France places Ranavalona III’s crown ornament in Madagascar under a deposit agreement

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...

During a visit to Dakar, France announced and ceremonially presented a sword attributed to the 19th-century Islamic scholar and leader El Hadj Omar Tall. The French government described the act as a...

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,...

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...

Ngāti Maru and the Crown signed a deed settling historical Treaty claims. It included an apology and acknowledgements, NZ$30 million in financial and commercial redress and vesting of 16 sites of...

Germany acknowledged the genocide of Ovaherero and Nama people by German colonial forces and proposed €1.1 billion over 30 years for development projects. Germany described the funding as a gesture of...

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...