The Sinangoe judgment strengthens Indigenous consultation and consent rights

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...

A jury acquitted four defendants charged with criminal damage following the toppling of Edward Colston's statue. The trial brought arguments about racist public commemoration into court. The verdict...

Three men were convicted of federal hate crimes and attempted kidnapping in connection with the pursuit and killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The verdict addressed racial motivation separately from their...

The Emmett Till Antilynching Act was signed into law, adding specific federal hate-crime provisions for conspiracies resulting in death or serious bodily injury. Naming the measure for Till...

After meetings with First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates, Pope Francis expressed sorrow and asked forgiveness for harm inflicted by members of the Catholic Church. Survivors' testimony placed...

A gunman attacked a supermarket in Buffalo, killing ten people and injuring three. Federal authorities investigated the attack as a hate crime and later brought charges. The targeting of a Black...

The California task force published an interim report documenting harms from slavery and continuing systemic discrimination. It connected housing, education, political participation and other...