Mexico’s president asks Spain’s king to apologize for conquest-era abuses

The British government supported a memorial in Nairobi as part of the 2013 Mau Mau settlement. Officials framed it as recognition and reconciliation; survivors continued to seek fuller...

During a campaign interview in Algiers, presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron described colonization as a crime against humanity and said France should face its history. He later clarified that he...

Parliament called on the government to recognize the forced separation and discriminatory treatment of mixed-race children in the Belgian Congo. The resolution laid groundwork for a later apology...

Parliament mandated an inquiry into Norwegianization and injustices against Sámi, Kven/Norwegian Finns and, initially, Kvens. The process aimed to document state policy and its consequences and to...

President Macron acknowledged that Maurice Audin died under torture by the French army and that the French state operated a system that enabled enforced disappearances during the Algerian War. This...

Prime Minister Charles Michel apologized on behalf of the Belgian state for separating mixed-race children from their Congolese mothers and placing many in institutions. The apology addressed a...

The Storting expanded the inquiry to include Forest Finns, broadening the historical record beyond Sámi and Kven/Norwegian Finn communities. The addition followed criticism that the original mandate...

The government agreed to move toward appointing a truth and reconciliation commission and to prepare its mandate in cooperation with the Sámi Parliament and Skolt Sámi Siida Council. This marked a...

The government appointed an inquiry into historical abuses and assimilation of Tornedalians, Kvens and Lantalaiset. It was tasked with documenting state policy and its consequences and proposing...

In a letter marking 60 years of Congolese independence, King Philippe expressed deepest regrets for acts of violence and suffering during Belgian rule. He did not issue a formal apology, and Congolese...