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14 December 2012Book page
2005 International Conference on Engaging Communities - Presentation - Only time will tell
This week's conference could not happen at a more opportune time. While we discuss ways to engage Indigenous communities, as we listen to that ways government can engage with its citizens, a radical change is occurring in the way the Australian government and Indigenous Australians engage. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Citizens Inside: Dr W Jonas AM (2000)
This morning about 20,000 Australians woke up in a prison cell. What will their day bring? Most of you know far more about that than I do and that is precisely why we have called upon your expertise for today's workshop. -
Children's Rights30 November 2016Webpage
Children’s Rights Report 2016: Government Responses and Submissions Received
<p><a href="/node/14109">&lt; Back to Childrens Rights Report 2016</a></p> <p><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">Chapters 3 and 4 of the 2016 Child Rights Report focus on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) in the context of youth justice in Australia. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">For the purpose of her 2016 Report, the National Children’s Commissioner requested information from all Government Departments responsible for youth justice in Australia. </span></p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2003 : Chapter 2 : Native Title Policy - State and Commonwealth profiles
Human rights principles require that Indigenous people's relationships to land, based on traditional laws and customs, be given legal recognition and protection. International legal principles also recognise that Indigenous peoples have economic, social and cultural human rights. Native title, as it is constructed through the Australian legal system, has a limited capacity to meet these human rights standards. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice26 October 2017Speech
Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference 2017
A speech by June Oscar about her work at the Australian Human Rights Commission, the importance of language and culture to our social and emotional well-being, and the role of our women in leading us to a better future. -
Children's Rights6 February 2020Media Release
Children’s Commissioner to Launch Final Report
<p>Australia’s first Children’s Commissioner, Megan Mitchell will on Monday launch <a href="https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/childrens-rights/publications/childrens-rights-report-2019">her final report – one of the most comprehensive assessments of children’s rights ever produced in Australia.&nbsp;</a></p> <p>The report makes clear that the mental health of Australian children is not being cared for sufficiently and that Governments must do more to ensure children’s wellbeing. &nbsp;</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice29 October 2013Speech
6th Session: the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
<p>Thank you Madam Chair for the opportunity to be part of this Interactive Panel on the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at this, the Sixth Session on the Expert Panel on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.</p> <p>I believe Interactive Panels provide an opportunity for Mechanisms such as the Permanent Forum and EMRIP to role model to other parts of the United Nations family the best practice for engagement with, and participation of, Indigenous peoples in matters that affect us.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 12
Just as there are many homes, there are many journeys home. Each one of us will have a different journey from anyone else. The journey home is mostly ongoing and in some ways never completed. It is a process of discovery and recovery, it is a process of (re)building relationships which have been disrupted, or broken or never allowed to begin because of separation (Link-Up (NSW) submission 186). -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice8 July 2013Publication
Community Guide: UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Declaration is the most comprehensive tool we have available to advance the rights of Indigenous peoples. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 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. -
27 November 2015Book page
The need for better engagement - Year in review
<h3>1.1 Introduction</h3> <p>In last year’s <i>Social Justice and Native Title Report</i>, I raised concerns about the changes resulting from the 2014-15 Budget and the restructure to Indigenous Affairs through the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS).</p> <p>Despite initial concerns about how these changes would impact our communities, I indicated that the streamlining of programs and the move away from a ‘one size fits all’ mentality had the potential to offer great benefit and flexibility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.</p> -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Native Title Respondent Funding Submission, January 2006
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner under section 209 of the Native Title Act 1993 (NTA), is required to report annually to the Commonwealth Attorney-General on the operation of the NTA and its effect on the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. As part of this role, the Commissioner also provides submissions to government reviews and inquiries in relation to the operation and effectiveness of the native title system. -
14 December 2012Book page
International Review of Indigenous issues in 2000: Australia - 5. Failure to provide adequate protection of Indigenous Rights
Failure to implement the Genocide Convention Education and the abolition of Bilingual Education Programs in the Northern Territory Redressing Indigenous disadvantage -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2006: Chapter 4: South Australia’s State-Wide Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) Framework
In most states and territories of Australia, Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) are negotiated on a case by case basis between the relevant parties, usually traditional owners, governments and industry groups. South Australia however, has taken a more comprehensive approach to these agreements. The South Australian Government, Indigenous traditional land owners and industry stakeholders have developed a state-wide framework that streamlines ILUA processes and reduces the resources that are required for successive negotiations. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2007: Chapter 4
One part of the funding is the ‘respondent funding scheme’ operated by the Attorney-General’s Department. Under this scheme the Attorney-General can grant legal or financial assistance to certain non-claimant parties to enable them to participate in native title proceedings.1 -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice12 February 2018Speech
Reconciliation South Australia: 10th Anniversary of the Apology
<h2>Acknowledgements</h2> <p>Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Kaurna yani U. Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi – gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami ngarri thangani. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngarragi thangani.&nbsp; Yathawarra, wilalawarra jalangurru ngarri guda.</p> <p>Good morning everyone.</p> <p>I would like to acknowledge the Kaurna people, the traditional custodians of the Adelaide region.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2008-2009: Appendix 2
<p><a name="anchor" id="anchor"></a> </p> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="BodyText" --><h2><b><a name="top" id="top"></a></b>Annual Report 2008 - 2009</h2> <h2><b>Appendix 2:</b> <br><br> Commission publications <br><br> released during 2008-09</h2> <p><a href="/about/publications/annual_reports/2008_2009/index.html">Back to Contents</a></p> <hr> <h4><b>General</b></h4> <p><i>About Us: Australian Human Rights Commission</i> brochure (updated<br> 2009)</p> <p><i>Australian Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2007-08</i> (tabled<br> report 2008)</p> -
Legal10 October 2017Submission
Information concerning Australia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (2017)
This submission provides information concerning the civil and political rights of key population groups in Australia and other thematic issues engaging civil and political rights. In relation to each section, the Commission has referred to the relevant articles of the ICCPR engaged and (where appropriate) the relevant paragraph of the Committee’s list of issues prior to reporting dated 9 November 2012. -
17 February 2015Book page
Establishing effective pathways for positive change – an analysis by the Campaign Steering Committee
<p><em>The need for a long-term approach and bipartisan support across the political divide [for addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage] was stressed by those attending consultations across Australia and in the hundreds of written submissions to the review. First Australians and those working with them are rightly cynical about new government reform and how long it will last. The fundamentals of the... Closing the Gap strategy have bipartisan support and give us solid ground to build on.</em><sup><a href="#fn172" name="fnB172">[171]</a></sup></p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice26 February 2018Media Release
Close the Gap Campaign welcomes extension of the Tackling Indigenous Smoking programs
<p>The Close the Gap Campaign welcomes the new investment in the successful ‘National Tackling Indigenous Smoking’ (TIS) programs.</p> <p>The Federal Minister for Indigenous Health Ken Wyatt announced the Federal Government will provide a further $183.7 million to TIS over four years across its current 37 regional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander TIS health providers.</p> <p><br><br> The Campaign’s recently launched 10 year review of COAG’s Closing the Gap Strategy, highlighted the urgency for policy and funding stability to maintain and expand programs addressing chronic disease.</p>