Italy and Libya sign a treaty for colonial-era infrastructure funding and cooperation

The Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Children Act authorized ex gratia payments for eligible survivors removed from family under state authority, alongside payments to eligible children of deceased...

The national settlement created a Common Experience Payment for eligible former students, an Independent Assessment Process for claims of serious abuse, funding for commemoration and healing, and a...

In Saramaka People v. Suriname, the Inter-American Court recognized collective property rights of a tribal people and ordered legal recognition, consultation and safeguards for projects affecting...

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered a national apology to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, especially the Stolen Generations, acknowledging laws and policies that caused profound grief...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized in the House of Commons for the residential school system and the harms it inflicted on First Nations, Inuit and Métis children and families. The apology...

The UK government expressed regret for abuses during the Kenya Emergency and agreed a £19.9 million settlement for 5,228 Kenyan claimants, plus support for a Nairobi memorial. The government expressly...

General Assembly resolution 68/237 proclaimed 2015–2024 the International Decade under the theme “Recognition, Justice and Development.” It created an international framework for tackling the legacies...

CARICOM governments approved a plan developed with the Caribbean Reparations Commission, responding to Indigenous genocide and slavery. Its measures include a formal apology, repatriation, an...

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...