The first National Sorry Day remembers the Stolen Generations

Attackers set fire to Indigenous leader Galdino Jesus dos Santos while he slept at a bus stop in Brasília. He died the following day. Remembered as Galdino Pataxó, he had travelled to the capital...

The Bringing Them Home report was tabled in federal Parliament. Drawing on testimony about the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, it made the...

The Supreme Court of Canada clarified Aboriginal title and held that courts must adapt evidentiary rules to take Indigenous oral histories seriously. It ordered a new trial rather than awarding the...

Armed attackers killed 45 Indigenous people in Acteal, Chiapas. The massacre became a focus of demands for justice and scrutiny of state responsibility. Amnesty International later criticized the...

Minister Jane Stewart unveiled Gathering Strength and a Statement of Reconciliation in response to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. The government acknowledged damaging past policies and...

Nisga'a representatives and negotiators for Canada and British Columbia initialled the Nisga'a Final Agreement at New Aiyansh. It set out land, resource and governance arrangements after generations...

South Africa's Employment Equity Act received assent, addressing unfair discrimination and requiring affirmative-action measures from designated employers. It recognized that formally opening...

The Treatment Action Campaign launched on Human Rights Day, demanding affordable HIV treatment and action by government and pharmaceutical companies. Its founding statement linked preventable deaths...

Four New York City police officers fatally shot Amadou Diallo. The case became a major focus of scrutiny of policing and civil-rights accountability. Subsequent decisions not to bring federal criminal...

The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry report was published after his family's long campaign for justice. It identified institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police and recommended substantial changes. The...