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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
10 July 2024SpeechEMRIP- The lack of constitutional recognition of First Nations Peoples
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
10 July 2024Speech
17th Session of EMRIP in Geneva, Item 5 Statement
Statement from Katie Kiss at the 17th EMRIP session, focusing on Indigenous rights and participation. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
10 July 2024Speech
EMRIP- Systemic failure to support wellbeing of First Nations children
Statement from Katie Kiss, 17th EMRIP session focusing on Indigenous rights and participation. -
Age Discrimination
3 July 2024SpeechKeynote Address to the Law Council of Australia
Mr Robert Fitzgerald AM, Age Discrimination Commissioner Friday, 31 May 2024 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Introduction I would like to thank the Law Council of Australia for this invitation to speak at your National Elder Law and Succession Law Committee meeting, and to your committee chair, Darryl Browne, for introducing me. I wish to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the… -
Commission - General
3 July 2024SpeechNational Press Club Address - President Rosalind Croucher - 3 July
Free + Equal: safeguarding the rights of all Australians Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FAAL FRSA FACLM(Hon) FRSN I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we are meeting today, and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and to any First Nations People attending in person or watching today’s broadcast. Commissioner… -
Commission - General
2 July 2024Speech
Occasional Address — University of New South Wales graduation
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM Chancellor, David Gonski AC, Dean, Professor George Williams AO, distinguished guests, graduating students and families. Graduations are such a special moment— not just in a university calendar, but also in your lives. It is significant that this occurs on the winter solstice: the day when the sun stands still. In its Latin, ‘solstitium’, became … -
Race Discrimination
2 July 2024SpeechThe role of NHRIs in promoting equality and non-discrimination
The role of NHRIs in promoting equality and non-discrimination, with a focus on Africans and people of African descent Regional Meeting for Asia and the Pacific region on the International Decade for People of African Descent President Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM Introduction and context I would like to thank the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, for his opening -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 June 2024Speech
4th National Indigenous Empowerment Summit
‘Framing Indigenous empowerment with human rights: using the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for real change’ Wednesday 12 June 2024 Good Morning All My name is Katie Kiss. I am a proud Kaanju, Biri/Widi woman from North Queensland. I was born and raised on the lands of the Darumbal peoples in Rockhampton, in Central Queensland. Before I begin today, I pay my respects to the … -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
13 June 2024Speech
Inaugural CASWA AGM and Statewide Gathering Conference
Working together to build capacity Introduction and acknowledgement Thank you, Aunty Robyn, and Tryse for Welcoming us to your beautiful Country. I pay my respects to the traditional owners of the Noongar Nation of the Wadjak lands on which we meet and gather today, here beside the Derbal Yirigan. I thank your ancestors and elders for their custodianship and stewardship over the generations,… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
7 June 2024Speech
AIATSIS Summit: Plenary Panel Discussion
Address by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss to AIATSIS Summit 2024.