Truth and Reconciliation Commission publishes its final report and Calls to Action

Whanganui Iwi and the Crown signed Ruruku Whakatupua, settling historical Treaty claims connected to the river. Redress included NZ$80 million plus NZ$1 million for implementation, cultural...

A Caribbean Court of Justice consent order recorded the government’s undertaking to develop a mechanism to recognize and protect Maya customary land tenure in southern Belize. The case followed...

A memorial was inaugurated at Freedom Corner in Nairobi under the 2013 UK settlement process. Veterans and Kenyan civil society organizations took part in the memorial process, which gave public...

The Crown signed a deed settling historical Treaty claims of Heretaunga Tamatea. The iwi had been left virtually landless by large-scale Crown land purchasing. The package combined an agreed...

In a further order concerning the 2015 consent agreement, the Caribbean Court of Justice required Belize to establish a BZ$300,000 fund as an initial step toward protecting Maya customary land tenure....

Royal assent to the Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act translated the 2014 deed into legislation. It recognizes Te Awa Tupua as a legal person and establishes Te Pou Tupua, whose two...

The Crown and Ngāti Tūwharetoa signed a deed settling historical claims arising from Crown acts and omissions before 21 September 1992. It included an agreed historical account, acknowledgements and...

The Act received Royal assent and placed the Crown's acknowledgements and apology to Ngāti Pūkenga in statute. It gives effect to cultural redress, including jointly vested mountain properties to be...

The Crown signed a settlement deed with Ngāti Hei for historical Treaty claims. The Crown acknowledged and apologized for breaches, including land loss and damage to cultural taonga such as Coromandel...

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court rejected a constitutional challenge to Decree 4,887/2003, preserving the administrative process for identifying and titling quilombola lands. The ruling strengthened a...