UN proclaims the International Decade for People of African Descent

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 Benghazi treaty addressed disputes from Italian colonial rule. Article 8 committed Italy to fund agreed basic infrastructure projects in Libya up to US$5 billion, at US$250 million annually for 20...

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...

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...

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...