ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a comparative data on formal government apologies for the human injustices. It examines racial inequities in the context of three democratic nations: Australia, Canada, and South Africa. The chapter also explores the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, a fundamental instrument of the United Nations charter designed to offer a global framework on eliminating racial discrimination. Therefore, addressing racial discrimination is not only the responsibility of specific governments at the national and local levels; it is also an international concern. The nervous area of government is a global phenomenon. Governments around the world encounter the challenge of espousing democratic principles but practicing inequity in their administration. Government apologies are public and represent a formal attempt to redress a severe and long-standing harm against an innocent group. Examining race and social equity, a nervous area of government, necessitates looking at discrimination and social exclusion.
