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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012PublicationCorporate 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
Native Title Report 2003: Index
Native Title Report 2003 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Contents Contents PDF Summary : Summary PDF Introduction : Introduction PDF Chapter 1: Native title and the right to development : Chapter 1 PDF The right to development Non-discriminatory Development Participatory Development Culture and Development Development that realises economic, social and cultural… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Native Title Report 2002
Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Recognition of native title Introduction Human Rights Standards relevant to the Recognition of Native Title Cultural Rights Equality and Non-Discrimination Relationship between equality and rights of minorities to protection of their culture Freedom of Religion and Belief Self Determination Human Rights Committee Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Native Title Report 2001
Appendix 2: Submission of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner to the Inquiry into Indigenous Land Use Agreements by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Native Title Report 2000: Contents
Report of the seminar on the draft principles and guidelines for the protection of the heritage of indigenous people by Chairperson -Rapporteur Erica-Irene Daes -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Social Justice Report 1998
Social Justice Report 1998 Download Social Justice Report 1998 in PDF (420K), Word (475K) Contents Letter of submission Foreword Introduction: A Handful of Soil Chapter 1: The Aftermath for Indigenous Peoples Chapter 2: Non-Indigenous Community Responses Chapter 3: Church Responses Chapter 4: Government Responses to the Recommendations of Bringing Them Home Appendix 1: Letters to the Editor… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Publication
Native Title Report 2004: Index
During 2004, the Federal Government announced substantial changes to the way that it delivers services to Indigenous communities and how it engages with Indigenous peoples. The new changes included the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services (ATSIS) and the transfer of all Indigenous specific programs to… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Opinion piece
Native title reform could go closer to fulfilling Mabo's legacy (2012)
Learn about the potential of native title reform to fulfill Mabo's legacy. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Opinion piece
Solidarity is key to a reconciled Australia (2012)
Learn about the role of solidarity in reconciliation. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Opinion piece
One's identity is for the individual to determine (2011)
Learn about the importance of self-determined identity. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Opinion piece
Indigenous inclusion is good for our constitution (2010)
Learn about the benefits of Indigenous inclusion in the constitution. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Opinion piece
Seeing reconciliation through is an ongoing challenge but ultimately rewarding (2010)
Learn about the challenges and rewards of reconciliation. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Opinion piece
New National Congress has every chance of being an organisation of which we can be proud (2010)
Learn about the potential of the new National Congress. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
A human rights agenda for the Northern Territory (2008)
I begin by paying my respects to the Larrakia peoples, the traditional owners of the land where we gather today. I pay my respects to your elders, to the ancestors and to those who have come before us. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Essentials for Social Justice: Protecting Indigenous children
I begin by paying my respects to the Gadigal peoples of the Eora nation, the traditional owners of the land where we gather today. I pay my respects to your elders, to the ancestors and to those who have come before us. And thank you, Alan Madden, for your generous welcome to country for all of us. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Can the end ever justify the means?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and acting Race Discrimination Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission