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Special commission on the Congo Free State and Belgium's colonial past

Commission of Belgium's Chamber of Representatives, set up on 17 July 2020 to examine the Congo Free State and Belgian colonial rule in the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.

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17 Jul 2020 – Dec 2022

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  1. 17 Jul 2020 – Dec 2022 Special commission on the Congo Free State and Belgium's colonial past
  2. 17 Jul 2020 Special commission on the Congo Free State and Belgium's colonial past part of Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
  3. 7 Mar 2024 Findings of the experts to the Belgian Chamber's colonial past commission (2024) part of Special commission on the Congo Free State and Belgium's colonial past
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  1. Belgian colonial past: "This issue will come back and demand to be tackled", JusticeInfo.net, 2023. Scholarship & press
    the Belgian MPs on the country’s Colonial Past Commission were unable to agree on the first recommendation emerging from their work: to formulate an official apology for the acts of violence and despoilment that were committed during colonization.
  2. Special commission to examine the Independent State of the Congo and Belgium's colonial past: findings of the experts (Chamber of Representatives, DOC 55 1462/006, in French), Chamber of Representatives of Belgium, 7 Mar 2024. Primary record
    Ce rapport achève les travaux de la Commission spéciale mise en place le 17 juillet 2020 par la Chambre des représentants
    COMMISSION SPÉCIALE CHARGÉE D'EXAMINER L'ÉTAT INDÉPENDANT DU CONGO (1885-1908) ET LE PASSÉ COLONIAL DE LA BELGIQUE AU CONGO (1908-1960), AU RWANDA ET AU BURUNDI (1919-1962), SES CONSÉQUENCES ET LES SUITES QU'IL CONVIENT D'Y RÉSERVER
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