A decree establishes procedures for quilombola land recognition

Cincinnati entered agreements to change policing after litigation and community mobilization over discrimination and excessive force. The federal agreement addressed force, supervision and...

The National Slavery Monument by Surinamese artist Erwin de Vries was unveiled in Amsterdam's Oosterpark. Its creation followed sustained advocacy by communities of descendants. The monument placed...

The Constitutional Court ruled against restrictions on providing nevirapine to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission and required a reasonable programme. The Treatment Action Campaign combined...

Brazil enacted Law 10.639, requiring the teaching of Afro-Brazilian history and culture in primary and secondary education. Its prescribed content included African history and Black struggles and...

In Grutter v. Bollinger, the Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan Law School's individualized consideration of race in admissions. The 2003 ruling accepted educational diversity as a...

France promulgated a law prohibiting conspicuous religious signs or clothing in public primary and secondary schools, framed through laïcité. Its scope included Muslim headscarves and other...

Thousands marched to Parliament in Wellington against proposed legislation vesting ownership of the foreshore and seabed in the Crown. The hīkoi asserted Māori interests and opposition to...

German development minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul asked forgiveness at a commemoration in Namibia a century after the colonial campaign against the Herero. Her intervention acknowledged German...

The National Museum of the American Indian opened on Washington's National Mall with a Native Nations Procession. Thousands of Indigenous participants made contemporary communities visible at the...

The Supreme Court of Canada held that the Crown has a duty to consult and, where appropriate, accommodate Indigenous peoples when contemplated conduct may adversely affect potential rights. The...