Actors in the reparatory justice movement continue to take leaps and strides in advancing the fight for repair. See more from this month’s round-up below.

Actors in the reparatory justice movement continue to take leaps and strides in advancing the fight for repair. See more from this month’s round-up below.

PARIS | For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property has remained quietly on its books. On Thursday, the lower house of Parliament voted to wipe it from French law.

For almost 180 years after France abolished slavery, the Code Noir (Black Code) allowing enslaved humans to be treated as property and worked, beaten, sold, raped or killed, remained in place.