Barack Obama is elected the first African American president

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,...

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...

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...

A police operation against an Indigenous road blockade near Bagua led to deadly violence involving protesters and police. Awajún and Wampís communities had opposed laws affecting ancestral land and...

The Constitutional Court declared section 16 of KwaZulu-Natal's Slums Act invalid following a challenge by Abahlali baseMjondolo. The provision threatened to intensify eviction pressure. The...

The public announcement of the African Commission's Endorois decision marked a major Indigenous-rights victory. It found that removal from ancestral land for tourism had violated protected rights...