Government apologizes to Fosen Sámi herders

A member of the Dutch cabinet delivered the government’s apology locally and opened discussion about what acknowledgment and redress should mean in Sint Maarten. The locally delivered statement is...

A member of the Dutch cabinet delivered the government’s apology locally and opened discussion about what acknowledgment and redress should mean in Bonaire. The locally delivered statement is recorded...

A member of the Dutch cabinet delivered the government’s apology locally and opened discussion about what acknowledgment and redress should mean in Saba. The locally delivered statement is recorded...

A member of the Dutch cabinet delivered the government’s apology locally and opened discussion about what acknowledgment and redress should mean in Sint Eustatius. The locally delivered statement is...

The cabinet explained its position on the apology and follow-up, including dialogue, commemoration and the €200 million fund. Parliamentary discussion made clear that an apology was one part of an...

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre addressed the Sámi Parliament, acknowledged grave injustice by the Norwegian state and discussed reconciliation after the Fosen apology. The address linked contemporary...

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said Portugal should apologize and assume responsibility for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. The statement was a call for a national apology rather than an...

The commission delivered its report on Norwegianization and injustices against Sámi, Kven/Norwegian Finns and Forest Finns. It documented harms to language, culture, identity and livelihoods and...

At the national commemoration in Amsterdam, King Willem-Alexander apologized as king and as a member of the government for the Netherlands’ role in slavery. He recognized the complicity of the House...

A member of the Dutch cabinet spoke at a local commemoration on the 150th anniversary of the end of state-imposed compulsory labour in Suriname. The speeches carried the government’s apology into...