Government approves preparation of a Sámi truth commission

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...

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent a letter to King Felipe VI and Pope Francis asking for an apology for abuses against Indigenous peoples during the conquest. The request triggered a...

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 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...