France begins a symbolic return process for Omar Tall’s sword to Senegal

Germany transferred 27 human remains of Indigenous people to a Namibian delegation. They had been taken during the colonial period and used for purported scientific research without respect for the...

Te Patukirikiri and the Crown signed a deed that records an agreed historical account, Crown acknowledgements and apology, cultural redress, and financial and commercial redress. It settled historical...

Commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron, Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy recommended permanent restitution of African cultural objects taken without consent, with provenance research and new...

Prime Minister Charles Michel apologized on behalf of the federal government for the suffering and injustice inflicted on people of mixed ancestry born in Central Africa during colonial rule,...

The General Assembly welcomed the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion that the Chagos Archipelago’s decolonization had not been lawfully completed and called on the United Kingdom to...

At Kōpinga Marae on Rēkohu (Chatham Islands), Moriori and the Crown signed a deed addressing historical Treaty claims. It includes an agreed historical account, a Crown apology, financial and cultural...

In a letter marking Congolese independence, King Philippe said acts of violence and cruelty during the Congo Free State continued to weigh on collective memory and expressed his deepest regrets for...

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,...

France and Madagascar signed an agreement placing a crown-shaped ornament associated with Madagascar’s last queen, Ranavalona III, in Madagascar. The French foreign ministry said the deposit responded...

The Crown and Ngāti Rangitihi signed a deed including an apology and over NZ$11 million in financial and commercial redress, together with vesting of 19 culturally significant sites. The Crown also...