2007 Conference: Ten years later: Bringing them home and the Forced Removal of Children
Read conference papers exploring the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and its ongoing impacts ten years after the Bringing Them
Summary
Read conference papers exploring the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and its ongoing impacts ten years after the Bringing Them
Date and time
1 January 2025
12:00 am-12:00 am (AEDT)
Summary
Conference: Friday 28 September 2007
Ten years later: Bringing them home and the Forced Removal of Children
In April 1997 the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission released Bringing them home. The report
followed a two-year National Inquiry into the Separation
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from
Their Families.
Conference: Friday 28 September 2007
Ten years later: Bringing them home and the Forced Removal of Children
In April 1997 the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission released Bringing them home . The report followed a two-year National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families.
It is now ten years since this landmark report was completed. Separate to the Inquiry, there has been over a decade and a half of litigation aimed at providing compensation for Indigenous people removed under previous government policies. Although there have been some successes, to date litigation has not provided a resolution to the harms caused by forcible removal.
The Indigenous Law Centre and the Crime and Justice Research Network at the UNSW, in conjunction with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, hosted a one-day conference to mark the tenth anniversary of Bringing them home .
Date: Friday, 28 September 2007
Venue: The Barnet Long Room Customs House, Circular Quay, Sydney
Further information: download brochure (PDF).
Website: www.ilc.unsw.edu.au