Sámi commission recommends a state apology and reparative measures

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...

At presentation of an independent study into the royal house and colonial history, Willem-Alexander acknowledged continuing pain and discrimination linked to slavery. This royal statement addressed...

At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting opening in Antigua, King Charles III described the transatlantic trade in enslaved people as a “shameful chapter” that filled him with horror and...