Appeal court finds Belgium responsible for colonial-era Métis abductions

Parliament dismissed an effort to charge the president with treason after he raised responsibility and repair for colonial-era crimes. The debate exposed opposition to reparations and the gap...

A parliamentary letter set out a remembrance committee and a grant scheme for social initiatives, with descendants and communities across the Kingdom involved in shaping the process. It represents...

Spain’s foreign ministry called the exclusion of King Felipe VI from Mexico’s presidential inauguration unacceptable after Mexico said its earlier request for an apology had gone unanswered. Spain did...

The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs recommended that the Storting express its deepest regret for the abuses caused by Norwegianization. The recommendation also addressed...

Parliament formally expressed its deepest regret for abuses caused by Norwegianization against Sámi, Kven/Norwegian Finns and Forest Finns. It also adopted 16 further resolutions on language,...

On Namibia’s first Genocide Remembrance Day, Germany’s government said its 2021 position remained that it wished to ask Namibia and descendants for forgiveness. The wording underscores that the 2021...

After the commission requested more time, the government extended its mandate to 1 October 2026. The change delayed the final reckoning and recommendations; it did not include an interim apology...

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen apologized in Nuuk to women harmed by a Danish birth-control campaign, while Greenland’s premier also apologized for the local government’s role. The case concerns...

The government created a cross-party working group to assess the commission’s recommendations and draft a shared parliamentary view on follow-up. The step prepared implementation but did not...

The report was delivered to the Finnish Government, Sámi Parliament and Skolt Sámi Siida Council. It examined historical and current discrimination, state assimilation and rights violations and...