The French Constituent Assembly voted an amnesty law concerning prosecutions connected with the May 1945 events. Amnesty followed executions, mass arrests, and an uneven process of judicial punishment; it did not provide a full accounting of responsibility for the colonial violence or restore the lives and property lost. The law formed part of the limited postwar political settlement offered to Algeria.
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What did the law of 16 March 1946 provide after the May 1945 events?
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Historical scholarship identifies the amnesty vote on 16 March 1946.
The amnesty law fully addressed colonial responsibility for the massacres.
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It dealt with prosecutions, not a full accounting or reparations for colonial violence.