Government extends the Sámi commission to October 2026

Spain’s foreign ministry called the exclusion of King Felipe VI from Mexico’s presidential inauguration unacceptable after Mexico said its earlier request for an apology had gone unanswered. Spain did...

The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs recommended that the Storting express its deepest regret for the abuses caused by Norwegianization. The recommendation also addressed...

Parliament formally expressed its deepest regret for abuses caused by Norwegianization against Sámi, Kven/Norwegian Finns and Forest Finns. It also adopted 16 further resolutions on language,...

The Brussels Court of Appeal held the Belgian state responsible for the systematic separation of five women from their Congolese mothers and ordered compensation. The judgment reinforced that the 2019...

On Namibia’s first Genocide Remembrance Day, Germany’s government said its 2021 position remained that it wished to ask Namibia and descendants for forgiveness. The wording underscores that the 2021...

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen apologized in Nuuk to women harmed by a Danish birth-control campaign, while Greenland’s premier also apologized for the local government’s role. The case concerns...

The government created a cross-party working group to assess the commission’s recommendations and draft a shared parliamentary view on follow-up. The step prepared implementation but did not...

The report was delivered to the Finnish Government, Sámi Parliament and Skolt Sámi Siida Council. It examined historical and current discrimination, state assimilation and rights violations and...

Following the final report, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Finland must issue an apology for discrimination experienced by Sámi people. This was a prime ministerial call for a future state...

The commission presented an interim volume documenting consequences of Swedish policy toward Sámi people. The research contributed to the public record before the final report and apology...