Germany and Namibia initial joint declaration on colonial atrocities

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...

The Prime Minister’s Office established the project preparing the commission and its mandate. The process followed a Sámi Parliament initiative and required cooperation with Sámi representative...

The House of Representatives created a special commission to examine Belgium’s colonial history in Congo, Rwanda and Burundi and consider how to address its consequences. The commission became a forum...

Historian Benjamin Stora submitted a commissioned report to President Macron recommending symbolic measures, archives access and memorial actions on the Algerian War. It did not recommend a general...

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced that Germany recognized the colonial atrocities in present-day Namibia as genocide and would ask Namibia and descendants for forgiveness. A €1.1 billion,...

The government issued supplementary directives for the inquiry into historical abuses against Tornedalians, Kvens and Lantalaiset and adjusted its work. The extension shaped the investigation that...

The advisory group recommended acknowledgment, apology and recovery for the Netherlands’ role in slavery, centering descendants’ testimony and the continuing effects of slavery. Its findings helped...

The Supreme Court found that wind-farm licences affecting Sámi reindeer herding violated the herders’ right to enjoy their own culture because adequate mitigation was absent. The ruling established...

At a remembrance ceremony for Algerians killed by French police in Paris on 17 October 1961, Macron called the massacre an inexcusable crime for the Republic. The statement named state violence but...