Refine results
-
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012SpeechThe End in the Beginning: Re(de)finding Aboriginality: Dodson (1994)
I don't care how hard it is. You build Aboriginality or you get nothing. There's no choice about it. If our Aboriginal people cannot change how it is among themselves, then the Aboriginal people will never climb back out of hell. 1 -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Site navigation
It is a very great honour for me to be invited to give this third lecture in commemoration of the great Aboriginal mathematician and scientist, David Unaipon. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Ending Family Violence (2006)
Ending Family Violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (2006) An overview paper of research and findings by the Australian Human Rights Commission, 2001 – 2006 Ending family violence 2006 also available in PDF (1.01 MB) or Word (883 Kb). -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Corporate Responsibility - Developing principles on Resource Development on Indigenous land: Index
The following materials were developed developed from a forum entitled 'Resource Development on Aboriginal Land; a Human Rights Approach', which took place in Alice Springs in May 2002. The forum was co-hosted HREOC and Griffith University, with participants including representatives from Indigenous communities, mining companies and NGOs. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Social Justice Report 2003:
Social Justice Report 2003 Download the Social Justice Report 2003 Executive Summary Recommendations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Reconciliation and government accountability Chapter 3: Indigenous participation in decision making - Transforming the relationship between government and Indigenous peoples Chapter four: Responding to petrol sniffing on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands: A Case… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
HREOC Social Justice Report 2002
Social Justice Report 2002 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Self-determination – the freedom to ‘live well’ Chapter 3: National progress towards reconciliation in 2002 – an equitable partnership? Chapter 4: Measuring Indigenous disadvantage Chapter 5: Indigenous women and corrections – A Landscape of Risk Chapter 6: International developments in the recognition of the rights of Indigenous… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Social Justice Report 2001
Social Justice Report 2001 Contents Summary of the Social Justice Report 2001 Letter of submission Recommendations Chapter 1: Ten years on from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Chapter 2: Mutual obligation, welfare reform and Indigenous participation: a human rights perspective Chapter 3: Indigenous governance and community capacity-building Chapter 4: Laws mandating minimum… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Social Justice Report 2000: Index
Social Justice Report 2000 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Reconciliation and human rights Chapter 3: International scrutiny of Australia's Indigenous affairs policies Chapter 4: Achieving meaningful reconciliation Chapter 5: Reparations Appendix 1: Information concerning Australia provided by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission to United Nations Committees in 2000 Appendix 2:… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Promoting Rights for Indigenous Young People with Mental Health Issues
Part 1: Why do we need this research? Arguing for protection, prevention and knowledge for Indigenous young people with cognitive disabilities and mental health issues -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Indigenous Peoples: Issues in International and Domestic Law
International Law Association (Australian Branch) Papers presented at a series of three seminars held between 2002 and 2004 in association with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Partnerships between Indigenous Peoples, governments and civil society
On 15 August 2005, in Brisbane Australia, 160 delegates from the International Engaging Communities conference participated in the UN-sponsored workshop, 'Engaging the Marginalised: Partnerships between Indigenous Peoples, governments and civil society'. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Webpage
Australian Human Rights Commission to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
I make this statement in my capacity as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission), Australia’s National Human Rights Institution (NHRI). -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Webpage
Expert Mechanism on the rights of Indigenous peoples - Item 3: The right to participate in decision making (2010)
I make this statement in my capacity as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australia’s National Human Rights Commission (the Commission). I am also a Gangulu man from central Queensland, on the east coast of Australia. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Webpage
Expert Mechanism on the rights of Indigenous peoples Statement by Tom Calma, Australian Human Rights Commission. (2008)
I am speaking in my capacity as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights Commission. The Commission is Australia’s National Human Rights Institution. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Webpage
Indigenous International Rights: Progressing Indigenous Rights at the International Level
This section provides information on UN funds set up to assist Indigenous peoples participating in UN activities. It also provides links to organisations representing Indigenous peoples outside Australia. United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Organisations Trust Fund for the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People Links to Indigenous organisations outside… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Webpage
Indigenous International Rights: The United Nations system and human rights protection
Learn how the UN system for the promotion and protection of human rights consists of two types of bodies, treaty-based bodies and charter-based bodies. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for their Day of General Discussion on the Rights of Indigenous Children
This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) of Australia. In recent years the Commissioner has undertaken many activities relating to the rights of Indigenous children. This submission provides an overview of the inequality and discrimination faced by Aboriginal and Torres… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Webpage
Issue 3: Law and public order, including juvenile justice - Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for their Day of General Discussion on the Rights of Indigenous Children
This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) of Australia. In recent years the Commissioner has undertaken many activities relating to the rights of Indigenous children. This submission provides an overview of law and justice issues relating to Indigenous children, with a… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Webpage
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage - Key Indicators Report 2005: A human rights perspective - Tom Calma
I acknowledge the Honourable members of Parliament who are present, distinguished guests, and fellow speakers. I am particularly pleased to see some high level bureaucrats present today, and representatives from the OIPC, ICC's, DEST, DEWR, IBA and ABS through to representatives of state governments, and NGOs, academic and research centres, and members of the Indigenous community. I'd like to… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Webpage
Overcoming Disadvantage Workshop - Prof. Mick Dodson
Reconciliation Australia , and the many other organisations I'm involved in, are keen to work with HREOC and the Productivity Commission to make the Overcoming Disadvantage Report and associated processes as effective as possible.