Government appoints the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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...

Sweden tasked a commission with examining historical state policy toward Sámi people and its consequences, spreading knowledge and proposing measures for redress and reconciliation. The commission was...

The National Assembly adopted a law recognizing the French state’s abandonment of Harkis after Algerian independence and creating compensation measures. This addresses a specific colonial-war harm; it...

The Consultation Act required the government and public authorities to consult the Sámi Parliament on matters of particular importance to the Sámi people. It created a procedural safeguard, while...

In Kinshasa, King Philippe reiterated his deepest regrets for exploitation, racism and violence under Belgian colonial rule. He still stopped short of a formal apology, a distinction that shaped...

The special commission failed to agree on a final report before its mandate ended. The impasse exposed political disagreement over apology, responsibility and reparations, while activists criticized...