recognition, participation and...

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission began formal public hearings on human-rights violations in East London. Survivors and relatives described abuses committed during the apartheid conflict. Public...

Governor General Roméo LeBlanc issued the proclamation designating 21 June each year as National Aboriginal Day. It recognized First Nations, Inuit and Métis cultures and contributions. The measure...

Undocumented migrants occupied Saint-Bernard church in Paris as part of a struggle for regularization and rights. The occupation made people usually discussed as an administrative problem visible as...

Police entered Saint-Bernard church in Paris and removed the undocumented migrants occupying it. Images of the operation made the conflict over regularization widely visible. The eviction did not...

The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples released its five-volume final report. It proposed a renewed relationship and recognition of Indigenous governments as an order of government within...

The High Court ruled that the pastoral leases at issue did not necessarily extinguish native title. Indigenous and pastoral rights could coexist, with lease rights prevailing where inconsistent. The...