Norway adopts the Sámi Act

The opening of the elected Sámi Parliament created a representative body for Sámi people under Norwegian law. It formed an institutional setting for later state acknowledgment and apology, while its...

The Act established the Sámi Parliament as an autonomous representative body and set duties for authorities to negotiate on specified matters. It provides institutional recognition but did not...

At the opening of the third Sámi Parliament, King Harald V apologized on behalf of the Norwegian state for past wrongs against Sámi people. He described Norway as founded on the territory of two...

The French Parliament unanimously adopted the law recognizing the transatlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity. It opened a national route to remembrance and education, but did not...

At the centenary commemoration of the 1904 uprising in Namibia, Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul asked the Herero people for forgiveness for German colonial atrocities. She spoke for the...