1990s-2000s
- 1994: Nelson Mandela becomes president of South Africa in the nation's first all race election
- 2001: French law recognizing slavery and the Atlantic slave trade as crimes against humanity (Taubira Law)
- 2005: February 23 French law on the "positive aspects" of "French presence abroad, in particular in North Africa"
- 2006: Repeal of the February 23, 2005 French law, following criticisms of historical revisionism
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