Inter-American Court orders recognition of Awas Tingni communal land

The First Pan-African Conference on Reparations for African Enslavement, Colonization and Neo-Colonization adopted the Abuja Proclamation. It declared reparations a matter of justice, called on...

The Crown acknowledged and apologized for the invasion and confiscation of Waikato lands. The settlement combined NZ$170 million in cash and assets, return or purchase of selected lands, and...

The Crown acknowledged grave injustices that damaged Ngāi Tahu economic, social and cultural development and apologized. The deed provided NZ$170 million in settlement redress, cultural and commercial...

Parliament enacted the settlement, recording the Crown apology and enabling land transfers, financial redress and cultural measures. The Act made the settlement legally operative for historical claims...

France’s law recognizes the transatlantic and Indian Ocean slave trades and slavery as crimes against humanity, calls for teaching and research, and designates a national remembrance day. It is a...

The World Conference against Racism acknowledged the massive suffering caused by slavery, the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and related atrocities, and affirmed that slavery and the slave...

Decree 4,887 regulates identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation and titling of lands occupied by quilombola communities, many formed by people who escaped enslavement and their...

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...