Virginia removes the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond

The UN human-rights office released a report calling for transformative action against systemic racism affecting Africans and people of African descent. It connected policing, accountability and...

Mayor Femke Halsema apologized on behalf of Amsterdam's city government for the involvement of former city administrations in slavery and slave trading. The speech at the annual commemoration...

The Human Rights Council adopted resolution 47/21, establishing an international expert mechanism to advance racial justice in law enforcement. The decision followed mobilization against police...

The General Assembly established a ten-member Permanent Forum as a consultative mechanism and advisory body. It created a standing space for people of African descent to address exclusion and...

The United Nations observed the first International Day for People of African Descent. The occasion recognized contributions and called for action against discrimination and the legacies of...

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador asked forgiveness for state crimes against the Yaqui people. The accompanying justice plan addressed collective demands and recognized traditional authorities....

The first federal National Day for Truth and Reconciliation honoured residential-school survivors, families and communities. It implemented the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action...

Norway's Supreme Court held that the Fosen wind-power development violated Sámi reindeer herders' cultural rights and ruled the relevant licences invalid. The judgment challenged an energy project...

Jesus College, Cambridge, handed over the Okukor bronze to Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments. Student campaigning and the college's examination of its historical legacy helped...

The presidents of France and Benin oversaw the signing of the ownership-transfer document for twenty-six works from Abomey. This completed a specific restitution process enabled by earlier...