France’s National Assembly unanimously repeals the slavery-era Code Noir, confronting a brutal colonial legacy that still shapes racism and inequality today.

French lawmakers in the lower house of parliament on Thursday adopted a bill to repeal a 17th-century law that governed enslaved people across France’s colonies, in a symbolic and…

Un vote « symbolique » avant l’ouverture du sensible dossier des réparations ? L’Assemblée nationale a unanimement approuvé jeudi l’abrogation du « Code noir » et l’ensemble des…

France's parliament is moving to repeal a slavery law called Code Noir that has remained quietly in place for nearly two centuries after slavery was abolished.

Le groupe Liot présente une proposition de loi visant à abroger officiellement ce texte qui règlementait l'esclavage dans les colonies françaises, et n'a jamais été formellement…

French lawmakers are set to vote on Thursday to repeal the Code Noir, a law that regulated slavery in the French colonies which was never formally repealed even after the…

France is Thursday expected to move towards repealing outdated legislation that defines people enslaved in its colonies as "moveable goods", in a symbolic move as the country…

French lawmakers voted on Thursday to repeal the Code Noir, a law that regulated slavery in the French colonies that was never formally repealed even after the abolition of…

Parlamentul Franței va dezbate un proiect de lege pentru abrogarea oficială a „Codului Negru”, o serie de decrete regale care defineau persoanele înrobite din coloniile drept…

Frankrijk heeft formeel nooit de Code Noir afgeschaft, de wet waarmee Lodewijk XIV de slavernij in de Franse koloniën wilde 'reguleren'.

Frankrijk had formeel nooit de Code Noir afgeschaft, de wet waarmee Lodewijk XIV de slavernij in de Franse koloniën wilde 'reguleren'.

French lower house adopts bill to repeal 17th-century slavery law governing France’s colonies

La proposition de loi avait reçu le soutien d’Emmanuel Macron, estimant que le maintien dans le droit de ces textes, quand bien même sans effets juridiques, constitue « une…

Une proposition de loi visant à abolir les lois liées à l'esclavage a été adoptée à l'unanimité par l'Assemblée nationale, jeudi. Le texte devra désormais être examiné au Sénat,…

French lawmakers unanimously repeal the 1685 Code Noir nearly two centuries after slavery was abolished, in a symbolic reckoning with a law that treated humans as property

France’s lower house has voted finally to scrub a foundational slavery-era edict from French law. The National Assembly voted 254-0 to overturn Code Noir or Black Code on Thursday.

France’s National Assembly unanimously repeals the slavery-era Code Noir, confronting a brutal colonial legacy that still shapes racism and inequality today.

The vote to repeal ‘Code Noir’, which saw slaves beaten, raped and killed in France’s colonies, comes almost 180 years after its abolition of slavery

El jueves, la cámara baja del parlamento votó para borrarla del derecho francés.

Durante casi dos siglos después de la abolición de la esclavitud en Francia, la ley colonial que clasificaba a los seres humanos como propiedad permaneció vigente.Este jueves, los…