Canada apologizes for the Chinese head tax and exclusion

Representatives from twelve settlements formally constituted Abahlali baseMjondolo as an autonomous shack-dwellers' movement. They committed to collective action for land, housing and popular...

Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré died by electrocution in an electrical installation in Clichy-sous-Bois while hiding from police. Their deaths preceded weeks of unrest. The episode became a focal point in...

A large crowd assembled at Cronulla in Sydney and attacked people perceived as Middle Eastern. The violence drew on anti-Lebanese and anti-Muslim hostility and claims of ownership over public space....

Immigrants and supporters marched and joined boycotts across the United States to demand rights for undocumented people. The mobilization brought diverse communities into public view as workers,...

France observed the first annual metropolitan commemoration dedicated to slave trading, slavery and abolition. President Jacques Chirac addressed the ceremony. The date institutionalized remembrance...

San applicants led by Roy Sesana won a High Court case challenging their removal from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The litigation asserted the rights of people treated as obstacles to state...

The Australian government announced an emergency intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities, citing child protection. Subsequent legislation expanded federal control over land and...

The General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples after decades of advocacy and negotiation. It articulated collective rights, including self-determination, culture...

Thousands gathered in Jena, Louisiana, to protest the harsh prosecution of six Black teenagers and perceived racial disparities in the treatment of students. The march made a local case a national...

The European Court of Human Rights' Grand Chamber found discrimination in the placement of Roma children in special schools. The judgment addressed the unequal effects of apparently neutral...