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Findings of the experts to the Belgian Chamber's colonial past commission (2024)

The experts' report to the Belgian Chamber's special commission on the Congo Free State and Belgium's colonial past, published 7 March 2024.

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  • Report of the Commission of Inquiry (1905) 7 Mar 2024

    le rapport occulte certaines découvertes telle que l’adoption d’une perspective raciste sur l’infériorité africaine, la présentation des mutilations comme autant d’habitudes coutumières, la justification des punitions comme une nécessité1

    English: the experts write that the report presents the mutilations as customary habits, justifies punishments as necessary and adopts a racist view of African inferiority.

Each side is quoted in its own words. Whether a finding holds is not decided here.

In French and Dutch. It is the experts’ account, not a vote of the Chamber.

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  1. 7 Mar 2024 Findings of the experts to the Belgian Chamber's colonial past commission (2024)
  2. 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
  3. 7 Mar 2024 Findings of the experts to the Belgian Chamber's colonial past commission (2024) disputes a finding of Report of the Commission of Inquiry (1905) According to Findings of the experts to the Belgian Chamber's colonial past commission (2024)
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  1. 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
    le rapport occulte certaines découvertes telle que l’adoption d’une perspective raciste sur l’infériorité africaine, la présentation des mutilations comme autant d’habitudes coutumières, la justification des punitions comme une nécessité
    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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