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The recognition and protection of native title and the participation of Indigenous people in decisions affecting their land are critical priorities within a human rights framework.

The Commission is a national independent statutory body established under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986. It has a President and five Commissioners. The five positions are currently held by three persons.

Dr William Jonas commenced duty as acting Race Discrimination Commissioner in September 1999 in addition to his duties as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.

In its final recommendations, the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation proposed that there be a legislative requirement for the Social Justice Commissioner to monitor progress towards reconciliation on an annual basis. In the Social Justice Report 2000 it was noted that while legislative amendment to this end was desirable, this task could be undertaken under my existing functions. Accordingly,…

Social Justice Report 2001 back to contents Chapter 3: Indigenous governance and community capacity-building Introduction Governance and capacity-building – addressing Indigenous economic marginalisation Current initiatives for building Indigenous capacity and governance Case studies of governance and capacity building initiatives The Mutitjulu Community Participation and Partnership…

Thank you for the opportunity to make submissions to the Ministerial Inquiry to identify strategies to increase resource exploration in Western Australia - the Bowler Inquiry. Enclosed is a copy of my submission which contains several recommendations.

Social Justice Report 2001 back to contents Chapter 5: Juvenile diversionary schemes and Indigenous people Introduction Diversion and restorative justice Human rights principles for juvenile diversion Juvenile diversion schemes in the Northern Territory and Western Australia Ju venile diversion in the Northern Territory Pre-court diversionary options for juveniles in the NT Forms of…

Dr Ozdowski has made public education on human rights a priority for his term. Other priority areas are the elderly in our ageing society and children. Dr Ozdowski is working to progress the Commission’s 2000 recommendations for alleviating age discrimination, as set out in the report Age matters: a report on age discrimination.

A Report on Visits to Immigration Detention Facilities by the Human Rights Commissioner 2001 Contents Preface 1 Introduction 1.1 Background to this report 1.2 Compliance with human rights obligations 1.3 Conduct of visits 1.4 Overview of immigration detention facilities 1.5 Response by Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 2. Positive initiatives and developments…

3.1 Introduction In chapters 1 and 2, I look back over the past 20 years that the Social Justice Commissioner position has been in place and think about the journey and our learning over this time. In this chapter, I want to explore how those lessons can take us forward to chart a confident course into the future and how the realisation of our rights can produce long term sustainable…

back to contents Native Title Report 2001 Chapter Three: Negotiating co-existence through framework agreements Introduction Native title interests are entitled to the same level of protection as non-Indigenous interests Negotiation of agreements should encourage and allow continued observance of Indigenous laws and customs Negotiation of agreements should recognise Indigenous governance…