Dutch government agrees to return two Indonesian objects, including Teuku Umar’s Qur’an

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 treaty was formally published in the Netherlands’ Treaty Gazette. It records Curaçao’s associate status and grants participation in selected CARICOM bodies and programs, while reserving...

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

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...

At the opening of Ulu Kora, the national Moluccan monument, Prime Minister Rob Jetten apologized for the government’s treatment of Moluccan KNIL soldiers and their families after their 1951 forced...

At the National Slavery Remembrance ceremony, Prime Minister Rob Jetten invited public institutions to raise the Dutch flag on 1 July and stressed action on slavery’s present-day social and economic...