EVENT INFORMATION

17
Yüli
2020

Belgian Parliament establishes a special commission on the colonial past

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📅 17 Yüli 2020 📍 Burundi, Bélgika, Kongo-Kinshasa, Rwanda

The federal Chamber established a special commission to examine the Congo Free State, Belgian colonial rule in Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, their consequences and possible follow-up. It heard testimony, commissioned experts and received diaspora input. The process generated a substantial expert report but failed to produce an agreed parliamentary package of apologies and reparations before its mandate ended in 2022, exposing the limits of state-led truth processes.

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Wouter De Vriendt

parliamentary members

witnesses from Central Africa and diaspora

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Belgian Chamber of Representatives

Special Commission on the Colonial Past