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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice4 August 2023Webpage
Self-determination and Indigenous peoples
Self-determination is an ongoing process of ensuring that peoples are able to make decisions about matters that affect their lives. Essential to the exercise of self-determination is choice, participation and control. The outcomes of self-determining processes must correspond to the free and voluntary choice of the people concerned, including in relation to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice23 February 2015Project
Moving Forward - achieving reparations for the stolen generations
Moving Forward - achieving reparations for the stolen generations A national conference to facilitate public debate about reparations for the stolen generations was held on 15 & 16 August 2001 in Sydney. The conference was hosted by the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission), the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2000: Chapter 2: Reconciliation and human rights
Social Justice Report 2000 back to contents Chapter 2: Reconciliation and human rights TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Reconciliation - the challenge ahead The role of the past in the reconciliation process Indigenous disadvantage as historically derived False assumptions abou the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians The legitimacy of institutions in Australian… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Chapter 6 Police Practices
Part C - Profiles Analysis Chapter 5. Introduction Chapter 6. Police Practices Chapter 7. Imprisonment and Courts Chapter 8. Custodial Conditions Chapter 9. Juveniles Chapter 10. Post-Death Investigations Appendix: Government Implementation The Country Liberal Party Government has a proud record when it comes to law and order issues. It has ensured the Territory has a police force whose… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Chapter 8 Custodial Conditions
Part C - Profiles Analysis It is totally unreasonable for police who catch the crooks to then be accountable for their welfare. Western Australian Police Union Secretary, after the death of an Aboriginal man at the East Perth Lockup, 1994 1 (profile 65WA) Chapter 8 Custodial Conditions Summary 8.1 The profiles indicate a growing awareness by custodial and medical staff of issues concerning… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Webpage
The unfinished business - Dumisa Ntsebeza
The first is that the title UNFINISHED BUSINESS happens to be the title of a book in whose authorship I have collaborated. The book's title is UNFINISHED BUSINESS : SOUTH AFRICA, APARTHEID AND TRUTH. You can order the book from a website, details of which you can get from Terry Bell at belnews@wn.apc.org. For every book purchased, the author and I have agreed a free copy will be donated to an NGO. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2003: Appendix one: A statistical overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia
Social Justice Report 2003 back to contents Appendix one: A statistical overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia Introduction Population figures Indigenous households and familiesLanguage and culture Health Income Employment Education Housing and homelessness Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and criminal justice systems Child protection Further Information… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Publication
Submission: Human rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous people
Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people – Australian mission Indigenous People's Organisations Network of Australia 17 - 28 August 2009 Download Complete report PDF [667 KB] Complete report Word [502KB] Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples’ - Australian Mission The Australian Human Rights and Commission has made… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 3 - Introduction: Social Justice Report 2009
Social Justice Report 2009 Chapter 3: The perilous state of Indigenous languages in Australia back to contents 3.1: Introduction 3.2: Why preserve Indigenous languages? 3.3: Australian policy and Indigenous languages 3.4: Australian and international approaches aimed at protecting and promoting Indigenous languages 3.5: Findings 3.6: Recommendations 3.1: Introduction When I commenced writing… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Webpage
Moving Forward - Achieving Reparations for the Stolen Generations
Firstly, with respect I acknowledge that I am here on the Country of the Tharawal People and I say thank you to Marg Cook and other Tharawal members for their warm welcome to participants of this conference on Reparations. A special welcome to my Stolen Generation brothers and sisters and to Commissioner Brian Butler, ATSIC's Social Justice Commissioner who has for many years worked tirelessly… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice19 May 2014Submission
ALRC: Review of the Native Title Act 1993
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission ALRC: Review of the Native Title Act 1993 14 May 2014 Downloads Download in PDF Download Word Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Recommendations 3 General Comments 4 The Native Title Act and its consistency with international human rights standards 4.1 The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice10 April 2013Publication
Draft guidelines: Ensuring income management measures compliancy
Draft guidelines for ensuring income management measures are compliant with the Racial Discrimination Act Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Key questions checklist 2.1 Does the income management measure ensure equality before the law? 2.2 Does implementation of the measure involve discrimination? ‘Direct discrimination’: s 9(1) ‘Indirect discrimination’: s 9(1A) 2.3 Is the measure a …