Abahlali wins a constitutional challenge to the Slums Act

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...

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 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...

The Equality Act received royal assent, consolidating major strands of discrimination law, including protections concerning race. It addressed direct and indirect discrimination and public...

Governor Jan Brewer signed Arizona's SB 1070, expanding the state's role in immigration enforcement. The law provoked legal and political challenges over federal authority and the consequences of...

Law 12.288 established Brazil's Statute of Racial Equality, addressing equal opportunity and the defense of Black people's individual, collective and cultural rights. Its provisions covered areas...

At the White House Tribal Nations Conference, President Barack Obama announced United States support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The shift followed the country's...