Finland adopts the Act on the Sámi Parliament

The Sámi Act established a statutory framework for Sámi language, culture and political representation, including the basis for a Sámi Parliament. It marked a rights shift after Norwegianization,...

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...

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...

The Finnmark Act transferred ownership of most state-owned land in Finnmark to a new local estate and required recognition of existing use and customary rights. It is relevant to repair and...

President Jacques Chirac announced 10 May as a national day of remembrance of slavery, the slave trade and their abolition. The commemorative measure recognized the history without constituting a...