Brazil adds Indigenous history and culture to compulsory school teaching

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...

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...

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,...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized in the House of Commons to former residential school students. The statement acknowledged policies of separation and assimilation and the damage to...

Barack Obama won the presidential election, becoming the first African American elected to the office. The result broke a major barrier in political representation. A structural approach to racism...

A BART police officer fatally shot Oscar Grant at Fruitvale station in Oakland. The death became a focal point for public scrutiny of police force and accountability. The case belongs to the history...

States participating in the Geneva review conference adopted an outcome document by consensus. It reaffirmed commitment to the Durban framework, recognized continuing suffering and addressed...