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The experts' report to the Belgian Chamber's special commission on the Congo Free State and Belgium's colonial past, published 7 March 2024.
7 Mar 2024
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.
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.
English: special commission to examine the Independent State of the Congo (1885-1908) and Belgium’s colonial past in the Congo (1908-1960), Rwanda and Burundi (1919-1962), its consequences and what should follow.
Findings of the experts to the Belgian Chamber’s colonial past commission (2024) disputes a finding of Report of the Commission of Inquiry (1905).
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.
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