A mass march supports the Jena Six

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

Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized in Parliament for the Chinese head tax and expressed sorrow for subsequent exclusion. The announcement followed a long campaign for redress by Chinese...

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...

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...

The Inter-American Court recognized the Saramaka people's collective property rights and ordered Suriname to take protective measures, including territorial demarcation and legal recognition. It...

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered a national parliamentary apology to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, particularly the Stolen Generations. The acknowledgment followed survivor...

Law 11.645 extended curriculum requirements to include Indigenous history and culture alongside Afro-Brazilian content. It recognized Black and Indigenous contributions to Brazil's formation and their...

Violence against people perceived as foreign began in Alexandra, Johannesburg, and spread to other communities. The attacks exposed exclusion and hostility within post-apartheid society,...