As a result of an Apache-Nde-Nnee Working Group report,

As a result of an Apache-Nde-Nnee Working Group report, submitted to the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the UN CERD Committee has recognized that the Doctrine of Discovery, the Holy See’s Inter Caetera and related Papal Bulls are within the legal scope of racial discrimination under International Law and therefore require redress, reads a press statement.

The UN CERD Committee has also concluded that the Holy See is responsible for the ongoing legacy of historical racist legal documents, and that, in addition, the Holy See must be in direct dialogue with appropriate representatives of Indigenous Peoples to discuss its accountability.

The Apahche-Nde-Nnee Working Group demands that a dialogue between the Pope and Indigenous Peoples must occur, and must include the Apache-Ndee-Nnee Working Group and the issues of the Apache-Ndee Nnee, for full accountability of the Holy See and for justice to occur. These dialogues must result in genuine redress and remedy, and in the establishment or supporting of the establishment of one or more related Truth Commission(s).