International Year for People of African Descent begins

The General Assembly adopted resolution 62/122, designating 25 March as the annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, beginning in 2008....

Law 11.645 amended the education law to require Indigenous as well as Afro-Brazilian history and culture in school curricula. It broadened the public account of colonial violence and resistance...

The United Nations first observed the annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The date created a recurring platform for memorialization and...

Resolution 64/169 proclaimed an international year to strengthen action on the rights and social participation of people of African descent. The initiative framed recognition and equality as global...

The statute established a national legal framework to promote racial equality and combat discrimination, including in education, culture, health, and employment. It translated Black movement demands...

Law 12.711 reserved places at federal universities and institutes for public-school graduates, with provisions reflecting racial and Indigenous demographics. It emerged from long campaigns over...

At their 2013 meeting, Caribbean leaders agreed to establish national reparations committees and a regional commission to prepare the case for reparatory justice concerning Indigenous genocide,...

The conference brought governments, scholars, community organizers, and diaspora representatives together to develop a regional reparations agenda. Participants elected Hilary Beckles as chair of...

Resolution 68/237 established the 2015–2024 decade under the theme “Recognition, Justice and Development.” The resolution created an international framework for addressing racism and the continuing...

CARICOM reported that its leaders had accepted the regional reparatory justice program as a basis for further action after their March 10–11 intersessional meeting. Its proposals treated reparations...