Maniapoto and the Crown sign deed with financial and cultural redress

Report A/76/180 by the UN Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence examines transitional justice measures addressing gross violations committed in colonial...

A French development law created a mechanism to return proceeds from the sale of assets definitively confiscated in France to the countries concerned, through cooperation and development programs...

The Crown signed a deed after a delay from its initialling in 2018. The $115 million package includes Crown acknowledgements and apology, financial and commercial redress, 33 cultural properties,...

France formally transferred ownership of 26 objects looted from the Kingdom of Dahomey by French colonial forces in 1892. The objects were later physically returned to Benin. Restitution restored...

At the Élysée, France and Benin finalized the transfer of ownership of 26 royal objects looted by French forces from the Kingdom of Dahomey in 1892. The transfer followed years of Beninese demands and...

The 26 treasures of Abomey arrived in Benin after the formal transfer of ownership three days earlier. The objects include royal works taken during the French conquest of Dahomey in 1892. Physical...

The Moriori Claims Settlement Act received Royal assent, placing the Crown's historical account, acknowledgements and apology in law and providing for cultural properties, official names, customary...

Belgian authorities returned a tooth identified as belonging to Congolese independence leader Patrice Emery Lumumba to his family in a state ceremony. Lumumba was assassinated in 1961 with Belgian...

A joint declaration between Germany and Nigeria set out the transfer of ownership of Benin Bronzes held in German museums and a framework for their physical return. The agreement recognized the 1897...

At Maskwacis, Pope Francis apologized to First Nations, Métis and Inuit people for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools and for cooperation in projects of cultural destruction and...