Apologies slavery past
On December 19 Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized for the actions of the Dutch state in the past: posthumously to all enslaved people worldwide who suffered from that action, to their daughters and sons, and to all their descendants up to the here and now. The prime minister expressed his apology at the National Archives in The Hague in the presence of representatives of organizations that advocate recognition of the consequences of slavery.
In Suriname and in Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten, Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, members of the cabinet will enter into discussions after the speech with relevant organizations and authorities about what those apologies mean on site.
Documents
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Speech by Island Governor Jonathan Johnson on Saba
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Speech by Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs on Sint Maarten
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Foreword State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen
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Kamerbrief met reactie kabinet op rapport Adviescollege Dialooggroep Slavernijverleden (Engels)
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Government apologizes for slavery past in the Netherlands
In a speech this afternoon, Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized for the actions of the Dutch state in the past: posthumously to ...
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Speech by Prime Minister Mark Rutte about the role of the Netherlands in the history of slavery
In the following speech Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologises for the past actions of the Dutch State: to enslaved people in the ...
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Speech by State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation Alexandra van Huffelen on Curaçao
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Speech by State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen (Health, Welfare and Sport) on Saba
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Speech by State Secretary Marnix van Rij (Tax Affairs and the Tax Administration) on Sint Eustatius
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Speech by Government Commissioner of St. Eustatius Alida Francis
Response Public Entity St. Eustatius to the Response of PM Rutte (National Government).
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Speech by Minister Ernst Kuipers (Health, Welfare and Sport) on Sint Maarten
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Speech by Minister Dijkgraaf (OCW) at the NiNsee conference