Norwegian Parliament apologizes for forced assimilation of Indigenous and minority peoples

At a meeting with foreign correspondents, the president said Portugal bore responsibility for crimes committed during transatlantic slavery and colonial rule and suggested the country should address...

The government responded that it would not begin a process to compensate former colonies for the colonial past, contrasting with the president’s recent remarks. The statement made a refusal of...

A decree established implementing rules for the 2023 law on returning human remains from public collections, including how requests and advisory review are handled. The decree makes the new legal...

UCLA’s Fowler Museum returned 20 cultural belongings to the Warumungu community in Australia after consultation with community representatives. The objects had entered the museum’s collections through...

Canada apologized to Aundeck Omni Kaning, M’Chigeeng, Sheguiandah, Sheshegwaning and Zhiibaahaasing First Nations for mismanaging money owed from late-1800s land sales. The Crown had used those...

A Brussels court ordered Belgium to compensate five women of mixed Congolese-European parentage who were forcibly separated from their mothers and placed in institutions during colonial rule. The...

Brazil’s 2024 government reporting described the Alcântara quilombola territory as moving toward titling after a decades-long conflict, with recognition steps allowing the titling process to begin....

The United Kingdom and Mauritius signed an agreement providing for Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago and continued UK-US operation of the Diego Garcia base under a long-term lease. The...

The General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/80/250, spearheaded by Ghana, declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement the gravest crime against humanity and...

Following the UN resolution on enslaved Africans, Ghana convened a high-level conference on reparatory justice and announced advisory, cultural restitution and legal panels to develop next steps....