Curaçao–CARICOM associate-membership treaty is published

The two Caribbean countries introduced a shared currency through their monetary union. Currency issuance is a marker of institutional cooperation and local decision-making, while the islands remain...

The objects were formally handed over at Lagos’s National Museum after the Netherlands recognized that they had been looted in 1897. The return was described as the largest physical return of Benin...

The state published grant arrangements for initiatives in the European Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. The allocation made some resources available for community-led work, while the...

Community organizations could apply for support to strengthen their work on the history and effects of slavery. The scheme recognized descendants and grassroots organizations as participants in public...

The Dutch government accepted an independent committee recommendation to return more than 28,000 fossils excavated in colonial-era Indonesia by Eugène Dubois. The committee found that the collection...

The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 80/250 on the transatlantic trafficking and racialized enslavement of Africans. The declaration renewed international debate about historical...

Following advice from the Colonial Collections Committee, the Netherlands signed an agreement to return two objects from the Wereldmuseum collection to Indonesia. One was seized by Dutch forces...

The Royal Collections announced completion of research into the legality and ethics of objects with colonial origins. Examples included a weapon taken after Dutch soldiers killed Lampung ruler Raden...

The government published translated regulations outlining civil settlements for widows and children of victims of mass executions in the former Dutch East Indies. The settlements emerged from...

The House approved legislation to increase the number of elected council members and executive officials on the three Caribbean Netherlands islands. The change addressed representation in small island...